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Finance Director (Parental Leave Contract)

Sydney, New South Wales💼 Contract🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-27

Core

Strategic finance leadership covering budgeting, forecasting, commercial guidance, and financial governance for the Australia business.

Role type

Senior IC Finance Director

Builds

Financial plans, commercial strategies, and operational improvements for the Australia business

Domain

Professional services / Marketing & Communications

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Strategic business partnering, budgeting and forecasting, commercial acumen, financial governance, risk management, tax compliance, team leadership

Preferred skills

Experience in professional services/agency/consulting, influencing senior stakeholders, hands-on approach

Technologies

WPP Open, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance systems

Responsibilities

Partner with senior leaders on strategic decision-making; lead budgeting and forecasting; provide commercial guidance on profitability and pricing; support workforce planning; lead and develop the local finance team; oversee financial governance, risk, compliance, tax, and treasury; ensure adherence to WPP policies and SOX; partner on regional/global initiatives.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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