Open Opportunity
Head of Finance Shared Services & Transformation
Location: Sydney
Salary:
Executive remuneration commensurate with experience
Sydney, NSW Build. Transform. Lead
Rarely does an opportunity arise to completely redefine how Finance Shared Services operates across a major Australian enterprise.
Our client is one of Australia's largest and most respected ASX-listed organisations, operating a diversified national business with thousands of employees, multiple operating divisions and a complex finance environment. The business is embarking on a significant enterprise transformation, creating an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished finance leader to design, build and lead a next-generation Shared Services function.
Reporting to the Group CFO, this is far more than a traditional Shared Services leadership role. You will shape the future operating model, challenge existing ways of working and deliver a modern, technology-enabled finance function that creates genuine commercial value across the organisation.
The Opportunity
This is a highly visible executive leadership position with responsibility for developing and executing the strategy for Finance Shared Services while leading a significant transformation program across people, process, technology and operating model.
You will:
- Develop and execute the future Finance Shared Services strategy and operating model.
- Lead a major transformation across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting and broader finance support services.
- Review the current onshore and offshore delivery model and determine the optimal future-state structure.
- Lead large-scale process redesign, standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Drive technology enablement including ERP simplification, automation, AI and digital finance solutions.
- Build a high-performance culture focused on customer service, operational excellence and measurable business outcomes.
- Partner closely with executive stakeholders across multiple business divisions to deliver sustainable enterprise-wide change.
You are an energetic, commercially astute and highly credible finance executive who thrives in complex transformation environments.
You will bring:
- Extensive leadership experience within large-scale Finance Shared Services environments.
- Demonstrated success leading significant finance transformation programs and operating model redesign.
- Deep understanding of finance processes including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Financial Reporting and transactional finance.
- Experience managing both onshore and offshore Shared Services delivery models.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead enterprise-wide change.
- Proven capability building high-performing teams and creating cultures of accountability, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Experience implementing or optimising ERP platforms and finance technologies.
- Tertiary qualifications in Accounting or Finance together with CA and/or CPA qualifications.
This represents a genuine opportunity to build something meaningful.
You will have executive sponsorship, significant organisational visibility and the opportunity to reshape one of Australia's largest finance functions while influencing how Finance supports the business for years to come.
For the right individual, this is an opportunity to leave a lasting legacy through strategy, transformation and leadership.
Confidential Enquiries
Galvin-Rowley Executive has been exclusively retained to manage this appointment.
For a confidential discussion, please contact:
Jennifer Galvin-Rowley
Director | Galvin-Rowley Executive
+61 410 477 235
✉️ jen@galvinrowley.com.au
Applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.