Finance Manager - CSIRO Procurement

• Leading and developing a strategic procurement function, driving continuous improvement and value‑for‑money outcomes
• Partnering with stakeholders to plan and deliver complex procurement activities aligned to organisational priorities
• Leading commercial negotiations and establishing strong, sustainable supplier partnerships
• Developing and implementing sourcing strategies informed by market insights and future demand analysis
• Ensuring compliance with procurement policies, governance frameworks and the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs)
• Managing supplier performance, contracts and risks to ensure delivery against quality, cost and timeline expectations
• Driving innovation and process improvements across procurement practices, systems and team capability
• Providing leadership, coaching and performance management to a multi‑layered procurement team

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a procurement and contracting team, ensuring compliance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) while continuously strengthening strategic procurement practices
• Strong technical expertise in procurement and contract management, including the application of governance frameworks, policy interpretation, and risk management
• Demonstrated capability to analyse complex internal and external environments and provide high‑quality strategic procurement advice to senior leadership
• Proven ability to establish and maintain trusted advisor relationships with senior Finance leaders, Executives, and Board‑level stakeholders
• Demonstrated leadership and change management capability, including leading the development and implementation of strategic procurement and financial improvement initiatives
• Proven people leadership capability, including fostering a cohesive, respectful and high‑performing team culture, and managing complex performance or people matters with integrity and professionalism
• Demonstrated commitment to CSIRO Values, Code of Conduct and health, safety and wellbeing responsibilities, including leading by example
• Demonstrated ability to operate proactively and effectively in complex, changing environments, balancing competing priorities and delivering outcomes during periods of change
• Desirable: Previous experience leading a finance team in an operational environment would be highly desirable

Previous experience leading a finance team in an operational environment

• up to 15.4% superannuation
• flexible work arrangements
• range of leave entitlements
• career development opportunities