Strategic CFO for Growth‑Focused Hospitality

Hastings People; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hastings People is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer for a growing hospitality group in Sydney. You will lead the finance function, partner with operations, and shape commercial decisions through robust analysis.

The role requires strategic oversight, financial discipline, and the ability to drive growth across multi-site operations, investments and acquisitions, with close collaboration with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Senior finance leadership experience at CFO/Finance Director or equivalent.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability to assess investment and growth opportunities.
• Collaborative approach with credibility across finance, operations and leadership.
• Experience supporting growth within a multi-site, consumer-facing organisation.
• Ability to operate strategically while staying close to numbers and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, financial reporting and broader financial management across the group.
• Partner with operational leaders to understand performance, identify opportunities and improve commercial outcomes.
• Critically evaluate new sites, investments, acquisitions and other strategic growth opportunities.
• Develop financial models, reporting and performance measures that provide clear and actionable insight.
• Strengthen financial systems, processes, controls and capability to support growth and complexity.

Skills

CFO-level leadership

Commercial analysis

Stakeholder management

Growth & transformation

Multi-site operations

Job description

Chief Financial Officer, Growing Hospitality Group, Sydney

Our client is an established and growing hospitality business entering an exciting stage of its development. With a strong operational foundation and further growth opportunities ahead, the business is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer to strengthen its commercial capability and play an influential role in shaping its future.

Client Profile

Our client is an established and growing hospitality business entering an exciting stage of its development. With a strong operational foundation and further growth opportunities ahead, the business is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer to strengthen its commercial capability and play an influential role in shaping its future.

Job Description

As Chief Financial Officer, you will lead the finance function while acting as a trusted commercial partner to the leadership and operations teams. The role extends well beyond financial reporting, with a strong focus on understanding operational performance, challenging assumptions and ensuring growth decisions are supported by robust commercial analysis.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation, you will bring financial discipline and commercial perspective to both day-to-day operations and longer-term strategic decisions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, financial reporting and broader financial management across the group

• Partner closely with operational leaders to understand performance, identify opportunities and improve commercial outcomes

• Critically evaluate new sites, investments, acquisitions and other strategic growth opportunities

• Develop financial models, reporting and performance measures that provide clear and actionable insight

• Strengthen financial systems, processes, controls and capability to support the continued growth and increasing complexity of the business

Candidate Profile

This opportunity will suit an experienced finance executive who combines strong technical capability with genuine commercial judgement. You will be comfortable working alongside operational teams, asking challenging questions when required and translating financial information into practical business decisions.

Experience within hospitality or a multi-site consumer environment will be highly regarded, as will previous exposure to businesses experiencing meaningful growth or transformation.

You will bring:

• Senior finance leadership experience at CFO, Finance Director or equivalent level

• Strong commercial and analytical capability, including experience assessing investment and growth opportunities

• A collaborative approach with the ability to build credibility across finance, operations and senior leadership

• Experience supporting growth within a multi-site, operationally complex or consumer-facing organisation

• The ability to operate strategically while remaining sufficiently close to the numbers and underlying business performance

Offer

This is a significant leadership opportunity within a growing hospitality organisation, offering the successful candidate the ability to influence both current performance and the future direction of the business.

The role will suit a commercially minded CFO who enjoys being close to operations and wants to play an active role in determining where and how a business grows.

To learn more about this role, submit your CV or contact Phil Gannon via ****@hastingspeople.com.au for a confidential discussion.

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