Location: Villawood HQ, Sydney (with East Coast site visibility)
Package: $250,000–$275,000 + super (negotiable)
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 2025
Be the Financial Architect Behind a Bold Sustainability Mission
A pioneering green technology leader in the circular economy is seeking a commercially astute and operationally hands-on Chief Financial Officer to help lead the next stage of strategic growth. This role offers the rare opportunity to shape financial operations for an Australian-owned innovator poised for significant national and international expansion.

The Opportunity

As CFO, you’ll take the helm of a high-impact finance function during a time of exciting transformation and cross-border scale-up. Your mandate: to embed rigorous financial systems, sharpen commercial strategy, and support the executive team in preparing the organisation for liquidity events, including IPO or trade sale.
This role is ideal for a CFO or senior finance executive with proven experience in high-growth, industrial, or capital-intensive environments. Your ability to navigate complexity, communicate with clarity, and act as a strategic business partner will be pivotal in this next chapter.

Your Impact
Strategic Finance & Commercial Leadership

• Drive financial strategy, forecasting, and scenario modelling to inform data-led decisions.
• Advise the CEO and Board on commercial risk, capital event readiness, and long-term value creation.
• Partner with leaders across operations, supply chain, and trading to embed performance accountability.

Financial Control & Operational Rigour

• Lead the finance team, ensuring robust governance, compliance, and accurate reporting.
• Respond to audit findings with decisive control improvements and accountability frameworks.
• Overhaul inventory finance and supplier systems to better support global trading dynamics, including currency exposure and commodity risk management.

Capital Management & Stakeholder Engagement

• Manage banking relationships, funding strategies, and capital deployment.
• Play a visible role in investor relations, capital raising, and due diligence processes.
• Shape financial narratives that instill confidence in prospective investors and strategic partners.

Team Leadership & Cultural Alignment

• Build, mentor, and restructure the finance function to align with organisational values and growth objectives.
• Champion a culture of integrity, continuous improvement, and commercial discipline.
• Contribute as a key member of the executive team, promoting cross-functional collaboration and enterprise leadership.

Who You Are

• Experienced CFO or Head of Finance with a strong track record in fast-paced, scaling businesses.
• Deeply familiar with manufacturing, sustainability, recycling, industrial, or capital-intensive sectors.
• Commercially savvy with exposure to IPO preparation, trade sales, or PE-backed scaling environments.
• A high-integrity leader, combining strategic foresight with hands-on operational delivery.
• Naturally aligned to mission-driven, impact-oriented cultures, and adept at navigating complexity with resilience.

What’s on Offer

• Purpose: Help solve one of the world’s fastest-growing environmental issues through transformative innovation.
• Growth: Influence a scaling business preparing for significant capital events and global expansion.
• Leadership: Join an agile, entrepreneurial executive team and shape the future of the finance function.
• Legacy: Build financial infrastructure that will sustain the business through a decade of growth and impact.

For executives ready to lead with purpose and precision, this is a rare and meaningful opportunity.
If you're a values-aligned financial leader seeking to be part of a high-growth, sustainability-driven business, we invite you to express your interest.

To obtain a copy of the candidate information pack, please email Stephanie Shepherd, stephanie@galvinrowley.com.au
Jennifer Galvin-Rowley is leading this search and welcomes confidential enquiries at jen@galvinrowley.com.au or 0410 477 235.
All applications should be made via our website www.galvinrowley.com.au