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Position Title: Finance Functional Lead ERP

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Finance leader to join our ERP transformation as Finance Functional Lead ERP, an Executive Manager-level role reporting to the Executive General Manager, Corporate Finance.

 

A bit about your role

As the Finance Functional Lead ERP, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of finance at nbn through one of the organisation’s most significant transformation programs. Acting as the primary business representative for the Finance domain, you will lead the design, governance and implementation of future-state finance processes, ensuring the ERP solution delivers long-term value while supporting operational excellence, compliance and business performance.

 

Working closely with Finance leaders, process owners, the implementation partner and program teams, you will provide leadership across finance process design, data, reporting and operating model decisions. You will champion fit-to-standard principles, balancing business requirements with the opportunities presented by modern ERP capabilities, while ensuring Finance remains aligned to program objectives and benefits realisation goals. As a trusted advisor and decision-maker, you will guide complex discussions, challenge traditional ways of working where needed and help create a simpler, more efficient and future-ready Finance function.

 

You will also lead Finance readiness activities, ensuring teams, processes and data are prepared to successfully operate in the future-state environment from day one. Through strong collaboration, leadership and stakeholder engagement, you will help embed sustainable change and deliver meaningful outcomes for both Finance and the broader business.

 

A bit about you

You bring strong experience in senior finance leadership, finance transformation or large-scale ERP programs, with deep expertise across core finance processes including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, cash management and tax. You have successfully led complex finance initiatives within large organisations and understand how to balance business priorities with technology-enabled transformation outcomes.

 

You are a credible and influential leader who can confidently engage with senior finance stakeholders, challenge constructively and build alignment across diverse groups. With strong commercial acumen and a deep understanding of finance operations, governance and data management, you are comfortable making complex decisions, managing competing priorities and driving process simplification to deliver lasting business value.

 

You combine strategic thinking with a practical and collaborative approach, bringing the ability to connect business needs, program objectives and future-state solutions. Adaptable, resilient and outcomes-focused, you thrive in complex environments and are passionate about building capability, leading change and helping teams successfully transition to new ways of working that support nbn's long-term success.

 

Life at nbn

To be part of nbn is to be part of something bigger. There’s so much more from here. Our pioneering spirit drives us forward every day. Together, we help lift the digital capability of the nation by building and connecting Australia’s best fibre infrastructure into homes and businesses, plus places and things, everywhere. We’re continuing to create Australia’s network—a network made for more. Not just a way for everyone to do the things they love but transforming the way they do them.

 

A more inclusive working world

nbn is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel heard, valued, and respected. We believe diverse perspectives are the key to unlocking greater outcomes and encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures. That's why we have a Reconciliation Action Plan, Accessibility & Inclusion Plan, offer 18 weeks of paid parental leave, are a Pride in Diversity Platinum Employer, and have active employee-led diversity pillars. Click here to see our list of employee benefits and why we're recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women.

 

Equal Opportunities for All

We champion equal opportunities for all employees. If you have any accessibility requirements and would like to discuss adjustments for the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to contact us by emailing [email protected] or calling our Recruitment Accessibility Enquiry Line at +61 2 8918 9990. Please note, this line is dedicated to accessibility-related enquiries for the purposes of recruitment, and only enquiries related to accessibility adjustments will be answered. For other matters, please visit our Contact Us page on our website.

 

Please note that this is a permanent opportunity that can be based in any Australian capital city. Applications will close at midnight on 22nd November 2026.

 

To be eligible for this role, you must have full working rights in Australia

 

Worker Type

Permanent

Time Type

Full time