Chief Financial Officer

Description:

Reporting to the Group General Manager Strategic Services, the CFO is an integral member of the executive leadership team with a dotted reporting line to the Chief Executive Officer and regularly presents to the CFA Board. The CFO is responsible to CEO, Board and Minister for certain Standing Directions of the Minister for Finance issued under the Financial Management Act 1994. The CFO is also the Chief Procurement Officer and chairs the Procurement Advisory Board.

The CFO manages a distributed Finance and Procurement Department in the delivery of integrated financial and business management services. The position is responsible for developing financial and investment management strategies that incorporate sound procurement and contract management practices to ensure value and compliance with government policy. The CFO is also a joint sponsor, with the Chief Information Officer, of a major SAP upgrade (S/4HANA). Prior experience steering an enterprise ERP implementation/upgrade is a key aspect for the position.