Job description About St Vincent de Paul Society (Qld) St Vincent de Paul Society Qld (the Society) is one of Australia's most iconic faith based Not for Profit organisations.
Founded in **** in Queensland by individuals who wished to put their faith into action, the organisation is built on strong Christian values and plays a critical role in providing unwavering support for those who suffer deprivation, marginalisation, and inequality.
The organisation is guided by their values of commitment, compassion, integrity, courage, advocacy, respect and empathy.
Members actively engage with communities to offer practical assistance, a listening ear, and a hand-up to those in need.
The Society's commitment to social justice extends beyond immediate relief, aiming to address the root causes of poverty and advocate for systemic change.
About the Role To support the next stage of this journey, the organisation is seeking an experienced Head of Finance to lead and modernise its Finance function.
This newly created role reflects the organisation's need for a finance leader who can combine strong financial governance with the capability to simplify complexity, uplift the function and build a more commercially focused, forward-looking approach to finance.
Reporting to the Chief Financial Business Services Officer, the successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team across a complex, multi-entity environment.
The successful candidate will inherit an established team and will be expected to lift capability, build resilience, and transform Finance into a trusted,



commercially minded partner to the organisation.
Key Responsibilities Leading and developing an integrated Finance function Ensuring financial reporting, controls and governance are maintained to a high standard across a multi-entity structure, including management of the annual external audit Strengthening planning, forecasting and decision support capability, and developing a more commercially focused finance team Contributing financial insight to capital planning and funding strategies for major initiatives, including affordability and investment decision-making Driving genuine transformation, including the simplification of reporting structures, cost centre hierarchies, workflows and approval processes Partnering closely with Strategic Delivery on business cases, project governance and benefits realisation Providing governance and coordination oversight of Procurement within the Finance portfolio Who We Are Looking For The ideal candidate will be a collaborative leader with excellent stakeholder engagement expertise.
They will combine strong leadership and coaching capability with solid technical grounding, and be adept at strategising, building a roadmap,



managing expectations and bringing people along with a shared vision.
Qualifications and Experience A minimum of ten years' senior finance experience, including at least five years in a finance leadership role such as Head of Finance, Financial Controller or Finance Manager Strong technical credentials across financial reporting, audit, controls, governance and compliance A demonstrated track record of leading simplification and transformation initiatives, underpinned by a solid continuous improvement mindset Proven business partnering experience and sound commercial decision-making judgement Experience with eliminations and multi-entity consolidations The ability to operate strategically with executives while remaining willing to engage with operational details Experience within a complex, purpose-driven organisation is well regarded, along with a practical, collaborative and resilient approach Why This Role This is a rare opportunity to join at a genuine inflection point for the organisation, in a function that is ready for change and backed by leadership committed to investing in it.
This role would suit a finance leader who is able to bring clarity to complexity, leads with humility, and is motivated by the opportunity to contribute to an organisation with genuine social purpose.
* Please note all applicants must have full working rights in Australia For a copy of the candidate information booklet, please email **********************, or for a confidential discussion, please contact Jack Green on ************.

📌 Head Of Finance (Queensland)
🏢 Troocoo
📍 Queensland