Head Of Group Finance Planning And Performance

In a key senior executive role, own, drive and advise on business and financial strategy and execution right across the Qantas Group.
- Provide critical assurance of the Group's full recovery from COVID and strong upward trajectory in earnings over the short-, medium
- and long-term horizons.
- Challenge yourself to ensure robust collaboration, efficient and innovative processes and performance management frameworks are in place to meet the delivery of Group objectives and targets.
- Proactively and effectively engage with senior leadership across every business segment.
- Full time permanent opportunity based at our Mascot Campus.

Today, we're busy planning for tomorrow. We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping the Qantas Group to stay relevant and responsive in an evolving industry.

The Head of Group Finance Planning and Performance is responsible for the effective end-to-end planning, performance and advising on business and financial strategy across the Qantas Group. With a financial and strategic leadership focus this role will ensure appropriate structures, initiatives and processes are in place to meet the delivery of Qantas Group objectives, requirements and targets, and will lead opportunity development and prioritisation processes across the business The Head of Group Finance Planning and Performance will have significant influence over the creation and delivery of the Group financial strategy and targets that will inform discussion and endorsement at Group Finance Leadership Team, GMC and Board level.

Reporting into the Executive Manager Group Finance and Strategy this tole will be responsible for clear definition of the Qantas Group's success measures over the short and long term horizons as well as performance management against their delivery - across Financial, People, Customer and Competitive dimensions - and includes assuring the achievement of the Group's COVID recovery objectives. This role will focus on financial stewardship and risk management, stakeholder management and continuous improvement and be responsible for leading a team of Finance Business Partners as well as facilitate across teams within business segments.

What you'll ideally bring to the role:

- 10+ years' relevant experience operating in a similar, senior leadership position
- Graduate degree in Accounting, Finance or Business with relevant post graduate qualifications i.e CPA/CA
- Extensive experience working in multiple areas of Finance and Commercial functions
- Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence to constructively challenge senior stakeholders
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills to effectively address conflicting and competing stakeholder interests as well as negotiate contracts
- Highly developed people management skills and experience leading people managers
- Experience owning, developing and executing a Business Unit level strategy
- Demonstrated ability in partnering with other business areas to influence business decisions
- High level of personal initiative with ability to generate and drive proactive outcomes
- Analytical and strategic thinking, identifying relationships between financial and non-financial drivers with the ability to deliver clear performance advice
- Highly experienced with external stakeholder management, with an ability to maintain and enhance external networks

Why Qantas?

You'll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you'll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us - so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You'll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we've got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- _ We love to travel:_ Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- _ We have flexible leave options:_ Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 14 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees.
- _ We'll give you access to thousands of rewards:_ Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
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