Divisional Cfo

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Appreciating Talent Full time
Join an impressive leadership team with a growth mandate

  • Circa $275,000 + Super + STI


If you are a senior finance professional with experience transforming and delivering excellence in financial operations and commercial business partnering, then this is a great opportunity to join a growing business.


  • Join an impressive leadership team with a growth mandate
  • Circa $275,000 + Super + STI

Our client is a 'household name' that has enjoyed significant growth prior to and during the pandemic. Now settling into a "new normal" level of business there are strategic growth opportunities to take advantage of backed by new PE owners.


Reporting to the Divisional MD and Group CFO, this key leadership role provides commercial support across major projects and ongoing contract management.

Working with a small team you will drive the financial performance of the division, design and execute business strategies, manage and improve internal processes and identify and mitigate risks and contingencies to deliver profit growth.


This is an exciting opportunity for a high-caliber commercial finance executive to business partner with the GM and Exec team to drive results.


Responsibilities will include:

  • Overseeing the accurate and timely production of divisional budgets, forecasts, financial planning, management and financial reporting
  • Development of KPI's and financial data to evaluate and drive performance decisions
  • Working closely with the MD and senior leadership team to develop and implement strategies to maintain sustainable sales growth
  • Provision of strong cash flow management
  • Embedding a highperformance, businessfocused team culture that embraces collaborative and open communication
  • Proven experience at Commercial Director or FD level; preferably in a multisite professional services, project or contract management business
  • The ability to provide strong leadership that is influential and collaborative in style able to make significant strategic decisions and implement them
  • Experience of driving change and improving financial reporting and controls to support business growth
  • Able to operate effectively within a division whilst managing and meeting group requirements
  • Demonstrable experience of achieving profit improvement
  • Operationally focused, handson team player
If this sounds like a good fit and the right next opportunity for you then contact either

David Trapnell or

Simon Turner at Appreciating Talent for more information.

To apply, please click the "

include an updated CV quoting reference

About us:

Appreciating Talent is a specialist recruitment firm, created and owned by a small group of Sydney's most successful and longest-serving recruitment professionals.

Knowledge is our trade and we differentiate ourselves through specialised expertise and service.

David Trapnell is a Founder and Director of Appreciating Talent with extensive experience of recruiting for senior finance roles. Contact him on

Simon Turner is an Associate Director focused on roles across Transformation, Strategy, Change Management, Data, Digital and general Project/Program Management. Contact him on

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