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
Requirements:
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.
Conditions:
A generous salary and package on offer with great company benefits. Please get in touch to discuss the finer details.
2 May 2025;
from:
michaelpage.com.au