About Our Client
An iconic and widely recognised organisation, well known across Melbourne and the broader Australian market, with a strong international presence within their industry.
Job Description
The Senior Manager, Activity Based Costing individual will:
* Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing management of the university's Activity-Based Costing framework.
* Drive a deep understanding of cost structures across programs, colleges, and portfolios to support strategic financial planning and decision making.
* Work collaboratively with finance and operational teams to deliver insights into cost efficiency, resource allocation, and financial sustainability.
* Leverage a strong affinity for technology and analytics, staying up-to-date with modern modelling tools and systems.
* Be highly process-oriented and comfortable with a hands-on approach to problem solving and execution.
* Act as a trusted advisor to the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, providing subject matter expertise, strategic analysis, modelling, and forecasting.
* Deliver reliable insights and recommendations to support executive decisions, planning, budgeting, risk management, compliance, and performance measurement.
* Contribute to the development of policies, initiatives, and key strategic projects by delivering robust financial analysis and ROI assessments.
* Understand the broader organisational context and dynamics, with a forward thinking mindset and ability to conceptualise and communicate future possibilities.
* Build strong relationships across a large, complex, and diverse organisation, gaining trust and influence in environments where differing interests can impact outcomes significantly
The Successful Applicant
The ideal candidate will meet the below criteria:
* Demonstrated significant and substantial experience contributing effectively at a senior Finance level in complex organisations undergoing significant growth and transformation coupled with resilience, strong self awareness and the ability to balance competing demands in a highly changeable environment.
* Excellent accounting principles and standards, technical financial competency with substantial analytical expertise working with large volumes of data, relevant business and technological solutions and platforms in large organisations.
* Influential and collaborative leader with excellent project manager/change delivery skills and proven experience leading and implementing large and/or complex transformational initiatives in large and complex organisations.
* Well developed resource and people management/leadership skills, including demonstrated ability to build effective high performance teams in a commercial environment.
* Proven ability to build effective relationships, work collaboratively with business leaders and multiple stakeholders at all levels.
* High level of business acumen, continuous improvement mindset with demonstrated high level negotiation, influencing, planning skills as well as excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Commercial, strategic thinker with substantial analytical experience with large volumes of data and expertise working with relevant technological solutions and platforms.