Head of Commercial FinanceFlexible

Telstra Health is powering the current drive to connected healthcare in Australia and internationally.

This is a unique opportunity to join an incredible team of experts in health and technology who are helping to solve some of the biggest challenges faced by the health and aged care sector.

You too can help to create the future of healthcare by joining Telstra Health today!

What’s the opportunity?

The Head of Commercial Finance is a senior leadership role responsible for elevating and leading the Commercial Finance capability and team. This role will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy, ensuring financial stability, and fostering growth.

This role is accountable for:

• Setting the guardrails and supporting the business to drive financial performance.
• Ensuring the organisation operates with financial coherence and senior leaders and stakeholders have a transparent view of how the business is performing, giving clarity on the financial impact of their strategic, operational and trading decisions.
• Developing and leading a strategic and proactive value-adding business partner function supporting the executive and senior leadership teams.
• Leading and mentoring the team fostering professional growth, collaboration, and a culture of continuous improvement to create a high performing team.
• Supporting the CFO in commercial negotiations on major customer contracts, enterprise partnerships, and vendor.
• Supporting the business in commercial decision making on strategic execution. i.e. buy, build vs partner.

To be considered for this role you will have:

• Extensive experience in a senior leadership role in commercial finance, preferably with global experience.
• Significant experience in collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders in the health sector across a range of objectives within the organisation, and an ability to inform decisions which impact the achievement of company objectives and financial performance.
• Significant experience in developing a high performing team and developing others, sharing knowledge and expertise and a strong track record in supporting a business with a growth agenda, preferably globally, undergoing simultaneous change in structures, ways of working, and systems.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and presentation skills and demonstrated experience and gravitas in presenting to senior leadership and external stakeholders. (including at Board level)
• Exemplary stakeholder management skills, including the ability to have critical conversations, navigating competing viewpoints to provide critical insights to the business.
• High standards of professional conduct, ethics, and integrity, with a continuous improvement mindset and adaptability to changing environments.
• M & A experience will be highly regarded.

 What are some of the benefits of the business?

•  Join us if you find change, a fast-paced environment and even some ambiguity thrilling! Our entrepreneurial spirit and genuine desire to make a difference is one of a kind and the work we do is not only meaningful but also exciting and new!
• Holding on to good talent is important to us. We support our exceptional people forge career paths internally. Our People Leaders are committed to continuously enhancing their team members, celebrating successes and identifying growth opportunities.
• When you join us, you join a team of experts - our team boasts a wealth of skills, expertise and knowledge across a wide range of health and tech areas for you to tap into so there will be plenty to learn and do!

And it doesn’t stop there…

• A free Telstra mobile and plan for eligible employees
• 30% discount on various Telstra products and services
• 16 weeks paid gender-equal parental leave, and cultural, family and domestic violence leave, as well as the option to purchase additional leave
• Career break and study assistance
• Ongoing development through various learning programs, access to O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning and much more
• Free 24/7 professional and confidential support for you and your family
• Employee rewards program that includes discounts on shopping, electronics, gym memberships, movie tickets, health insurance and more

We are passionate about creating an environment that's inclusive and supportive. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, individuals from all backgrounds, including those with caring responsibilities and living with disability to apply.

Even if you don’t check every box above, we encourage you to apply today.

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