About Mulloon Institute
We’re not just another research organisation – we’re pioneers in landscape restoration and rehydration. Our groundbreaking work helps landholders restore natural landscape function, rebuild soil health, and create sustainable farming systems that benefit both environment and economy.
Our growing enterprise:
- Mulloon Institute: Australia’s leading landscape restoration not-for-profit
- Research & education hub: Leading technical innovation in landscape restoration
- Mulloon Creek Natural Farms (MCNF): Demonstrating regenerative farming on our Bungendore properties
- Mulloon Consulting (MC): Delivering specialised surface and groundwater management solutions nationally
Discover our impact at mullooninstitute.org
Your strategic impact
As CFO, you’ll be an integral member of our executive leadership team, working directly with our CEO and board to deliver ambitious strategic goals that are literally reshaping Australia’s landscape. This isn’t a traditional finance role – it’s a leadership position where financial excellence drives environmental transformation.
Your executive responsibilities
- Strategic partnership: Collaborate with CEO and board to achieve national-scale impact and international recognition
- Financial leadership: Oversee comprehensive financial management across our diverse portfolio
- Grant & project management: Manage complex grant funding cycles and work-in-progress tracking across multiple research and consulting projects
- Philanthropy: Support the CEO and the board to maintain and expand our philanthropic reach
- IT and cyber: Oversee support and risk management
- Human Resources: Take a hands-on role in our HR needs
- Team development: Lead and mentor our in-house accountant while building finance team capabilities
- Risk & compliance: Ensure robust insurance coverage and maintain strategic banking relationships
- Corporate governance: Oversee sophisticated financial controls and risk management across multiple entities
What makes this role exceptional
- Hands-on leadership: Direct involvement in all aspects of financial management while building systems for scale
- Multi-entity complexity: Manage finances across the research institute, consulting business, and farming operations
- Strategic influence: Your financial expertise will directly shape how we expand our national landscape restoration mission
- Meaningful impact: Every financial decision supports tangible environmental and agricultural outcomes
Your leadership profile
- Strategic finance leader: 8–10+ years as CFO with proven ability to align financial management with organisational strategy
- Not-for-profit experience: Understanding of the unique financial dynamics and governance requirements of purpose-driven organisations
- Systems builder: Track record of implementing innovative financial control systems and delivering insightful board reporting
- Team leadership: Experience developing and mentoring finance professionals, with ability to guide in-house accounting staff while building scalable finance functions
- Collaborative executive: Experience working with and advising senior teams and boards in complex environments
Essential qualifications
- Academic foundation: Formal tertiary qualifications in accounting, preferably CPA or CA
- Executive experience: Minimum 8–10 years as CFO, preferably including not-for-profit sector experience
- Technical mastery: Deep expertise in:
- Financial control systems and board reporting
- Grant management and funding compliance across diverse sources
- Cash management and corporate finance
- Work-in-progress tracking for multi-year projects and consulting engagements
- Budgeting and financial risk management
- Asset management (property, people, investments)
- Insurance strategy and comprehensive risk coverage
- Banking relationship management and facility optimisation
- Compliance, taxation, and regulatory requirements
- Contract management and stakeholder reporting
- Human resource requirements
- Leadership excellence: Demonstrated collaborative leadership with strong strategic thinking and communication skills
Why choose Mulloon Institute?
- Purpose-driven mission: Your financial leadership directly supports environmental restoration and sustainable agriculture
- Executive influence: Work at the strategic level with CEO and board on nation-building initiatives
- Diverse portfolio: Manage finances across research, consulting, and farming enterprises
- Growth opportunity: Help scale a proven model with national impact potential
- Flexible arrangements: Part-time executive role with workplace flexibility
- Competitive package: Negotiable remuneration tailored to your experience and expertise
Ready to lead financial innovation in environmental change?
We’re seeking a finance leader who shares our vision for landscape restoration and wants to drive meaningful change through exceptional financial stewardship.
Apply by sending:
- Cover letter addressing the selection criteria above
- Current resume highlighting relevant CFO experience
- Email to: nolani@mullooninstitute.org
- Job description attached below
Questions? Contact our Executive Landscape Planner, Nolani McColl at nolani@mullooninstitute.org
Questions?
Contact executive landscape planner, Nolani McColl at nolani@mullooninstitute.org
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