Address- Permanent
- Sydney NSW
- Hybrid Working Arrangements
How will I Help?
This role is part of the Expense Management team in Finance that will be supporting the Technology Division. Working with a group of professionals this role is accountable for delivering strong financial control through the adherence to policies, processes, and standards; provide financial insights and advice to help our business leaders achieve target outcomes; and build and maintain strong relationships with our stakeholders.
The Expense Management team provides financial control and business partnering to the across the Group. It also provides finance, tax, and finance system operation services for the Group. The Technology Division brings together the systems and functions within the organisation that are primarily customer facing or support customer facing. These include areas like Information Security, Data, Infrastructure & Service Management, Chief Technology Office and Transformation.
As a Project Finance Manager, you will support the Senior Project Finance Manager and the Finance Business Partners to provide business partnering, financial support, advice, and solutions to key stakeholders for the portfolio(s) that you are responsible for.
Responsibilities
- Maintain effective business analysis and advice to the portfolio and programs and other stakeholders in line with the Finance Control Framework.
- Provide commercial insights through analytical review of data and business drivers and performance.
- Actively challenge underlying business assumptions in financial forecasts and ensure lead indicators are owned and tracked by the Programs.
- Support the business to achieve its project targets & forecasts.
- Support the set-up of new projects to ensure project financials can be accurately measured across end-to-end capability/scope.
- Lead month end project accounting processes in a timely manner ensuring adherence to accounting standards and finance policies.
- Monitor the Project/Program business case including project spend, ongoing operating expense and benefits timeline investment governance and assumptions.
- Identifying any risks/issues and opportunities to the financial forecast and plan and compliance to enterprise Project Governance and Execution frameworks and methodologies in supporting stable Westpac financial control environment including Agile.
- Assist with the development of Investment return and financial tracking metrics.
- Assist in the development, validation, and critique of the Project Investment Business Case.
- Understand linkage of commercial (e.g., Statement of Works and invoices) to the project spend forecast.
- Respond to business queries/requests received from program teams.
- Maintain effective working relationship with other finance counterparts, Project/Program Managers, IT and PMO, and other stakeholders.
- Supports an achievement culture in servicing finance and business clients through expert advice and planning.
- Take a proactive lead in identifying & implementing ongoing process improvements or simplification initiatives to improve overall team quality and productivity.
- Act as an ambassador for the Group and Finance profession always in delivery and behaviours.
What's in it for me?
You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is helping Australians succeed. So we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure.
Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.
What do I need?
- 5+ years' experience in financial management and the financial services industry
- Professional accounting qualification completed - ACA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent.
- Ability to effectively influence, negotiate and manage expectations at senior management level.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining productive relationships.
- Thorough understanding of all technical finance & accounting competencies
- Qualifications in commerce or business-related discipline
- Project execution (including Agile) and Technology experience an advantage.
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong team player
- Strong customer service and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills - being able to clearly extract and simply articulate key messages out of detailed information.
- Trusted advisor with business acumen and knowledge
- Builds effective relationships and assimilates information quickly.
- Self-Leader - manages to high quality and time.
- Driven to deliver - proven ability to deliver the best possible results for the organisation; and shows determination, resourcefulness, and a sense of purpose in achieving this.
How do I Apply?
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As part of our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, this role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If an adjustment is required to assist you during our recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au
Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?
At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating inclusive and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community.
We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 1.2 or email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au
