At Scyne, we provide professional services across critical sectors that serve the public interest. We support governments, agencies and other organisations to deliver services to Australians, helping to build more resilient, equitable, secure and prosperous communities. One purpose, one practice.

Our purpose-driven professionals provide clients with access to the skills, capabilities and expertise to support the delivery of government agendas and public purpose projects in the commercial sector, with specialist teams across three national practices:

• Transformation
• Risk, Programs and Cyber
• Commercial, Financial and Infrastructure

We are guided by our values of:

• Stronger Together
• Amplify Impact
• Build Trusted Relationships
• Value Every Person
• Think Beyond Limits
• and Defined by Ethics.

Commercial, Financial and Infrastructure (CFI) – Financial Optimisation Team

Our CFI Financial Optimisation team combines expertise in strategy, commercial advisory, and restructuring to strengthen client financial performance and sustainability. We deliver enhanced commercial outcomes, optimise cost structures and balance sheets, and ensure sustainable value creation through strategic insight and rigorous financial analysis. Leveraging deep industry insight, we work senior executives to build confidence in strategic decisions that strengthen their financial performance and long-term financial sustainability.

Our expertise covers a range of sectors – including health and social services, transport, energy, utilities and carbon, education and training.

The opportunity

Our Financial Optimisation team is growing, and we are seeking an experienced Director / Senior Manager (Associate Director) with strong strategic, commercial and financial acumen, who is comfortable across multiple sectors, and ready to work collaboratively as part of a high performing team to grow the business and deliver value for clients. In this role you’ll engage directly with high-profile public-sector and commercial clients on their most important and challenging business issues - addressing and solving their priority strategic problems.

As a Director / Senior Manager you will lead teams and collaborate with clients across a range of industries to develop and deliver impactful engagements from strategic reviews through to delivery of operational and financial performance improvement solutions, including:

• Financial Optimisation & Value Creation: Identify, quantify, and present strategic revenue uplift, cost reduction, productivity, and margin improvement opportunities; building robust business cases.
• Target Operating Model Design: Design future-state operating models aligned to strategy, covering organisation, processes, governance, and service delivery.
• Implementation & Benefits Realisation: Develop practical implementation roadmaps, track financial benefits, and support execution of Transformation changes.
• Business Development: Work with our leadership to grow the practice by originating and qualify opportunities; craft compelling proposals and commercials; and contributing to pursuits and client presentations.
• Engage with Stakeholders: Work collaboratively with Federal and State Government and commercial clients, supporting workshops, presentations, and reports.
• People leadership: Coach and develop high performing, inclusive teams; foster a culture of teaming, feedback, wellbeing and commercial acumen
• Learn and Grow: Work closely with senior colleagues to build your consulting skills, industry knowledge, and professional confidence.

What we’re looking for

Aligned with our values, you are collaborative by nature and thrive in an environment that supports, challenges, and celebrates as a team. You’re motivated by opportunities to work on projects that shape Australia’s future and deliver lasting outcomes for our communities.

You care about the people you work with, respect diverse perspectives, and reflect on the impact your actions have on others. You bring curiosity, drive, and a commitment to continuous learning – contributing to projects that make a tangible difference.

You approach your work with a growth mindset: you ask questions, challenge thinking, and explore new ideas to find better ways of doing things. You seek to understand our clients’ needs and put yourself in their shoes to deliver practical, meaningful results.

Above all, you act with integrity – doing what you say you’ll do, doing the right thing when no one is watching, and speaking up when something doesn’t feel right.

Qualifications

You bring a combination of:

• Significant experience within a Tier 1 consulting firm, boutique or mid-tier consulting practice in organisational strategy, financial advisory, or transformation roles, with exposure to Strategy, Target Operating Model design and financial performance improvement engagements.
• Structure ambiguous problems into clear hypotheses, analysis and actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex engagements and manage senior client relationships
• Strong financial analysis and business case modelling skills, including revenue, cost, productivity, and benefits realisation.
• Experience assessing and redesigning operating models, covering organisation structure, processes, governance, and service delivery.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate insights into compelling executive narratives that influence critical decisions.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous, and change-driven environments.
• Business development mindset: capable of leading proposals, identifying new opportunities, nurturing client relationships.
• Ability to coach and develop more junior staff.

Benefits

• Market leading Parental Leave: Allows either carer to take 26 weeks of leave, flexibly, until a child is two years of age. A six-month minimum service requirement for new starters applies. We also make full superannuation contributions for up to 12 months (including unpaid parental leave).
• Flexible working: Our people have the autonomy to choose where and when they work so they can integrate their professional and personal lives, finding the right balance that fuels their growth, wellbeing, engagement and productivity. If it works for them, their teams, and their clients, it works for us.
• Additional leave: Includes Birthday leave, First Nations Cultural Leave, Floating Public Holidays, Leave+ (purchased leave up to 12 weeks), Study Leave, Volunteering Leave, and more!
• Smart device reimbursement: Working flexibly means accessing the information you need on the go. That’s why we help pay for your smartphone or tablet, claiming up to $60 a month towards your bill.
• Wellness and Lifestyle benefits: We’ll give you $295 a year to spend on items or activities that support your wellness, and up to $205 a year to support your balanced lifestyle.
• Sonder: A digital care platform that empowers people to actively take control of their wellbeing to live well and perform at their best, free to Scyne Employees and their immediate family members.

We value every person and every voice

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and promoting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We know that an inclusive culture improves the decision-making processes and is critical to delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients and team. We encourage applications from those in marginalised and/or historically underrepresented communities within our workforce. Additionally, if you require any adjustments to the process, please let us know.

Interested in working together or want to find out more?

If you're collaborative in nature, curious and keen to work in a high-performing team to drive meaningful change for clients, then you should apply today.

We Value Every Person and Every Voice:

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and promoting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

We are passionate about improving outcomes with First Peoples, working in collaboration with government and community sectors towards programs which focus on First Nations clients, consumers and communities.  We recognise the knowledge, insights and capabilities of First Peoples. Their strength, resilience and cultural competence are highly valued.

We know that an inclusive culture, and collective intelligence improves the decision-making processes and is critical to delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients and team. We encourage applications from those in marginalised and/or historically underrepresented communities within our workforce. Additionally, if you require any adjustments to the process, please let us know

Recruitment and Assessment Process:

Scyne’s approach to recruitment and selection is underpinned by key principles and expectations, ensuring we recruit and onboard a skilled and diverse workforce that is representative of the communities and organisations we serve. We ensure selection to roles is fair, with equal access provided, and appointments factor in but not limited to relative ability to fulfil the role, prior performance, potential and alignment with our values – taking unique experiences, perspectives, and contributions into consideration.

We carry out background checks on our people to ensure we have made a sound hiring decision and to protect the organisation and our clients from potential risk. If required, confirmation of a valid Commonwealth security clearance or the ability to obtain a Commonwealth security clearance.

At Scyne, we deeply value our recruitment partnerships. To ensure a clear and efficient process, we kindly request that all candidate submissions from search firms and recruiters are only made in alignment with a pre-existing, signed agreement for a specific position. Please note that any resumes submitted to Scyne for this position on an unsolicited basis, without a prior agreement, will not create any financial obligation for us. Consequently, we will not be liable for any fees or commissions should an unsolicited candidate be engaged, regardless of any conflicting terms or conditions you may have.