About The Role
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key member of the Executive Committee and senior leadership team, responsible for driving the firm's financial strategy, ensuring long-term sustainability, and optimising commercial performance.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the CFO provides strategic financial leadership, governance oversight, and commercial insight to support the firm's growth and operational excellence. This role requires a forward-thinking leader with strong financial acumen, a deep understanding of governance and compliance, and the ability to influence strategy at the highest levels.
Responsibilities
* Develop and implement the firm's financial strategy to support business growth, profitability, and long-term sustainability.
* Provide strategic financial leadership, advising the CEO and executive team on financial planning, performance, and key business decisions.
* Oversee financial planning, forecasting, and performance management, ensuring data-driven decision-making and financial transparency.
* Manage all financial operations, including treasury, budgeting, capital management, tax, audit, and compliance, ensuring adherence to regulatory and governance standards.
* Drive commercial strategy, including pricing models, profitability analysis, and cost optimisation initiatives.
* Identify and mitigate financial risks, implementing robust governance frameworks to safeguard the firm's financial interests.
* Lead and oversee major financial transactions, including funding strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and capital investments.
* Enhance financial systems, automation, and reporting processes to improve efficiency and business intelligence capabilities.
* Foster strong relationships with external financial partners, including banks, investors, auditors, and regulators.
* Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing multijurisdictional finance team, ensuring a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
* Work closely with business units and practice leaders to align financial strategy with commercial objectives and operational efficiencies.
* Ensure compliance with all legal, tax, and regulatory obligations, maintaining the highest standards of financial governance.
* Leverage financial technology, automation, and analytics to enhance financial decision-making and operational effectiveness.
* Act as a key driver of business transformation, supporting growth initiatives and positioning the firm for long-term success.
Key Skills And Experience
* Significant executive-level experience in a CFO or senior finance leadership role, ideally within a professional service, legal, or corporate environment.
* Proven ability to drive financial strategy, business growth, and operational excellence at scale.
* Deep expertise in financial planning, risk management, governance, and regulatory compliance.
* Strong commercial acumen, with a track record of influencing business strategy and driving profitability.
* Experience leading complex financial operations, including capital management, M&A activity, and large-scale financial transactions.
* Exceptional stakeholder management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at board and executive levels.
* Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate financial insights into business action.
* Experience leveraging financial technology, automation, and analytics to enhance business decision-making.
* Experience managing offshore or geographically distributed teams, ensuring seamless financial operations across multiple jurisdictions.
* CPA, CA, CFA, or equivalent professional qualifications preferred.
About Atmos
Atmos is a fresh, forward-thinking legal and advisory firm built from the ground up to redefine how legal services are delivered in the cyber, privacy, and digital risk space. Founded by a team of New Zealand and Australia's leading cyber, privacy, and digital risk practitioners, we bring more than 12 years of experience in high-stakes incident response, regulatory advisory, readiness, and digital risk management.
We created Atmos to break free from traditional law firm structures - cutting through inefficiencies, embracing technology, and fostering a truly collaborative, high-performing culture. This is a firm where exceptional people do their best work, free from outdated hierarchies and rigid ways of working, with the opportunity to shape the future of the industry.
About Our Brand
In a world of looming risks and crises, we are the protective sphere around our clients.
We empower all businesses great and small to move through uncertainty with clarity and confidence, using insight to transform challenges into opportunities.
As a team, we are united by a culture of deep collaboration, working closely together to do what is needed. We act as trusted partners and advisors, offering a full-service approach that enables our clients to build resilience.
A collective force of intelligence and legal expertise, we're reshaping the very fabric of guidance and protection in a digital age. Together, we are not only stronger, but also better prepared.
Atmos Benefits
* A remuneration package that meets the market - benchmarked against Australia and New Zealand's most comprehensive legal salary survey.
* A generous bonus scheme rewarding our people for periods of hard work, including an automatic bonus for achieving budget, early bonus access for team members that meet our continuous service requirements and an innovation bonus to reward hard work on initiatives that improve the Atmos client and/or employee experience.
* Career progression and promotion based on merit not just PQE. Where possible, we promote from within, rather than bringing in senior laterals. Access leading performance coaching, online training and development and one-on-one career development support.
* Competitive parental leave benefits among the best on offer in Australia.
* Flexibility to work around personal commitments, that only requires you to work from the office 3 days per week.
* No compulsory shutdown period over Christmas and the New Year, giving our people the opportunity to take annual leave when it suits them.
* AI enabled best in class IT software and hardware taking the friction out of doing your day job. Comprehensive operational support, reducing the administrative burden on our lawyers, allowing them to focus on their day job.
* Tech company like office perks for team members based out of our Sydney HQ, including an on-site café, gym (with Peloton) and golf simulator, outdoor beer garden with BBQ, podcast studio, weekly breakfast, arcade machines, weekly wellness events (including pilates, stretch, meditation and run club) and community social functions. Our other locations also have a mix of innovative engagement spaces, experiences and community events. All locations give you an opportunity to mix with a broad range of other entrepreneurs and other creative organisations.
* Access 1,000+ exclusive discounts and automatic cashback offers and a range of financial wellbeing resources through the Atmos employee benefits partner.
How to Apply
Atmos is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace. At AtmosTM we encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage all applications from appropriately qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
Take a moment to read our candidate privacy policy carefully. This policy describes how we handle and manage personal information we collect about you as a person who applies to us for a job.
Skills
If you are interested in this position and think you have the right skills and experience for the job, your submitted application must include:
* A cover letter demonstrating your passion for cyber, which illustrates the relevant skills and experience you would bring to the role;
* A copy of your CV/Resume; and
* A copy of your official academic transcript.
Successful applicants will then be invited to a series of interviews designed to help us get to know each other better. You will also have an opportunity to talk to members of our team at different levels, so you can get a feel for 'a day in the life' of an Atmos cyber advisory consultant. It's important to us that you have an intimate understanding of the role and what sets Atmos apart from other firms before accepting any job offer.