Manager Technology Finance at Commonwealth Bank in Sydney CBD Area

Job description

• Do work that matters
• As Manager, Technology Finance, you will be the key finance partner for a significant Technology portfolio, providing strategic financial insights, commercial advice, and performance management to support decision-making and optimise business outcomes.
• See yourself in our team
• You will join the Technology Finance Performance Management team, partnering closely with Technology and Finance stakeholders to deliver financial insights that drive better business outcomes and investment decisions.
• This is a highly visible role with exposure to senior stakeholders across Technology and Finance, where you will:
• Own the end-to-end financial management of a significant technology portfolio
• Deliver group-level reporting, forecasting, and consolidation activities
• Partner with senior technology leaders to support strategic initiatives and investment decisions
• Manage complex cost bases across cloud, infrastructure, software, and transformational programmes
• Drive improvements in reporting, analytics, automation, and decision-support capabilities
• Your impact
• You will play a critical role in helping Technology leaders understand financial performance, make informed investment decisions, and deliver value for the Group.
• Driving performance: Delivering insights that improve financial outcomes and support strategic decision-making
• Influencing decisions: Providing trusted commercial advice and constructive challenge to stakeholders
• Optimising value: Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, productivity, and investment outcomes
• Strengthening governance: Ensuring robust financial control, reporting accuracy, and compliance
• Enhancing capability: Driving continuous improvement in reporting, forecasting, and analytics

Responsibilities

• Owning monthly performance reporting, including variance analysis, insights, and recommendations for senior stakeholders
• Leading budgeting, forecasting, and outlook processes across technology cost and investment portfolios
• Providing commercial advice on technology costs, including run, change, cloud, infrastructure, and investment spend
• Conducting deep-dive analysis to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and cost optimisation initiatives
• Driving month-end performance outcomes, including P&L analysis, balance sheet review, and financial governance activities
• Identifying opportunities to simplify, automate, and enhance reporting and planning processes

Requirements

• We're interested in hearing from people who have
• Significant experience in finance business partnering, FP&A, performance management, or commercial finance within a large and complex organisation
• Strong accounting and financial management expertise, including budgeting, forecasting, P&L management, and balance sheet analysis
• Proven ability to partner with and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to translate financial information into actionable business insights
• Experience managing complex cost bases and supporting investment decision-making
• Advanced analytical skills and experience working with large datasets
• Experience using reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or advanced Excel
• Demonstrated success driving process improvements, automation, and reporting enhancements
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
• CA or CPA qualification

Skills

Required

• Finance business partnering
• FP&A
• Performance management
• Commercial finance
• Accounting
• Financial management
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• P&L management
• Balance sheet analysis
• Commercial acumen
• Analytical skills