Strategic Finance Leader, Queensland Growth & Insight

GHD Group

Brisbane

On-site

AUD 250,000 - 340,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

GHD is seeking a strategic Finance Leader to join Queensland’s Regional Leadership Team. You will shape the company’s direction, not just report numbers, delivering commercial insight and long-term value across planning, pricing and investment decisions.

Based in Queensland, you will drive capability enhancement, lead a high-performing finance team and promote automation to improve decision-making and efficiency. This is a senior, influential role within a global engineering firm.

Qualifications

  • Significant senior Finance leadership experience in a complex, project-based environment.
  • Ability to influence senior leaders and translate financial insight into commercial outcomes.
  • Experience in pricing, forecasting, project performance, commercial strategy and business partnering.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Queensland Regional Leadership Team to shape strategy, business planning and long-term growth.
  • Provide forward-looking insight across profitability, pipeline, project performance, utilisation, forecasting and cash performance.
  • Lead the Finance contribution to major pursuits, pricing strategies, commercial negotiations and key business decisions.
  • Influence leaders through trusted advice, commercial expertise and constructive challenge.
  • Strengthen commercial and operational discipline across project health, billing, WIP, working capital and financial performance.
  • Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Finance team while building the next generation of Finance leaders.
  • Champion technology, automation and responsible AI adoption to improve capability, efficiency and decision-making.
  • Contribute to Australian and APAC Finance leadership initiatives and enterprise priorities.

Skills

Strategic leadership
Finance leadership
CPA/CA
Pricing
Forecasting
Commercial strategy
Business partnering
Influence

Education

CPA or Chartered Accountant

Job description

GHD is seeking a strategic Finance Leader to join Queensland’s Regional Leadership Team. You will shape the company’s direction, not just report numbers, delivering commercial insight and long-term value across planning, pricing and investment decisions.

Based in Queensland, you will drive capability enhancement, lead a high-performing finance team and promote automation to improve decision-making and efficiency. This is a senior, influential role within a global engineering firm.

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