Senior Manager Portfolio Finance And Benefits

We are on the lookout for a seasoned Senior Manager to lead our Portfolio Finance and Benefits team. This role is integral to the financial stewardship of our expansive investment portfolio and reports directly to the Head of Investment Finance. The ideal candidate will bring a wealth of experience in finance partnering at a senior level, coupled with a solid track record in project management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the development and management of a premier project finance function.
• Drive the performance reporting, budgeting, and forecasting for the portfolio.
• Uphold rigorous financial governance standards and provide strategic commercial insights.
• Lead the Benefits Management Lifecycle from end to end, encompassing identification, planning, realization, and reporting of benefits.

About you

We are seeking a strategic leader for the Senior Manager - Portfolio Finance and Benefits position, who brings a minimum of 10 years of senior finance partnering experience. The ideal candidate will be a visionary with a comprehensive understanding of complex financial projects and a proven track record in managing a high-performing project finance function.

Key Qualifications:

• Proficiency in managing a project finance function.
• Strong commitment to financial governance.
• Proven experience in a senior finance partnering role.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to make decisions that impact the broader group's financial performance.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing complex financial projects.
• Proficiency in adhering to enterprise-wide financial management processes, standards, and policies.
• Exceptional strategic thinking skills with a proven ability to influence the financial performance of the group.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a robust commitment to financial governance, with a keen ability to adhere to and enforce enterprise-wide financial management processes, standards, and policies. They should be a strategic thinker, capable of providing commercial insights and influencing the broader group's financial performance.

We are looking for someone who is not only a financial expert but also a visionary leader. The role involves driving the Benefits Management Lifecycle and contributing to the organization's success through exceptional strategic thinking and decision-making skills.

About Us

BOQ Group is a truly unique group of challenger brands with a purpose - to provide a genuine alternative to Australian financial services for customers and employees.
Our family of brands (Bank of Queensland (BOQ), ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, BOQ Specialist), each come with their own defined customer audience and brand personality, but share one goal - to build social capital through banking. That's creating trust with customers, exploring staff potential and believing that tiny gestures and big ideas can change the world for communities.
BOQ Group's inclusive vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve.
Since 2021, BOQ Group is recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
In 2023, we successfully implemented an innovative Reconciliation Plan, driving positive change and promoting inclusivity across BOQ Group.

• Flexible working arrangements
• Discounted financial products
• Salary sacrificing options
• Paid parental leave with no minimum
• Purchase annual leave
• Discounted private health insurance plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Access to employee network groups focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, Multicultural, Gender, Early Careers and accessibility
• BOQ Group is a member of Pride in Diversity and a participating organisation in the Australian Workplace Equality Index

How to Apply

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BOQ Group is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. When you apply, you are welcome to tell us the pronouns you use and please let us know any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you are successful for a role with BOQ Group, it is a condition of employment that background screening is completed to ensure that the Bank complies with its obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act. These checks may include, but are not limited to:
identity, verification, reference checks, criminal background checks, immigration checks, verification of academic qualifications, bankruptcy checks.