Senior Manager, Finance

About the role

This role sits within a Fund Management platform in the Connectivity business segment and covers financial planning and analysis, financial stewardship across a portfolio of entities, and support for strategic finance and transaction decisions. It also involves leading the finance function and mentoring the finance team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and forecasting; monitor portfolio financial performance and analyse drivers of distributable income and DPU
• Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast and market expectations, and give recommendations to improve financial performance
• Build scenario analyses and prepare financial and analytical papers for the Audit & Risk Committee and Board meetings, and draft responses to Board, ARC and external stakeholder queries
• Review analyst reports and consensus estimates, identify variances between management forecasts and analyst assumptions, and track industry, peer and REIT market developments
• Handle end-to-end financial stewardship: financial reporting, statutory audit, tax compliance, cash flow oversight, corporate secretarial and governance matters
• Support financial evaluation of acquisitions, divestments, asset enhancement initiatives and other strategic projects, including modelling and scenario analysis
• Lead periodic review of finance policies, procedures and internal controls, and monitor compliance with governance frameworks
• Assist the CFO in building a collaborative finance organisation, mentor finance team members and drive improvements in reporting, analytics and financial systems

Required profile

• Degree in Accountancy or its equivalent
• About 8 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years at managerial level
• Prior audit background and/or experience in the REIT industry preferred
• Ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Analytical, resourceful and commercially minded, with strong problem-solving ability

Required skills

• Strong FP&A and financial modelling expertise
• Experience with SAP/BPC and Hyperion preferred
• Adoption of AI-assisted tools