Description

Melbourne | Property Development / Real Estate | Senior Leadership Role

Our client is a nationally established property development and investment business with a growing portfolio and strong reputation nationally.

Head of Treasury & Financial Performance will lead treasury, capital management, financial risk, valuations and performance reporting across a high-profile property portfolio.

Reporting to the CFO, this is a broad senior finance role with exposure to executive leadership, board reporting, capital partners, banks, valuers, brokers and internal development, asset management and investment teams.

The role will suit someone who can combine strong treasury and capital management capability with forward-looking financial analysis, commercial judgement and property sector understanding.

The Role

We are seeking a senior leader who can provide structure, oversight and strategic direction across treasury, funding, liquidity and financial performance.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading cash flow, liquidity and capital forecasting across the business
• Managing debt facilities, funding requirements, refinancing activity and covenant compliance
• Supporting capital allocation, equity funding and capital recycling decisions

Interest rate hedging, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and broader financial

• risk management
• Managing the organisation's insurance program, including broker engagement and annual renewals
• Owning financial performance reporting for executive, board and shareholder audiences
• Overseeing property valuation processes, including external valuer engagement, analytical review and reporting
• Supporting the review and enhancement of treasury systems, reporting tools and data integrity
• Partnering with development, investment and asset management teams to provide commercial financial insight
• Building capability across treasury, reporting, modelling and financial governance

About You

You will be an experienced senior leader from a property, real estate, infrastructure, funds management or capital-intensive environment where treasury, funding, capital management and financial performance reporting are closely linked.

You will bring strong technical finance capability, but also the commercial confidence to work with senior stakeholders and influence decisions across the business.

The ideal background will include:

• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline
• CA / CPA qualification
• Strong treasury, capital management or corporate finance experience
• Experience managing debt facilities, refinancing activity and banking relationships
• Understanding of property development, real estate investment or fund structures
• Strong financial forecasting, modelling and analytical capability
• Experience with management reporting, board reporting and performance insights
• Exposure to valuations, insurance, hedging or broader financial risk management

Strong stakeholder engagement skills across executives, boards, lenders,

• brokers and external advisers
• Experience improving systems, reporting frameworks or treasury processes

Why This Role?

This is a rare opportunity to step into a broad, high-impact role with genuine succession potential. The remit spans treasury, finance, risk, valuations and performance, offering exposure well beyond a traditional treasury position.

You will join an experienced senior team where you can be close to decision-making, influence capital strategy and help shape the future finance capability of the business.

The environment is collaborative, commercially focused and hands-on, with regular exposure to the CFO, executive team and board.

• Senior leadership role reporting directly to the CFO
• Broad remit across treasury, capital, performance, valuations and risk
• Exposure to major property development and investment activity
• Opportunity to uplift financial modelling, forecasting, reporting and systems capability
• Close interaction with board, executive team, banks, valuers, brokers and capital partners
• Long-term succession opportunity toward a broader CFO-style remit.

Job number code: 06810-0013440002SG

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