• Job Type: Permanent, Part-time (3 days/week)
• Location: Australia Remote or Hybrid-working with shared office in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne
• Salary: Up to $166,000 pro-rata plus super

About us

The Climate Risk Group is a company committed to quantifying and communicating the costs of climate change. Our mission is to influence decision-makers – large and small – towards action that directs global capital away from climate change-related activities and towards a zero carbon, high resilience economy.

With 50 team members across Australia and Europe, the Climate Risk Group brings together XDI, with its finance and business focus, and Climate Valuation, which provides household-level insights into the costs of climate change. Together, our work leverages physical climate risk data, influence with global financial players, and grassroots momentum to create a compelling case for change.

The Role

We are a privately owned, revenue-funded organisation with no debt or equity investment. Our organisation has undergone extensive growth in the last two years and is transitioning from a consultancy model to SaaS / PaaS delivery method. We are currently implementing a new operational model capturing Agile and Lean practices and wish to drive the business toward scalable delivery to support profitable growth, healthy teams, and the delivery of our mission.

This evolution in the business has created a new operational and strategic opportunity for a Director of Finance to assist in the business model transition and ongoing financial planning and management. You will be instrumental in driving and enhancing our business's financial health through this transition, developing systems-enhanced financial analysis to support strategic growth and achieving our mission.

Your primary responsibility will be to develop a stable financial management framework for FY25 and FY26. You will work with the Strategic Forum and the Board to develop the two-year financial plan and ensure the best-practice reporting framework. Your strategic financial insights will be crucial in shaping our future growth and stability.

Through a structured transition from the existing CFO and Founder, your appointment will ensure stability for the business operations, help build financial literacy in the Strategy Forum, and bolster support for the Founders.

The role could be an excellent fit for an ex-large business CFO or senior contemporary management accountant looking to transition to part-time work. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in the tech / B2B / SaaS environment.

If this sounds like you, please apply now by submitting your CV and a cover letter addressing all the criteria and why you’d like to work for The Climate Risk Group/XDI. For further inquiries, please email [email protected] directly.

Key Accountabilities

Financial Planning and Management:

• Design and build systems for increased visibility on business activities including:
• profitability analysis of different business activities and revenue lines

• costing innovation/ investment and modelling ROI

• the development of a 2-year financial model

• the capitalisation/amortisation of investment and projected returns
• development and review of pricing strategy
• Budget setting and oversight
• Guide our financial risk appetite and parameters.
• Oversee the corporate accounting function
• Work with our accountant to produce annual financial reports

Reporting and Governance:

• Develop vital statistics dashboard for the Board, Strategy Forum, and organisation-wide communication and reporting
• Provide insights and qualitative commentary on the financial and strategic performance of the business strategy, and provide strategic recommendations
• Ensure high-quality communication of financial and governance data to the Board, Strategy Forum and our organisation

Contract management:

• Review and approve, negotiate when required, client and supplier contracts
• Manage external legal advice arrangements and monitor contract compliance
• Create and maintain contracts register and templates
• Maintain appropriate insurance for business activities
• Manage relationships with key suppliers, ensuring optimal value delivery
• Implement processes for due diligence in third-party relationships

Entity and Employment:

• Oversee business legal, including UK business set-up
• Liaise with the UK accountants on legal business set-up
• Oversee the management of employment and immigration legalities

Capabilities and Experience Sought After

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional status as a CPA/CA
• Possess significant contemporary management accountant experience
• Come from a tech/B2B/SaaS environment
• Are familiar with Agile and Lean practices
• Are driven by metrics lead analysis and business decision-making
• Are motivated to use your expertise toward values-based mission
• Have strong communication and presentation skills, the ability to convey multi-layered financial information both visually and numerically with accuracy and style
• Are able to participate in productive, positive, and outcome-driven discussions
• Highly developed collaboration skills. Your ability to maintain healthy relationships and foster a positive work environment will be instrumental in your success in this role
• Have demonstrated experience in strategic thinking and planning. You will work closely with the Strategic Forum to help set priorities, focus energy and resources, and assess and adjust the organisation’s direction in response to a changing environment
• Strong risk management and assessment skills
• Ability to understand the situations of people and internal teams, and help these people manage high-stress environments when they occur

Why work with us?

Want to know more about us and our work? Visit our Newsroom and check our latest 2023 XDI Global Hospital Infrastructure Physical Climate Risk Report https://xdi.systems/news

We are a mission-led organisation, a team of passionate, like-minded, curious individuals who want to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in climate change.

We value everyone’s contribution and offer a friendly, diverse culture with a range of generous employment conditions.

• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program
• Company-funded paid parental leave
• Empowered cross-functional teams
• Continuous feedback and recognition

If this sounds like you, please apply now by clicking the "Apply Now" button and submitting your CV and a cover letter addressing all the criteria and why you’d like to work for The Climate Risk Group/XDI. We can only accept applications from candidates with the right to work in Australia.