Director - Development Finance Business Partner (CORS321)

The Director – Development Finance Business Partner plays a critical role in supporting the achievement of the organization's operational and strategic objectives by providing financial leadership, business insight, and decision support to assigned business units and development portfolios. The role serves as a trusted advisor to business leadership, driving financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and investment decision-making.

The Director will partner closely with development, delivery, and corporate teams to translate business strategies into financial plans, monitor performance against targets, identify risks and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations to enhance value creation. The role requires strong commercial acumen, analytical capability, and the ability to challenge and influence stakeholders while ensuring alignment with the organization's financial objectives.

Reporting to the Senior Executive Director – Finance Business Partner (or CFO), the Director will lead a team responsible for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, business case evaluations, and performance analysis across assigned projects, assets, or subsidiaries.

Core Responsibilities

• Support preparation and consolidation o annual budgets, periodic forecasts, and long-term business plans.
• Conduct detailed financial analysis to assess business performance, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Monitor actual performance against budgets and forecasts, providing variance analysis and recommendations for corrective action.
• Develop management reports, dashboards, and KPI reporting for executive leadership.
• Partner with project and development teams to assess project economics, funding requirements, and financial viability
• Review commercial contracts, procurement strategies, and major commitments from a financial perspective.
• Support month-end and quarter-end reporting processes through financial analysis and performance commentary.
• Collaborate with accounting, treasury, tax, procurement, and other finance functions to ensure consistency and accuracy of financial information.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in reporting, planning processes, data quality, and financial systems.
• Support internal and external stakeholder requests, including Board, PIF, auditors, and advisors where required.

People Management Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of finance professionals.
• Establish performance objectives and monitor achievement against agreed KPIs.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Build finance business partnering capabilities across the team.
• Support talent development, succession planning, and knowledge sharing initiatives

• 12+ years of progressive finance experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a finance business partnering, FP&A, corporate finance, or commercial finance leadership role
• Experience within large-scale development, construction, infrastructure, real estate, asset management.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Master's degree (MBA or Finance-related discipline) preferred.
• CFA, CA, ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification.