Company
Our Client is an established participant in Australia's energy sector, operating within the domestic market and entering an exciting phase of growth and development. The business has built a strong operational foundation and is focused on expanding its capabilities to meet evolving market demand.
With a lean and agile structure, the organisation combines the pace and flexibility of a growth business with the discipline and governance of a well‐established operator. There is a strong emphasis on compliance, operational excellence, and effective systems and controls to support sustainable performance.
The culture is collaborative, inclusive, and commercially focused, with a diverse workforce and an open, transparent approach to communication. Employees benefit from direct access to leadership and the opportunity to contribute to meaningful decision‐making during a period of continued growth and transformation.
Position
* Executive leadership role accountable for financial stewardship, governance, and integrity, ensuring robust controls and compliance.
* Strategic partner to the MD and Board, delivering clear, decision‐ready insight to support performance, risk management, and long‐term value creation.
* Leads the end‐to‐end finance function, driving discipline across reporting, planning, forecasting, treasury, tax, and systems.
* Owns financial strategy, capital structure, and funding, including active management of debt, equity, and investor relationships.
* Provides leadership on capital allocation, investment evaluation, and enterprise‐wide scenario planning.
* Leads transaction activity, including M&A, divestments, due diligence, valuation, and capital markets readiness.
* Builds and maintains strong relationships with Board, shareholders, financiers, regulators, and advisors.
* Operates as a trusted adviser, influencing outcomes and aligning stakeholders in a complex, capital‐intensive environment.
* Develops a high‐performing finance team, fostering accountability, capability, and continuous improvement.
* Combines strategic, commercial, and technical expertise with strong judgement, credibility, and cross‐cultural communication.
Profile
* CA/CPA/MBA qualified with strong commercial, strategic and technical capability
* Proven expertise in capital structure and capital markets, including capital raising, refinancing, debt/equity management, M&A, divestments and IPO readiness
* Advanced financial modelling, scenario analysis and investment evaluation capability
* Strong tax strategy experience, including structuring, optimisation and regulatory engagement
* Full ownership of financial stewardship: reporting integrity, governance, budgeting, forecasting, treasury and systems control
* Board-level communicator and trusted advisor, delivering clear, decision‐ready insights
* Strong experience in capital‐intensive, asset‐heavy environments
* High integrity, accountability and sound judgement
* Credible and composed under pressure in Board and shareholder environments
* Strong influencer, able to align Boards, investors and financiers
* High emotional intelligence, low ego, collaborative and solutions‐focused
* Strategic thinker with strong analytical and enterprise mindset
* Commercially astute, able to simplify complex financial information
* Strong execution focus with high delivery standards
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