- Contribute as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, shaping organisational strategy, operating model evolution and culture
- Develop and execute financial strategies that support organisational goals and sustainability
- Provide strategic financial advice, planning, forecasting, and performance insights to leadership
- Strengthen financial resilience through funding, cash flow, investment, and risk management
- Manage fund accounting, grants and donor compliance across Asia–Pacific operations
- Appraise and help shape new and alternative funding sources
- Lead effective and scalable finance operations that support growth
- Modernise finance systems and leverage technology to improve decision-making
- Strengthen processes, controls, and continuous improvement
- Ensure compliance with financial, regulatory, donor, and reporting obligations
- Maintain strong governance frameworks and audit oversight
- Lead enterprise risk, fraud and anti-corruption controls
- Serve as Company Secretary, maintaining statutory compliance
- Lead and develop a high-performing finance team
- Build financial capability across the organisation through coaching

Requirements

- Experienced driving transformation, building finance functions and operating within a high accountability environment
- Comfortable taking a hands-on approach and operating at a strategic level
- Seeking growth, excited about moving into a Director role




- Ready to run a finance function end-to-end
- Motivated by building and scaling
- Innovative, resilient and able to keep things on track in a fast-moving, purpose-driven organisation
- Open to leaders from commercial, corporate or not-for-profit backgrounds

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in financial strategy development, risk management, and compliance while leading high-performing finance teams. Proven ability to modernize finance systems and drive transformation in diverse organizational settings.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Financial Strategy Development
- Risk Management
- Fund Accounting
- Compliance Management
- Team Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

- Financial Planning
- Forecasting
- Performance Insights
- Cash Flow Management
- Investment Management
- Governance Frameworks
- Audit Oversight
- Funding Sources Appraisal
- Finance Operations Management
- Continuous Improvement

Soft Skills

- Strategic Thinking
- Hands-On Leadership
- Innovative Problem Solving
- Resilience
- Coaching

Certifications & Qualifications

- Company Secretary Certification

Industry Keywords

- Non-Profit Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Commercial Finance
- Asia-Pacific Operations
- Donor Compliance

Tools & Technologies

- Finance Systems
- Decision-Making Technology

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📌 Chief Financial Officer (City of Sydney)
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📍 City of Sydney