Senior Finance Manager | Banking | Sydney

Byron Thomas Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Substantial base salary

Incentives and long-term incentives

Career progression in a major group

Job summary

Our client, a major financial services group, seeks a Senior Finance Manager in Sydney to partner with the banking division’s executive team. You will lead a skilled finance group, delivering strategic insights and challenging commercial decisions to support growth and capital planning.

The role focuses on strategy, performance, and investment decisions across a substantial P&L. You will influence pricing, returns, and cost decisions while driving high-quality reporting and leadership

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualified, with significant senior finance experience in banking.
• Strong business partnering with executive stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of banking economics, including returns and capital.

Responsibilities

• Partner with divisional executives on strategy, performance and investment decisions.
• Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting across a significant P&L.
• Deliver insightful performance reporting and commentary to senior executives.
• Provide commercial challenge on pricing, returns, capital and cost.
• Lead and develop a high performing finance team.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across finance, risk and the wider group.
• Drive improvements in reporting quality, insight and decision support.

Skills

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Team leadership

Banking knowledge

Strategic thinking

Education

CA/CPA qualified

Job description

Senior Finance Manager | Banking | Sydney

Our client is a major financial services group with a strong market position and a reputation for investing in its people. The finance function is a trusted partner to the business and plays a central role in shaping strategy and performance.

The Role

This is a senior finance leadership role where you will be the key finance partner to a major banking division and its executive leadership team. You will lead a capable team and provide the insight and challenge that drive sound commercial decisions across a substantial P&L.

• Partner with divisional executives on strategy, performance and investment decisions
• Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting across a significant P&L
• Deliver insightful performance reporting and commentary to senior executives
• Provide commercial challenge on pricing, returns, capital and cost
• Lead and develop a high performing finance team
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across finance, risk and the wider group
• Drive improvements in reporting quality, insight and decision support

The Candidate

You will be an accomplished finance leader with a strong record of business partnering at senior level. Banking experience is essential.

• CA or CPA qualified, with significant senior finance experience in banking
• Proven record of business partnering with executive stakeholders
• Deep understanding of banking economics, including returns and capital
• Strong leadership skills and a record of developing high performing teams
• Confident communicator with the credibility to influence and challenge
• Strategic thinker who remains hands-on and commercially pragmatic

Remuneration and Benefits

• Substantial base salary plus short and long term incentives
• Senior leadership role with genuine influence on strategy and performance
• Clear pathway to further senior opportunities
• Respected group that invests in its people