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About the Role
This newly created role will play a pivotal part in strengthening Sydney Metro's financial control environment and supporting sound financial stewardship across one of NSW's most significant infrastructure programs. You'll make a tangible impact on the people of NSW, using your finance and accounting expertise to help deliver a sustainable and thriving transport network for generations to come.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert technical accounting advice on significant and complex transactions.
- Develop and implement accounting policies and frameworks.
- Ensure the consistent application of Australian Accounting Standards across the organisation.
- Help shape accounting outcomes, support business decision-making, and ensure technical positions are robust, well documented and defensible.
- Drive the continuous improvement of financial governance, reporting quality and compliance processes.
- Develop practical guidance and frameworks that support accurate, transparent and standards-aligned financial reporting.
- Lead Sydney Metro's compliance with NSW Treasury's TPG 24-08 CFO Certification requirements.
- Manage the annual controls testing program.
- Oversee risk-based controls assurance activities.
- Maintain the internal controls framework.
- Assess control deficiencies.
- Prepare briefings for Executives, the Board and the Audit and Risk Committee.
- Work closely with Risk and Internal Audit functions to ensure the controls framework, controls library and annual assurance program remain fit-for-purpose.
- Lead Sydney Metro's engagement with external assurance providers.
- Coordinate responses to Audit Office reporting, management letter findings, Auditor-General reports and performance audits.
- Oversee the implementation and monitoring of audit recommendations.
- Support continuous improvement across the organisation's financial control environment.
Requirements
- Technically strong finance professional with substantial experience in Australian Accounting Standards, technical accounting, financial governance and financial reporting within a large and complex environment.
- Experience analysing complex transactions, developing practical accounting solutions and providing trusted advice on challenging financial matters.
- Strong understanding of governance, risk and control frameworks.
- Experience supporting compliance with regulatory, Treasury and audit requirements.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity and balance commercial objectives with strong governance, stewardship and public accountability.
- Effective communicator who can translate complex technical accounting issues into clear, practical and actionable advice for a broad range of stakeholders.
- Ability to build credibility quickly, challenge constructively, influence without direct authority and foster strong working relationships across finance, risk, audit, operational and executive teams.
- Proactive mindset, sound judgement and a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Energised by the opportunity to shape a newly created role and make a lasting contribution to Sydney Metro's financial governance, compliance and reporting capability.
Skills
- Finance
- Accounting
- Australian Accounting Standards
- Technical Accounting
- Financial Governance
- Financial Reporting
- Risk Management
- Control Frameworks
- Communication
- Stakeholder Management
Location
- Sydney Metro
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Substantial experience
Benefits
- Flexible work options may be available
About the Company
- Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.
- Sydney Metro delivers Australia’s biggest public transport project and first driverless railway. We engage with our customers and community, and contribute to vibrant and attractive places through station design, interchanges and precincts.
Equal Opportunity
- You celebrate differences and value what a diverse team offers.
- Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve.
- Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.