Chief Financial Officer

About Us 

pitt&sherry is an Australian-owned engineering and environmental consultancy. Since 1963, we have been delivering engineering and environmental consulting, advisory and project management services throughout Australia. With seven offices throughout Australia our team work on projects that transform, and we are proud of the difference we make to improve the lives of Australians every day.

The opportunity:

• Make a Real Impact: Play a key role in a business that’s on an exciting journey of growth and transformation.
• Future-Focused: We’re big enough to deliver, yet small enough to care. Your contributions will make a difference.
• Collaborative Leadership: Work alongside an executive team committed to growing our business and enhancing our company culture through continuous learning and care for our people.
• Ownership Opportunities: Benefit from the advantages of a privately and employee owned company, including opportunities for shareholding, giving you a personal stake in our collective success.

What You’ll Do

• Drive Growth and Transformation: Lead our transformation and growth strategy by providing insightful analysis and recommendations that will shape key business decisions.
• Strategic Planning: Spearhead the business planning process, setting financial, operational, and people targets in collaboration with the Executive team.
• WIP and Utilisation Management: Monitor and analyse Work in Progress and utilisation metrics, providing actionable insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Align Business Objectives: Work closely with department heads to ensure project performance and utilisation goals are aligned with broader financial and operational objectives.
• Financial Reporting: Improve the capture and reporting of financial information, ensuring our CEO and Board have the data needed to guide the business.
• Performance Management: Help meet monthly operating budgets, profitability goals, WIP and cash collection targets, ensuring project profitability remains strong.
• Process Improvement: Drive results through effective processes like invoicing, debtor management, and cost control.
• Commercial Acumen: Build commercial acumen across the business and enhance our analytics capability to support client, project, and operational activities.
• Leadership: Oversee our Finance, Legal, and Risk teams, contributing to the overall success of the organisation.

What You Bring

• Leadership Experience: A seasoned CFO with a proven track record in greenfield environments, where you have successfully established systems and processes from the ground up.
• Courage: You inspire bold action aligning teams with strategic outcomes
• Growth Mindset: Continuously adapting through learning to drive progress and innovation
• Qualifications: Tertiary qualifications; CA or CPA preferred.
• Industry Experience: Experience in Professional Services, ideally within engineering, though other relevant industries will be considered.
• Collaboration: A team player with a high level of integrity and a natural ability to collaborate.
• Cultural Leadership: A values-driven leader with a strong desire to shape the organization’s culture. You lead with care, ensuring teams feel valued, supported and visible.

Why Join Us?

• Exciting Transformation: Be part of an exciting time of transformation and help drive our growth strategy.
• Flexible Working: We advocate for flexible working practices. We value genuine work/life balance and invest in the development of our people.
• Supportive Environment: Join a supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Competitive Package: Enjoy a market-competitive remuneration package and additional benefits including opportunity for shareholding.

Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, mature workers, LGBTI+ individuals, and people from different cultural backgrounds.