Senior Finance Manager | Data Centres

u&u Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

u&u Recruitment Partners in Sydney is seeking a commercially minded Senior Finance Manager to build out the finance function as the business scales, with autonomy and significant strategic impact. Reporting to senior leadership, you will own budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and controls, partnering with operations to drive growth in a capital-intensive data centres environment.

If you are ready to move beyond traditional reporting and shape a finance function for a high-growth

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualification or equivalent.
• Significant experience in a Senior Finance Manager role.
• Experience in data centres, infrastructure, property, energy, construction or similar capital-intensive sector.
• Strong financial modelling and FP&A capability.
• Ability to work autonomously with broad remit.
• Desire to build rather than inherit a finance function.
• Confident with senior stakeholders and decision-making.
• Hands-on, detail-oriented when required.

Responsibilities

• Building and developing the finance function as the business scales.
• Ownership of budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling.
• Providing commercial insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Managing financial reporting, month-end and management reporting.
• Supporting major capital projects and investment decisions.
• Developing robust financial controls, processes and systems.
• Partnering with operational and commercial stakeholders across the business.
• Working closely with senior leadership on business performance and growth.
• Helping shape the finance infrastructure required for a rapidly scaling organisation.

Skills

Senior Finance Manager experience

Financial modelling

FP&A capability

Stakeholder influence

Autonomous work

Hands-on approach

Building finance function

Capital-intensive sector experience

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has emerged with a high-growth data centres business entering an important phase of its growth journey.

We are looking for a commercially minded Senior Finance Manager who wants more than a traditional reporting role. This is an autonomous, newly created position where you will have the opportunity to build out the finance function, establish processes and controls, and play a key role in supporting the continued growth of the business.

This would suit someone currently working within a data centre, infrastructure, property, energy or similarly capital-intensive environment who is ready for their next step, or someone from an adjacent industry who is looking for an opportunity to apply their skills in a fast-moving and entrepreneurial environment.

Reporting directly to senior leadership, you will take ownership of a broad finance remit and become a key partner to the wider business.

You’ll be Responsible For

• Building and developing the finance function as the business scales;
• Ownership of budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling;
• Providing commercial insights to support strategic decision-making;
• Managing financial reporting, month-end and management reporting;
• Supporting major capital projects and investment decisions;
• Developing robust financial controls, processes and systems;
• Partnering with operational and commercial stakeholders across the business;
• Working closely with senior leadership on business performance and growth; and
• Helping shape the finance infrastructure required for a rapidly scaling organisation.

You’ll Ideally Have

• CA/CPA qualification or equivalent;
• Significant experience in a Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager capacity;
• Experience within data centres, infrastructure, property, energy, construction or another capital-intensive sector;
• Strong financial modelling and FP&A capability;
• Experience operating autonomously and taking ownership of a broad remit;
• A genuine interest in building rather than inheriting a finance function;
• The confidence to work closely with senior stakeholders and influence decisions; and
• A hands‑on approach and willingness to get into the detail when required.

This is a genuine opportunity to build something.

Rather than stepping into an established finance structure with defined responsibilities, you'll have the autonomy to determine what good looks like, introduce structure and processes, and build a finance function capable of supporting the next stage of the company's growth.

For someone coming from a competitor, this could be the next step you've been waiting for. Equally, if you're from an adjacent industry and looking for a move into one of Australia's most exciting growth sectors, this provides an opportunity to make a significant impact from day one.

If you're ambitious, commercially minded and want your next role to have genuine ownership and influence, we'd love to hear from you.

At u&u Recruitment Partners, we value diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

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