Treasury Specialist Lead

Financial Accounting & Compliance; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Fitness Passport

Flexible work arrangements

Growth opportunities

Cultural leave

State-of-the-art facilities

Job summary

The Treasury Specialist Lead at Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese will head CSPD's treasury function, overseeing liquidity, risk, and investment activities to support financial sustainability. You will build modern, automated processes and shape long-term strategy while working with internal teams and external partners.

This standalone role offers opportunities to enhance governance, deliver robust daily operations, and drive significant impact across the organisation's financial framework and

Qualifications

• Daily cash flow preparation and liquidity planning to meet operating and strategic needs.
• Identify opportunities to automate treasury processes from manual to automated systems.
• Implement treasury frameworks, policies and governance across complex organisations.
• Optimise investment portfolios and advise on deployment of surplus funds within governance.
• Produce clear treasury reporting for executive and strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee CSPD's treasury function.
• Own end-to-end liquidity, risk and investment strategy.
• Develop modern treasury frameworks and automate processes from ground up.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners on cash management and financial strategy.

Skills

Cash flow planning & liquidity

Automation of treasury

Treasury governance & policy

Investment management

Treasury reporting & dashboards

Stakeholder management

Financial risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

Full time, Permanent

Lead treasury strategy shaping long‑term financial sustainability

Drive investment optimisation and strengthen financial governance

Join a mission‑driven organisation with strong benefits and flexibility

The Opportunity

The Treasury Specialist Lead is a newly created standalone role that will lead and oversee Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese’s (CSPD) treasury function, ensuring effective management of organisational liquidity, financial risk, and investment activities. As CSPD’s subject matter expert, this role will own the end-to-end treasury function—rolling up your sleeves to build robust daily operations while shaping the long-term liquidity, risk, and investment strategy. This position provides a unique platform to establish modern treasury frameworks, automate processes from the ground up, and directly influence CSPD’s financial sustainability.

Position Criteria

• Preparation of daily cash flow, liquidity planning and working capital management, ensuring funds are available to meet operational and strategic requirements while optimising investment returns on surplus cash


• Proven experience in identifying opportunities to automate and improve treasury processes, including transitioning manual models and reporting into automated systems.


• Demonstrated experience implementing treasury frameworks, policies and processes that support liquidity management and long‑term financial sustainability


• Proven ability to optimise investment portfolios and advise on the strategic deployment of surplus funds within governance frameworks


• Strong capability in identifying, assessing and mitigating financial risks, including interest rate exposure and covenant compliance


• Experience preparing and delivering clear, comprehensive treasury reporting to inform executive and strategic decision‑making


• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across internal teams and external partners


• Ability to collaborate cross‑functionally with finance, shared services, procurement and broader diocesan stakeholders to enhance cash management and financial strategy

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification


• Minimum 7+ years’ experience in treasury, finance or related roles


• Strong experience in treasury management, including liquidity, cash flow, investments and financial risk


• Proven ability to implement treasury frameworks, policies and governance in complex organisations


• Solid understanding of financial markets, interest rate risk, covenant compliance and regulatory requirements


• Skilled in producing clear, accurate treasury reporting for strategic decision‑making


• Experience collaborating with finance teams and external stakeholders such as investment bodies and financial institutions


• Proven track record as a proactive self-starter, balancing day‑to‑day execution with strategic oversight


• Advanced skills in financial modelling, cash management systems and treasury tools


• Commitment to meeting CSPD’s Accreditation to Work, Teach and Lead requirements as part of employment

As a valued employee, you can benefit from up to 25% off school fees for your children enrolled in our schools.

But that's not all, we offer:

• Salary packaging for eligible employees


• Fitness Passport (discounted gym membership and more)


• Flexible work arrangements for eligible employees


• Extensive growth and development opportunities


• Cultural leave for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employees


• State‑of‑the‑art facilities

About Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD)

CSPD is committed to responding to the needs of all students. With over 5,000 employees located across 80 primary and secondary schools and office communities, our aim is to transform learning and unlock the full potential of each of our 43,500 students while enriching the professional lives of staff.

This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child‑related employment including a valid Working with Children Check and adoption and compliance with CSPD’s Child Safeguarding Procedures and Code of Conduct When Working With Students and Children. For more information, please visit The Office of The Children’s Guardian here.

CSPD promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds