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8 results for Chief Risk Officer in Melbourne, Victoria

Risk & Compliance Manager
  • Melbourne, Victoria
  • remote
  • Permanent placement
  • 120000 - 130000 AUD / Yearly
  • <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Company</span></strong></p><p>Robert Half is partnering with a highly respected and long-established business to appoint Risk and Compliance position, with a broad remit and high visibility across the organisation. </p><p>This is a newly created opportunity within a lean and collaborative environment, where you will have genuine exposure across the business and the opportunity to work closely with stakeholders at every level in an autonomous position with a depth of scope.</p><p>As the business continues to strengthen its risk and governance framework, this is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to broaden their experience and take ownership of meaningful work.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Role</span></strong></p><p>Reporting into a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Risk and Compliance Manager will play an important role in supporting the ongoing development and maintenance of the organisation's risk and compliance framework.</p><p>Key responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li>Supporting the development, maintenance and review of enterprise risk frameworks, registers and reporting.</li><li>Assisting with risk assessments and identifying emerging risks across the business.</li><li>Supporting compliance obligations, policies and internal controls.</li><li>Coordinating risk and compliance reporting for senior stakeholders.</li><li>Assisting with internal reviews, audits and control testing.</li><li>Working with stakeholders across the business to improve risk awareness and embed appropriate controls.</li><li>Contributing to broader governance and business improvement initiatives</li><li>Collaborating closely with Legal, IT, Operations, Finance and other teams to provide integrated oversight across a broad trance of areas including cyber, climate, and AI governance.</li><li>Oversee incident and breach management and reporting, ensuring appropriate escalation and continuous improvement.</li></ul><p>This is a role with plenty of scope to develop. The successful candidate be exposed to a broad range of business risks rather than being confined to a narrow area and as such, this represents an opportunity for someone with some risk and governance experience to further develop their understanding of enterprise risk, governance and compliance in a highly varied and autonomous position.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Profile</span></strong></p><p>Ideally suited to a Risk professional with approximately 2-5 years' experience, you will be someone from an enterprise risk, compliance, internal audit or related background.</p><p>You may have developed a solid foundation in risk and are now looking for an opportunity to broaden your exposure, work across a diverse range of business areas, take greater ownership of the risk function and enjoy a closer working exposure to senior stakeholders.</p><p>The role would suit someone who enjoys a fast-paced and dynamic environment, is comfortable working with a broad range of stakeholders and is looking to join a business with a strong reputation for its people, culture and employee experience.</p><p>Ideally you will bring:</p><ul><li>2-5 years' experience in risk, compliance, internal audit or a related discipline.</li><li>Experience working with risk registers, controls, assessments and reporting</li><li>Strong written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>The confidence to work with stakeholders across different areas of a business.</li><li>Sound judgement and problem-solving ability with the capability to think both strategically and operationally.</li><li>A practical and commercial approach to risk rather than simply a policy-driven mindset.</li><li>A team-focused and inclusive approach and a curiosity and willingness to get involved across a broad range of issues.</li><li>Comfort working in a lean environment with a broad range of responsibilities and where no two days are the same.</li><li>A collaborative and a can-do attitude.</li></ul><p> </p><p>With a breadth of exposure in a great business, this is a role which would be particularly well suited to someone relatively early in their risk career who wants to develop into a well-rounded risk professional rather than specialise too early.</p><p>The successful candidate will join a long established, highly reputable business with an award-winning culture and a commitment to the professional development of its staff. For the right person, this is a great opportunity.</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.</p><p> </p><p><em>Reference Number: </em>06810-0013516602 PM</p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/cGF0cmljay5tY2tpbm5leS44NTIwNi4xMDY3NUByaGlhdXMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
  • 2026-09-30T05:16:03Z
Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager | 12-Month Contract FTC
  • Melbourne CBD, Victoria
  • remote
  • Contract/Temporary
  • 170000 - 190000 AUD / Yearly
  • <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Company</span></strong></p><p>Our client is a financial services organisation.</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Role</span></strong></p><p>This is a standalone Health, Safety &amp; Wellbeing Manager role with 1 direct report. The safety and wellbeing systems are already well established, so the focus is on running them well and keeping the organisation compliant rather than rebuilding from scratch. It's a true all-rounder: about 60% hands-on delivery and 40% planning, initiatives and senior reporting.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p><ul><li>Managing WorkCover claims and return-to-work cases end to end</li><li>Conducting incident investigations, risk assessments and ergonomic assessments</li><li>Supporting frontline teams with customer-facing and psychosocial risks</li><li>Delivering the annual health, safety and wellbeing calendar</li><li>Keeping procedures, documentation and safety reporting up to date</li><li>Reporting to the Executive team and Board, and keeping leaders across their safety obligations</li><li>Leading and developing a Health, Safety &amp; Wellbeing Coordinator</li><li>Occasional travel to branches in regional Victoria and interstate</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Profile</span></strong></p><p>To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:</p><ul><li>3-5 years of senior experience in a WHS or Health, Safety &amp; Wellbeing role, ideally within a corporate or office-based environment</li><li>Strong WorkCover, injury management and return-to-work experience</li><li>Experience managing psychosocial and customer-facing risks, and conducting incident investigations</li><li>A genuinely hands-on approach, with the confidence to move between day-to-day case work and senior-level planning</li><li>Knowledge of both VIC and NSW safety legislation (highly regarded)</li><li>A polished, confident style when presenting to and advising senior leaders</li><li>A personable, approachable manner, with the ability to build trust quickly across the business</li><li>A current driver's licence</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.</p><p> </p><p><em>Reference Number: <strong>06810-0013470071BS</strong></em></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong>Please note, this is a fully onsite position.</strong></p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/YmVuLnNjaG9sZWZpZWxkLjUzMTU0LjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
  • 2026-09-30T04:45:52Z
Commercial Manager
  • Mulgrave, Victoria
  • remote
  • Contract/Temporary
  • 170000 - 190000 AUD / Yearly
  • <p><strong>The Company</strong><strong> </strong></p><p>An established and growing Australian organisation is undergoing an exciting period of transformation, with significant investment in technology, systems, people and operational capability. </p><p>Following recent acquisitions and continued growth, the organisation is focused on integrating its expanding operations, strengthening its finance function and building scalable processes to support its long-term strategy.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Role </strong></p><p>Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this role plays a pivotal part in delivering commercial insights that support and enhance business performance. </p><p>The position acts as a true strategic partner to operational teams, providing analysis, guidance, and support to drive informed decision-making and sustainable growth.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Key responsibilities include:</strong><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Act as a strategic business partner to the CFO and regional leadership teams, providing commercial insight to support decision-making</li><li>Lead budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes in partnership with business leaders.</li><li>Deliver clear and insightful management reporting, highlighting key drivers, trends, risks and opportunities.</li><li>Provide financial modelling, scenario analysis and recommendations to support strategic and operational decisions.</li><li>Manage financial governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with requirements and internal control standards.</li><li>Identify, assess and communicate key financial and commercial risks and opportunities to senior leadership.</li><li>Lead, coach and develop the commercial/finance team, build capability, accountability and a high-performance culture.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Your Skills &amp; Experience </strong></p><ul><li>CA/CPA qualified with strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise.</li><li>Proven experience with full ownership of P&amp;L, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.</li><li>Advanced financial planning and modelling skills, with strong proficiency in Excel and Power BI.</li><li>Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.</li><li>Proven stakeholder management skills, partnering with senior leaders to drive financial performance and strategic decision-making.</li><li>Full working rights in Australia (Australian citizenship, permanent residency, or valid work visa).<br /> </li></ul><p>For more information, please reach out directly to the Management Resources team in Mulgrave on 03 9239 8100</p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/RWxpc2UuTWFydGluLjUwMDU0LjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
  • 2026-09-23T00:38:35Z
Senior Finance Officer
  • Melbourne CBD, Victoria
  • remote
  • Permanent placement
  • 40 - 50 AUD / Hourly
  • <p><strong>Company:</strong></p><p>A large, well-established organisation is looking for a Senior Finance Officer to join its finance team. This is a temporary to permanent opportunity, with the aim of bringing the right person on long term.</p><p>You will be joining a collaborative and hardworking team who pride themselves on teamwork.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Role:</strong></p><p>This is a split role. You will spend around half your time in Accounts Payable and half in Accounts Receivable. In AP, you will be the go-to person across the business. In AR, you will look after receipting and handle customer queries. You will also have the chance to improve how the team works. Duties include:</p><ul><li>Manage invoice processing, coding, approvals and payment runs</li><li>Be the first point of contact for AP queries from internal stakeholders and suppliers</li><li>Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies</li><li>Process receipting and allocate payments accurately</li><li>Respond to customer queries and resolve account issues</li><li>Identify and implement process improvements</li><li>Support month end close, including accruals and reporting</li><li>Assist with ad hoc finance projects and system improvements</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>About You:</strong></p><ul><li>Proven experience across both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable</li><li>Comfortable managing high volume processing and being the person others come to</li><li>A track record of improving or streamlining finance processes</li><li>Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP or finance systems</li><li>Clear communicator with a proactive, solutions-focused approach</li><li>Able to work autonomously and manage competing priorities</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.</p><p> </p><p><em>Reference Number:</em> <a href="https://rh--c.vf.force.com/a1GVT000008EcaH">06810-0013514759</a>FM</p><p> </p><p>This is a hybrid position.</p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/ZmVyZ3VzLm1hbm5lcnMuOTEyMTQuMTA2NzVAcmhpYXVzLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
  • 2026-09-28T05:57:57Z
Fund/Trust Accountant | Property-Backed Funds
  • Cremorne, Victoria
  • remote
  • Permanent placement
  • 110000 - 120000 AUD / Yearly
  • <p><strong>The Company</strong></p><p>Our client is a well-established Australian alternative asset manager specialising in real estate credit and property-backed funds. Operating across major, diverse property sectors nationwide, they are an agile and highly reliable non-bank lender actively funding high-profile developments.</p><p>Backed by deep market expertise and institutional capital partners, their business model combines speed, financial rigour, and disciplined risk management. This unique foundation is driving exceptional growth and operational efficiency - not only for the firm, but for its highly collaborative, energetic, and high-performing finance team.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>Sitting at the core of corporate finance and fund operations, this key position plays a pivotal role in supporting active deal deployment, risk monitoring, and operational scaling. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, key responsibilities include:</p><ul><li><strong>SPV Trust Accounting &amp; Fund Operations:</strong> Oversee end-to-end trust accounting for Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) across the active deal portfolio - managing capital calls, developer draw downs, interest distributions, and unit trust financial statements.</li><li><strong>Portfolio &amp; Credit Risk Analytic:</strong> Monitor loan portfolio performance, evaluate loan-to-value (LTV) metrics, track project draw down schedules, and conduct scenario stress-testing to safeguard capital.</li><li><strong>Capital Reporting &amp; Facility Management:</strong> Manage fund accounting workflows, monitor debt facility compliance, and deliver detailed financial reporting for co-investors and institutional capital partners.</li><li><strong>Treasury &amp; Cash Flow Management:</strong> Maintain active oversight of corporate liquidity, cash flow forecasting, and debt draw downs to support fast-moving transaction schedules.</li><li><strong>Process Optimisation &amp; Systems:</strong> Drive continuous process improvement across SPV and fund reporting, streamline manual routines, and support the implementation of automated reporting tools.</li><li><strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration:</strong> Partner closely with deal origination, legal, risk, and underwriting teams to ensure seamless financial execution across all live transactions</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>About You</strong></p><p>We are seeking a commercially minded, detail-oriented finance professional with strong technical capability in trust accounting, fund operations, or structured finance. We would also consider a first mover from Professional services with relevant industry knowledge.</p><ul><li><strong>Technical Background:</strong> Demonstrated experience in SPV trust accounting, fund accounting, or financial analysis gained within private credit, real estate investment, property development finance, or corporate banking.</li><li><strong>First-Mover Profiles Welcomed:</strong> Candidates stepping out of Chartered accounting (Business Services or Audit) with exposure to trusts, property funds, or asset management clients are strongly encouraged to apply.</li><li><strong>Qualifications:</strong> CA/CPA qualified, or near completion.</li><li><strong>Autonomy &amp; Process Improvement:</strong> An innate drive to take end-to-end ownership of deliverable, challenge inefficient workflows, and build scalable financial processes.</li><li><strong>Analytical Capability:</strong> Solid working knowledge of trust structures, debt metrics, liquidity management, and balance sheet principles.</li><li><strong>Culture Fit &amp; Team Mindset:</strong> Dedicated to fostering a positive, transparent, and supportive team culture where open communication and high performance go hand in hand.</li></ul><p>This is an exceptional opportunity for a finance professional looking to step out of rigid corporate structures or passive reporting into an autonomous, commercially focused environment where the processes and deals aren't cookie-cutter, the finance team is energetic, high performing, and growth is non-negotiable.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Job Reference Number: 06810-0013512979JM</strong></p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/amFjcXVpLm1hbm9sb3BvdWxvcy42MDk0MS4xMDY3NUByaGlhdXMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
  • 2026-09-24T04:27:33Z
Senior Finance Manager
  • Melbourne CBD, Victoria
  • remote
  • Contract/Temporary
  • 160000 - 175000 AUD / Yearly
  • <p><strong><em>The Company</em></strong></p><p><em>An Opportunity to join Melbourne's industry leaders during an exciting period of growth &amp; transformation. This 3-Month contract will play a critical role across Finance and Operations, driving financial reporting, FP&amp;A, business performance analysis and strategic decision support for senior stakeholders.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>The Role</em></strong></p><p><em>In this role, you will report directly to the CFO, taking ownership of financial reporting, FP&amp;A, governance and team leadership during a critical period for the business. You will oversee month-end reporting, forecasting, audit activities and financial controls while delivering meaningful insights to support executive decision-making</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Key Responsibilities</em></strong></p><ul><li><em>Oversee month-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting. </em></li><li><em>Lead budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting across the business. </em></li><li><em>Prepare executive and board reporting packs, providing meaningful analysis and insights to support decision-making. </em></li><li><em>Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and maintain strong financial controls and governance. </em></li><li><em>Assist in the external audit process and support statutory reporting requirements. </em></li><li><em>Maintain and enhance financial models, reporting tools and analytic capabilities. </em></li><li><em>Analyse large and complex data sets to identify trends, risks and opportunities for business improvement. </em></li><li><em>Partner with the CFO and senior leadership team to provide commercial and strategic financial support. </em></li><li><em>Support due diligence, transaction-related activities.</em></li><li><em>Lead and mentor a small finance team.</em></li><li><em>Drive continuous improvement across finance processes, systems and reporting frameworks. </em></li><li><em>Review and challenge financial outputs to ensure reporting accuracy, integrity and audit readiness</em></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><em>Your Profile</em></strong></p><ul><li><em>CA/CPA qualified </em></li><li><em>Experience in Acquisitions, M&amp;A, or complex Integration's is highly regarded<strong>.</strong></em></li><li><em>Advanced Excel skills with experience working with large and complex data sets</em></li><li><em>Audit Exposure essential.</em></li><li><em>Partnering with cross-functional teams and translate technical financial outcomes into operational insights.</em></li><li><em>Due diligence, transaction support or M&amp;A exposure is advantageous</em></li></ul><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>Apply Today</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Salary: 160k -175k Plus Super </em></strong><em><br /> <strong>Reference Number:</strong></em> <strong><em>06810-0013504507DOD</em></strong></p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/ZG9pcmVhbm4ub2Rvbm9naHVlLjY0NzkxLjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
  • 2026-09-11T05:24:14Z
Group Financial Manager, Planning & Analysis
  • Mulgrave, Victoria
  • remote
  • Permanent placement
  • 280000 - 310000 AUD / Yearly
  • <p> </p><table width="680"><tbody><tr><td width="507"><p><strong>The Opportunity</strong></p><p>We are seeking a strategic, commercially driven finance executive to sit within the Leadership Team and drive value creation across a large, complex and purpose-led organisation at a pivotal stage of its evolution.</p><p>This is more than a traditional FP&amp;A role. We're looking for someone who can identify opportunities, challenge existing thinking, and drive meaningful change across systems, processes, people and ways of working. As a key member of the leadership team, you will shape the future direction of the finance function while influencing enterprise-wide performance and decision-making.</p><p>Reporting to the CFO, you will lead the organisation's financial planning and analysis function, providing strategic commercial insights, driving accountability, and partnering with executives to deliver sustainable business outcomes.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Leading enterprise-wide financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting.</li><li>Partnering with executives and senior leaders to improve business performance and accountability.</li><li>Delivering commercial insights that influence strategic and operational decision-making.</li><li>Leading investment analysis, business case development and financial modelling for major initiatives.</li><li>Identifying opportunities to improve organisational performance, efficiency and value creation.</li><li>Driving transformation across finance systems, reporting frameworks, planning processes and team capability.</li><li>Building a high-performing, commercially focused FP&amp;A and business partnering function.</li><li>Providing constructive challenge to leaders and stakeholders to ensure robust decision-making and financial discipline.</li><li>Leading change initiatives that improve the way finance supports and partners with the broader business.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>About You</strong></p><p>You are a strategic finance leader with a track record of delivering results in large, complex organisations. While your technical credentials are strong, your real strength lies in your ability to influence, challenge and transform.</p><p><strong>You will bring:</strong></p><ul><li>Extensive experience leading financial planning, forecasting, reporting and business partnering functions.</li><li>Demonstrated success leading finance transformation, operating model improvements, system implementations or significant process change.</li><li>A proven ability to identify inefficiencies, challenge established practices and implement pragmatic solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.</li><li>Strong commercial acumen and experience supporting complex investment and strategic decisions.</li><li>Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the confidence to engage, influence and challenge at executive level.</li><li>Experience building, leading and developing high-performing teams through periods of change.</li><li>CA, CPA or equivalent qualifications, with tertiary qualifications in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics or a related discipline.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>What We Are Looking For</strong></p><ul><li>CA, CPA or equivalent qualifications, with tertiary qualifications in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics or a related discipline</li><li>Extensive experience leading financial planning, forecasting, reporting and business partnering functions.</li><li>Demonstrated success leading finance transformation, operating model improvements, system implementations or significant process change.</li><li>A proven ability to identify inefficiencies, challenge established practices and implement pragmatic solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.</li><li>Strong commercial acumen and experience supporting complex investment and strategic decisions.</li><li>Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the confidence to engage, influence and challenge at executive level.</li><li>Experience building, leading and developing high-performing teams through periods of change.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Why This Role?</strong></p><p>This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of a finance function and leave a lasting legacy. You will have the mandate to challenge the status quo, improve organisational capability, drive transformation and help position finance as a strategic partner to the business.</p><p>We're seeking a leader who sees opportunity where others see constraints, who isn't afraid to ask the difficult questions, and who has the capability and credibility to turn ideas into action.</p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button</p><p> </p><p><strong>Reference Number: </strong><strong>06830-0013510382IT</strong></p><h4> </h4><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/aXNvYmVsLnR1cm5lci41MTExMC4xMDY3NUByaGlhdXMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
  • 2026-09-20T21:28:07Z
Director Of Finance
  • Melbourne, Victoria
  • remote
  • Contract/Temporary
  • 85 - 95 AUD / Hourly
  • <p><strong>The Company</strong></p><p>Our client is a large, well-established public sector organisation with a complex, high-volume finance function. They are undertaking a significant uplift of their Accounts Payable operations as part of a broader finance transformation agenda, and are seeking an experienced interim leader to drive this change.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>This is a hands-on, delivery-focused interim engagement for someone who can walk into a pressured AP environment, stabilise it, and lead it through transformation, not just write a plan and hand it off.</p><p>You'll be reporting to the Finance Director, working alongside an AP team of circa 4 FTE, with no direct reports of your own but significant influence over how the team operates day to day.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Key focus areas:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Backlog recovery: there is a substantial volume of aged, unactioned invoices sitting in inboxes that need to be triaged and cleared, with supplier relationships under real strain as a result</strong></li><li><strong>Systems &amp; automation: supporting the implementation of an inbox triage/ticketing solution, and working within a large ERP environment to reduce manual workarounds</strong></li><li><strong>Process fixes: addressing recurring 3-way match exceptions, manual PO-related workarounds, and an outdated staff reimbursement process</strong></li><li><strong>Change management: bringing a team that is used to doing things a certain way along on the journey, embedding new ways of working sustainably</strong></li><li><strong>Governance &amp; reporting: tracking progress, risks and benefits, and reporting up through Finance leadership as the function transitions toward a broader systems/transformation structure</strong></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>This is as much a change and stabilisation role as it is a project management one. You'll need to build trust with an established team while driving real operational improvement.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Your Profile</strong></p><ul><li>Proven experience leading AP or transnational finance functions through backlog recovery, process redesign or systems-enabled change, ideally within a <strong>shared services</strong> environment</li><li>Either a Financial Controller background with direct AP leadership experience, or a dedicated transformation/project management professional with strong AP domain knowledge</li><li>Comfortable working hands-on with ERP systems</li><li>Strong stakeholder and change management skills, able to bring a settled team along through meaningful change</li><li>Immediately available or on short notice for a 4-6 month engagement</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.</p><p><strong><em>Reference Number: </em>06810-0013508344DTD</strong></p><p><strong>This is an onsite position</strong></p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/ZGVlb24udGF5bG9yZGVhbi4zNzAzNi4xMDY3NUByaGlhdXMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
  • 2026-09-17T06:30:32Z