Director, Business Planning

About Future Fund

At the Future Fund, we're for future minds – like yours. The new investors and creators who thrive on different thinking and doing it together. Those who glimpse opportunity before it strikes and step up every day to grab it.

The Future Fund is Australia's Sovereign Wealth Fund, managing over $310 billion across seven public asset funds with the same purpose: growing Australia's future. We are a global investor and work closely with world leading investment organisations to access the best investment ideas.

Where others see challenges, we see more interesting investment experiences. Every person, every skillset, every mindset is an asset. We've got every future generation to consider, yet our approach to investing is incredibly pure: we think about it deeply, and daily. Ours is a culture where great people grow the future together, with the rare ability to work collaboratively, think freely, and make a real difference.

Are you Futureminded? Let's create what's next.

The Opportunity

As Director, Business Planning and Process Improvement, you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic business planning, process optimisation, and continuous improvement across the organisation. Reporting to our Chief Financial Officer, this position offers the opportunity to lead the development and implementation of robust business planning frameworks, support process reengineering initiatives, and ensure the effective use of technology to enhance organisational efficiency and service delivery. You will collaborate closely with senior leaders, influence change, and contribute to the achievement of strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support strategic business planning processes, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and articulate business plans, key initiatives, and performance measures.

• Design and deliver dashboards and reporting tools to track progress against business plan initiatives.

• Lead the creation and implementation of governance frameworks and performance metrics.

• Identify, prioritise, and optimise business processes to drive efficiency, scalability, and compliance.

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, change management, and stakeholder engagement.

• Lead cross-functional projects to implement process enhancements, leveraging methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma.

• Support the design, development, and management of operating models and service catalogues.

• Ensure compliance with relevant government policies and obligations, particularly in procurement.

About You

You are a strategic and innovative leader with a proven track record in business planning, process improvement, and organisational transformation. You bring:

• Experience in strategic business planning, process efficiency, and business management.

• Undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field.

• Experience in a top-tier consulting firm and/or a similar role within a financial institution.

• Highly developed conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• A passion for solving complex business challenges and a continuous improvement mindset.

• Outstanding research and analytical abilities, with a talent for delivering actionable insights.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience in developing and maintaining frameworks, methodologies, and tools for strategy management and business planning.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate, consult, and drive outcomes in a dynamic environment.

• Organisational agility, adaptability, and comfort with complexity and ambiguity.

Please note that this opportunity is only open to Australian Citizens.

We Are For Everyone

At Future Fund, we are better for our differences. Every person, every skillset, every mindset is an asset. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. Which is why we're looking for future minds like yours. Your past experiences help us expand our collective knowledge, add value and create something better. When doing your job means Australia has more money to invest in renewables, education, healthcare and medical breakthroughs – there's a tangible impact to what we do. And we want you to be part of it.

Are you Futureminded? Learn more about us at our LinkedIn Life page.

The Future Fund acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and work. We pay respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as we work to create meaningful change for reconciliation.

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