AddressAbout the role
Reporting to the CFO, the VP of Financial Planning and Analysis will serve as a critical member of the finance leadership team. You will function as a lead executive for Tritium consolidated financials, with responsibility for financial planning, cost and gross margin optimization, capital allocation as well as business decision support. The role will have significant exposure to the entire Tritium leadership team and be involved in all strategic decisioning.
Key responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to:
- As a strategic thought leader, serve as the right-hand thought partner to the CFO, and work closely with the investor relations leader and corporate accounting controller.
- Lead the process to accurately forecast overall business financial planning, as well as revenue and cost segmentation for Tritium’s expanding products and operating locations.
- Provide creative insights, implications, and recommendations about current and future financial trends and areas for improvement, focus or investment. Ensure that commercial ambition is balanced with effective and rigorous cost management.
- Oversee the development, implementation, and tracking of our shorter-term budget. Establish timelines, provide support to the leadership team and operational leaders, and hold business leadership accountable for delivery against targets and business objectives. Investigate and resolve variances in budgets, reporting, controls, and accounting.
- Provide insights and analysis in setting financial guidance and forecasts, as well as being a key contributor to all investor relations materials.
- Support development and implementation of a new global finance operating model that will deliver significant short and long-term improvements across finance’s processes, systems, and tools.
- Build, develop, lead, organize, and manage a high-functioning Finance department
- Ensure that the Finance team is briefed on their mandate and accountable in supporting performance and success.
- Together with the management team, embody a culture of humility and high performance, all while driving initiatives forward with a progressive cadence to stay ahead of the company’s ambitious agenda and plans for growth.
- Drive a strategic talent plan, to ensure the development of finance talent while also hiring strategically across key functions needed to deliver upon growth plans.
- Maintain and improve upon our long-range planning framework, providing leadership in the development and continuous evaluation of financial short-and-long-term strategic objectives.
- Create the content for and present to the Board of Directors our shorter-term budget as well as our longer-term plan.
- Oversee the automation of our procurement process in tandem with the update of our ERP solution
You will be an exceptional business partner, responsible for challenging and supporting the significant growth of the business, increasing the company’s ability to anticipate business issues, and driving informed decision-making through sound financial management. You must have the ability to function in a matrixed environment at a broad-based, strategic level while being capable of driving detailed, tactical execution.
- You hold a graduate degree in a relevant discipline and post graduate qualification (e.g., CPA/CA) with over 10 years relevant experience.
- You possess highly developed people management skills, with experience developing and mentoring people managers.
- A proven conceptual and strategic thinker who is capable of distilling, packaging, and presenting complex information in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.
- Must be seen as a strong businessperson who knows how to partner with senior executives and guide change.
- An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry. The successful candidate will also bring with him/her immense curiosity; challenging the status quo and stirring innovative approaches to existing processes and operations.
- The ability to effectively balance the desire/need for broad change with an understanding of how much change the organization is capable of handling, to create realistic goals and implementation plans that are achievable and successful.
Benefit
This is an incredible opportunity to join a thriving business that is just getting started. It is a fast-paced environment, and Tritium is kicking some major goals within the industry and their sector. Offering competitive salaries, on-site parking, free EV charging and plenty of growth opportunities, joining is a no brainer.
Tritium is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, just ask.
