Finance Business Intelligence & Systems Leader

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Corporate and Business Strategy

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

Sharp commercial judgement, deep technical knowledge, and the ability to see both the big picture and the detail — this role is built for someone who brings all three. As a Finance Business Intelligence & Systems Leader at PwC, you'll bring your expertise across finance systems, data platforms, and product leadership to shaping and continuously improving the tools, reporting solutions, and analytical capabilities that drive confident decision-making, based in Sydney / Gadigal. You'll partner with senior Finance, technology, and transformation leaders to define roadmaps, modernise systems, and embed AI-driven solutions that elevate how the Finance function operates.

Why PwC?

At PwC Australia, your skills meet purpose. We tackle big challenges across industries like finance, technology, energy, and health—giving you the chance to make a real impact. Here, your growth is our priority. You’ll work with leading teams, explore new technologies, and unlock your full potential.

Join a global community of more than 370,000 people who value bold ideas, collaboration, and lasting change. Together, we’re building trust and shaping the future.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the Finance Systems, BI and Performance Tools onshore and offshore team, setting priorities and developing capability to deliver high-quality reporting, analytics and self-service solutions, including budgeting and forecasting tools, cost and income models.
• Shape the product and systems vision across Finance applications, reporting, analytics and data tools. Partner with Finance leaders, product SMEs, Tech Hub to define roadmaps, prioritise investments, oversee delivery and release activities, and maximise value from new and existing capabilities.
• Support business case development, benefits realisation and change adoption ensuring product and systems priorities align to the firm’s growth, profitability and Finance Transformation objectives.
• Own the Finance systems landscape, including licences, renewals, AI token usage, lifecycle planning, dependencies, risks and opportunities to rationalise, modernise or retire systems.
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks for Finance data, reporting and systems, including user access management, data quality and information security controls ensuring leaders and staff have appropriate access to timely, relevant and trusted financial and performance insights.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and change communications so product enhancements, releases and lifecycle decisions are understood and adopted across connected teams.
• Provide oversight of technology risk, audit obligations, regulatory requirements and remediation activities across the Finance systems portfolio, ensuring solutions operate within the firm’s risk appetite.
• Support the broader Finance Transformation agenda by identifying and implementing opportunities to simplify processes, utilise Artificial Intelligence in new ways, improve automation and embed sustainable business outcomes.

What we’re looking for:

Core Skills:

• A strong blend of commercial acumen, strategic thinking and technical expertise, with the ability to translate business needs into product strategies, roadmaps and measurable business outcomes.
• Extensive experience across Finance systems, reporting, analytics and data platforms, with a sound understanding of information security, data governance, user access management and technology risk.
• Strong leadership capability, with experience leading teams, developing talent, fostering high-performance cultures and driving continuous improvement.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders, build alignment, provide constructive challenge and drive risk-informed decision-making across complex and competing priorities.

Desirable Skills:

• A customer-focused and value-driven approach to improving processes, simplifying ways of working and maximising value from systems and technology investments.
• A proactive and delivery-focused mindset, with strong personal accountability and the ability to lead complex initiatives across multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

What you’ll gain:

• The opportunity to work with senior Finance, technology and transformation leaders across the firm on systems, products, data tools, models and initiatives that enable confident planning, reporting and decision-making, while improving how PwC Australia’s Finance function operates.

• The opportunity to work with leading organisations and cutting-edge technology that challenge and expand your expertise. 

• Work within an inclusive environment committed to Inclusion and Diversity and First Nations Prosperity, ensuring diverse perspectives are at the forefront of our work. 

• Flexibility means trusting you to choose when, where, and how you work balancing what’s best for you, your team, and your clients to grow and thrive together. 

• Clear paths for career progression supported by continuous learning and leadership development. 

• Generous leave entitlements to support your work-life balance - including floating public holidays, birthday leave and ability to purchase additional leave on top of your four weeks.   

• A world-class parental leave policy offering up to 26 weeks of leave for caregivers, supporting your family and personal life. 

Don't meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply. We value all forms of experience that may be transferrable and relevant. 

We know that perks are as important as your financial rewards. Explore all the benefits that PwC has to offer here.

Ready to grow here and go further? Join PwC Australia as the Finance Business Intelligence & Systems Leader and make an impact that goes beyond the expected. Apply now and take your next step with a team shaping the future of Finance systems, products, data and transformation.

We’re committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, neurodivergence, or any other protected characteristic. We want you to have every opportunity to thrive in our selection process. In the application form, you can let us know what adjustments you require during our recruitment process and/or any workplace accommodations you anticipate needing to help you perform your role. 

No agencies please: We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs in response to this advertisement. We are only accepting applications direct from individuals.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Applied Macroeconomics, Business Case Development, Business Data Analytics, Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), Business Intelligence Development Studio, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Competitive Advantage, Continuous Process Improvement, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Architecture Development, Database Management System (DBMS), Data Collection, Data Pipeline, Data Quality, Data Science, Data Visualization, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy {+ 36 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date

August 24, 2026