Head of Finance – Assets

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a large and diverse team fostering a culture of continuous improvement and partnering with a wide range of business stakeholders.
• Finance lead for Asset level business initiatives, partnering with key stakeholders.
• Promoting collaboration with other departments to develop and implement financial strategies for assets and owners.
• Oversee of the preparation of timely and accurate financial reporting for all property management activities, including monthly and quarterly performance reporting to support strategic decision-making.
• Oversee property-related audits, including outgoings, trust, and GS007 compliance audits.
• Oversight of the preparation of asset and portfolio performance statistics and reporting, including but not limited to leasing and valuation analysis.
• Driving high quality regular asset level reforecasting, proactively identifying areas for asset performance improvement.
• Supervising the internal and external valuation processes, collating and analysing information for reporting to Senior Leaders within Investa.
• Overseeing core business processes including quarterly asset reforecasting and the annual budgeting cycle.
• Business lead for management of the MRI forecasting system, including system upgrades and maintenance and asset onboarding process.
• Central point of contact for shared services delivery partner and the Investa business with correspondence with Shared Services.
• Monitor and review service levels of Shared Service partner including against all KPI’s and ensuring. compliance with agreed processes and procedures, including acting as an escalation point for any issues identified.
• Drive continuous improvement of the Shared Service function, including regularly reviewing standard operating procedures and guidelines.
• Review and lodge Payment Times Reporting data upon a half yearly basis.
• Administrator for ANZ Transactive banking portal.
• Finance lead on innovation and transformation initiatives across the business.
• Active role in the implementation of new or process improvement projects.
• Drive a culture of business partnering and accountability, working with the Property Finance team to identify areas for asset performance improvement.

Qualification & Requirements

• Must have CPA or equivalent qualification.
• An advanced degree in accounting or finance – desirable.
• Extensive experience in Property Finance roles.
• Proven track record of leading and developing teams.
• System knowledge (MRI and Yardi) desirable.
• Driving process changes and finance transformation desirable.
• In depth knowledge of property management accounting principles and practices
• Working knowledge of accounting standards and regulations

Benefits

We’re an organisation known for our culture – we’re unique, friendly and transparent. We work hard to maintain our culture and we’ve received some pretty cool accolades along the way:

• Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) for 2023-25
• Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) LGBTQ Inclusion 2024 Silver (Small Employer)
• Certified Family Friendly Workplace since 2020
• AFR Boss Best Places to Work (Property, Construction, Transport sector) – First Place (2021)
• Australian HR Awards – Excellence Award: Best Workplace Flexibility Program

It’s not all about the awards though! We offer our people opportunity to grow and shape their career, with support including:

• Leadership programs
• Education assistance
• Study assistance
• Professional membership fee support; and
• Generous parental leave; and
• Return to work benefits.