General Manager, Financial Performance

Primary Details

Time Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

• Location: Sydney
• Type: Permanent, full time
• Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

• Partner with senior stakeholders to shape financial strategy.

• Influence enterprise-wide decision-making.

• Lead a high-performing FP&A team.

Your new role

GM Financial Performance is a key strategic leadership role driving financial performance across QBE's Australian Pacific (AUSPAC) business.

As GM Financial Performance you will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial narrative of the business, translating complex data into actionable insights for executive decision-making. This role requires a forward-thinking leader who understands insurance operations and can proactively contribute to financial strategy to ensure resilience and growth.

Reporting to the AUSPAC Chief Financial Officer, in this role you will lead the FP&A function across AUSPAC; overseeing planning, forecasting, performance reporting, and strategic financial analysis. You'll be a key advisor to business line leaders and the CFO, driving financial strategy and supporting course correction across QBE's Australian operations.

Key accountabilities include:

• Provide strategic financial insights and challenge performance across business lines.

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning aligned to corporate objectives.

• Manage relationships with senior stakeholders including the Executive Team and Board.

• Drive process optimisation and continuous improvement across FP&A.

• Build and lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability and excellence.

About you

This is an opportunity for a seasoned finance professional from the general insurance industry, with experience in influencing at the executive level and leading through change and transformation. You will be able to connect the dots between strategy and performance and understand how the finance function can be a key enabler of innovation.

• Proven senior leadership experience in finance roles.

• Strong commercial acumen and demonstrable understanding of the insurance industry.

• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

• Ability to lead teams through change.

• Ideally possessing deep expertise in financial planning, reporting, and analysis.

About QBE

We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let's make it happen

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• 'Hybrid Working' – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest

• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

• Voluntary super contributions and company matching

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

• A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our program

• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion

• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

• Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let's make it happen

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Skills:

Coaching for success, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Cost Management, Critical Thinking, Finance Strategy, Financial Management, Influencing, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Navigating ambiguity, Process Improvements, Stakeholder Management

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.