About Gerard Malouf & Partners
GMP Law is Australia’s leading personal injury and compensation law firm, with specialist expertise across Medical Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Public Liability, Institutional Abuse, Workers’ Compensation, Dust Diseases, Inheritance Disputes, TPD, Product Liability, and Class Actions.
We’re known for our compassionate approach and relentless pursuit of justice. Our expert legal team works closely with top industry specialists to secure maximum compensation for our clients helping them recover from injury, trauma, or loss with dignity and support.
About the role
This is an excellent opportunity to be a key member of the executive leadership team, acting as a true business partner with our Partners and the board. This is a highly visible and influential role, offering the opportunity to shape strategy and directly impact the trajectory of the business.
The role is both strategic and operational in nature, requiring a hands-on leader who can drive financial performance while contributing to broader business decision-making and growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead financial strategy, long-term planning, and commercial decision support. Provide clear, insight-led guidance to senior leaders and move effortlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
- Oversee financial performance, including planning, forecasting, budgeting, controls, and risk management. Ensure strong governance, accuracy, and integrity while driving disciplined performance management across the business.
- Own and manage cashflow forecasting and working capital, including oversight of WIP, disbursements, and revenue conversion across the litigation lifecycle.
- Develop financial models and reporting aligned to key operational drivers, including file volumes, pipeline conversion, and settlement outcomes.
- Drive finance transformation across systems, processes, data, and ways of working. Champion continuous improvement with a focus on real-time visibility, reporting accuracy, and decision-making.
- Building capability, strengthening business partnering, and fostering a culture of accountability and excellence of the Finance team.
- Provide detailed profitability analysis across practice areas, teams, and file types, identifying risks and opportunities to improve margins.
- Support business growth initiatives, including expansion, new office locations, and potential acquisitions.
This role will suit a CFO or senior finance leader who:
- Executive-level finance leadership experience, ideally at the CFO, or Finance Director level.
- Ability to shift quickly between strategy and operations, comfortable shaping direction and rolling up your sleeves.
- Has previously worked in a law firm
- Is able to provide detailed and strategic analysis on profitability, cost control, and investment decisions (e.g., marketing), with a strong commercial mindset.
- Can prepare short- and long-term financial forecasts for staffing, marketing, and infrastructure.
- Can collaborate closely with Managing Partners, COOs, and HR to align financial management with operational goals.
- Demonstrated success driving transformation across finance systems, processes, or operating models.
- Strong business partnering style with the confidence and presence to challenge, influence, and guide senior stakeholders.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-performance environment, with the ability to drive accountability and make commercially sound decisions.
Why Join GMP Law?
- Thrive in a high-performance environment that prioritises teamwork, results, and accountability.
- Benefit from flexible work arrangements that recognise individual needs and productivity.
- Attractive salary package complemented by performance incentives.
- Direct access to experienced leaders and mentors.
- A firm culture built on accountability, collaboration, and high standards.
- Dedicated administrative and operational support.
- Supportive environment that prioritises both performance and wellbeing.
- Performance recognised and rewarded.
