Strategic Finance Lead – Fixed Assets & Leases

Downer; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Diversity & inclusion

Discounted services

Job summary

Downer in Australia seeks a Finance Manager - Fixed Assets & Leases to lead the end-to-end accounting for assets and lease portfolios, ensure accurate reporting, and maintain strong controls. The role involves governance, offshore service delivery, and partnering with business stakeholders to drive efficiency and compliance.

You will guide month-end and year-end closes, support audits, and push process improvements through standardisation and automation, leveraging ERP systems like SAP, Oracle,

Qualifications

• Qualified CA/CPA or equivalent in accounting.
• Extensive experience in Record-to-Report, financial control or shared services.
• Strong exposure to fixed assets, lease accounting, reconciliations, and financial close processes.
• Sound knowledge of IFRS, fixed asset accounting, capital project accounting, and lease accounting requirements.
• Experience with ERP/financial systems such as SAP, Oracle, JDE, OneStream, Power BI, ServiceNow, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Fixed Assets and Lease Accounting including capitalisation, depreciation, disposals, reconciliations, reporting, and period-end activities.
• Maintain fixed asset records and balance sheet integrity through robust reviews, reconciliations, and effective exception management.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal policies, and governance requirements, including IFRS lease accounting and capitalisation frameworks.
• Manage month-end and year-end close activities, driving accountability for timelines, service levels, and quality outcomes.
• Oversee offshore service delivery teams, monitoring performance against agreed KPIs and SLAs while supporting knowledge transfer and process stabilisation initiatives.
• Partner with Finance leaders, Project teams, Asset Custodians, and other key stakeholders to provide accounting guidance, financial insights, and issue resolution.
• Support internal and external audit activities, coordinate control testing, and implement remediation actions to strengthen the control environment.
• Identify and deliver process improvement opportunities through standardisation, automation, and collaboration with digital, systems, and continuous improvement teams.

Skills

CA/CPA or equivalent

Record-to-Report (R2R) experience

IFRS knowledge

Fixed assets & lease accounting

Offshore/managed service delivery

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Education

CA/CPA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Oracle

JDE

OneStream

Power BI

ServiceNow

Job description

Downer in Australia seeks a Finance Manager - Fixed Assets & Leases to lead the end-to-end accounting for assets and lease portfolios, ensure accurate reporting, and maintain strong controls. The role involves governance, offshore service delivery, and partnering with business stakeholders to drive efficiency and compliance.

You will guide month-end and year-end closes, support audits, and push process improvements through standardisation and automation, leveraging ERP systems like SAP, Oracle,