Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President, the Executive Director, Financial Control and Operations is a key member of the Finance Leadership Team, responsible for financial control, reporting, tax, finance systems and finance operations across the Monash Group.
Leading a team of approximately 90 through four direct reports, the role oversees statutory and external reporting, group accounting, audit and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, while providing trusted advice to the Executive team, Finance Committee and Risk and Audit Committee.
The Executive Director will also lead significant finance transformation initiatives, including the finance stream of a major ERP implementation, advancing automation and digital capability, strengthening controls and governance, and modernising finance operations. A strategic focus on international tax, leadership capability and continuous improvement will be central to ensuring finance supports Monash's long-term sustainability and global ambitions.
CA or CPA qualified you are a senior finance executive with extensive experience leading broad finance functions in large, complex and multi-jurisdictional organisations. You combine deep technical accounting expertise with a strong track record in finance operations, transformation and organisational change. A Big 4 foundation, complemented by substantial industry experience, is expected.
You bring sophisticated knowledge of financial reporting, governance and international operations, together with experience leading enterprise-scale technology and ERP-enabled transformation. A proven leader of leaders, you build high-performing teams, develop capability and influence effectively across complex stakeholder environments.
Combining sound judgement, commercial acumen and intellectual curiosity, you communicate complex financial matters with clarity and confidence, enabling informed decision-making at executive, committee and board level.
Monash University is partnering with, and has exclusively appointed, SHK to lead the search for this key appointment. Click on the link below to submit your CV along with a covering letter. For more information prior to application, please contact Andrea Ogden at SHK via email on andrea.ogden@shk.com.au, quoting reference #3669176. Direct and third-party applications will be forwarded to SHK.
Executive Director, Financial Control and Operations job in Accounting & Finance in Melbourne
Applications close AEST 11.59pm on Sunday 18th October 2026
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Monash University is Australia’s largest and most international university. Its extensive educational offering, delivered via our 10 faculties, includes undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses. Monash is a research-intensive university, known for some significant and lasting discoveries that have delivered impact beyond the academic community.
The university is home to a range of world-leading facilities and technologies, giving it wide-ranging capabilities across many fields, sectors and industries. Monash works with a variety of industry, government and community groups, allowing its researchers to share their discoveries with the world.
Monash is a truly global institution, with five Australian campuses, a campus in Malaysia, a joint graduate school in China, a learning centre in Italy, and a research centre in India. At Monash, cultural experiences are lived, not described.
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