Title:  Corporate Finance Manager

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day. That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way. Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good. 

As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.

About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Corporate Finance Manager to join our team based in John Holland’s Flinders Gate head office. This pivotal role is responsible for overseeing financial management and cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for several key Corporate departments. You will play a critical part in supporting business performance, driving process improvements, and ensuring compliance with statutory and company requirements.

Key Responsibilities:
-Lead monthly reporting, forecasting, and annual budgeting for multiple cost centres.
-Manage corporate charges and recoveries, including payroll charges, timesheets, utilisation reporting, internal interest, and bank guarantee charges.
-Oversee treasury-related activities such as payment approvals, account and banking platform maintenance, Workday processes, and issue resolution.
-Ensure accurate recording, reconciliation, and reporting of prepayments.
-Drive ad-hoc projects and business improvement initiatives.
-Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
-Provide leadership, people management, and foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

About You:

You are a results-driven finance professional with strong leadership skills and a proven track record in financial management within complex environments. You thrive in a collaborative setting, are adept at stakeholder management, and are passionate about driving business performance and innovation.
If you are ready to take the next step in your finance career and make a significant impact within a leading organisation, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications:    
Tertiary qualifications (Bachelor level) in discipline relevant to function area e.g. Management/Finance/Commerce/Accounting/Business
CA or CPA Qualified

Experience:    
-Significant relevant management experience at a senior manager level and extensive dealing with Executives / Senior Management.
-10-15 years’ experience with an appropriate degree or diploma.
-Multi-discipline experience in the construction industry, major industrial organisation or adjacent sectors to construction
-Workday Financial Management / Adaptive Planning experience preferred
    

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What’s in it for you?

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

-Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

-Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

-Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

-Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.