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Shared Services & Transformation Lead
Executive Leadership role with a large, multi-site Australian organisation undertaking a significant transformation of its Shared Services function.
Sydney | Executive Leadership Role
A large, multi-site Australian organisation operating across a diverse national footprint is undertaking a significant transformation of its Shared Services function.
With operations spanning a broad network of locations and services, the organisation is focused on simplifying its finance environment, improving service delivery and building scalable capability to support future growth. This newly created role offers the opportunity to design and lead a contemporary Shared Services model in a complex, operationally intensive environment.
The Opportunity
This is a pivotal leadership role at the centre of a business-wide transformation.
You will be responsible for establishing a fit-for-purpose Finance Shared Services capability, improving the efficiency and consistency of finance operations, and enabling better decision support across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Transformation
What Success Looks Like
About You
You are a pragmatic, commercially minded finance leader with experience in complex, operationally focused environments.
You will bring:
Why This Role?
For a confidential discussion, please contact:
Jennifer Galvin-Rowley
Director – Galvin Rowley Executive
0410 477 235
✉️ jen@galvinrowley.com.au
A large, multi-site Australian organisation operating across a diverse national footprint is undertaking a significant transformation of its Shared Services function.
With operations spanning a broad network of locations and services, the organisation is focused on simplifying its finance environment, improving service delivery and building scalable capability to support future growth. This newly created role offers the opportunity to design and lead a contemporary Shared Services model in a complex, operationally intensive environment.
The Opportunity
This is a pivotal leadership role at the centre of a business-wide transformation.
You will be responsible for establishing a fit-for-purpose Finance Shared Services capability, improving the efficiency and consistency of finance operations, and enabling better decision support across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Transformation
- Define and implement a Finance Shared Services strategy aligned to operational and growth priorities
- Develop a clear operating model, roadmap and performance measures
- Lead transformation initiatives to modernise finance delivery
- Build a streamlined, centralised approach to transactional finance and support services
- Improve consistency, controls and service levels across a distributed operating environment
- Enhance the experience of internal stakeholders across multiple sites
- Support the evolution of finance systems and data structures
- Identify and implement opportunities for automation and process optimisation
- Partner cross-functionally to improve integration and efficiency
- Build and lead a high-performing team across multiple locations
- Foster a culture of accountability, service excellence and continuous improvement
- Engage and influence senior operational stakeholders
- Improve cost efficiency and service effectiveness
- Strengthen governance and performance management frameworks
- Deliver measurable outcomes aligned to transformation objectives
What Success Looks Like
- A well-defined and embedded Shared Services model
- Improved service delivery across a geographically dispersed organisation
- Greater efficiency, consistency and control in finance operations
- Strong team capability and stakeholder engagement
- Tangible progress against transformation priorities
About You
You are a pragmatic, commercially minded finance leader with experience in complex, operationally focused environments.
You will bring:
- Experience leading finance transformation and/or Shared Services functions
- Strong understanding of finance operations within multi-site or service-based organisations
- Ability to drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
- Demonstrated success leading change and building capability
- A hands-on, outcomes-oriented leadership style
Why This Role?
- Opportunity to build and shape a critical function from the ground up
- Broad impact across a complex, operationally intensive organisation
- Strong leadership support for transformation
- A role that blends strategy, execution and leadership
For a confidential discussion, please contact:
Jennifer Galvin-Rowley
Director – Galvin Rowley Executive
0410 477 235
✉️ jen@galvinrowley.com.au