Financial Controller

• Opportunity for a hands on Financial Controller to join a growth focused company
• Broad and varied role
• $180k - $200k + Super

The company
Australian owned, PE backed services business who are going through a growth phase to enable more reach within their customer base.

The role
The opportunity is within a high-growth, PE-backed Australian business entering its next phase of expansion, with a focus on strengthening financial governance, improving systems and building scalable processes.

Reporting to the CFO, the role leads a lean finance team (x4 DR's) and requires a hands on Financial Controller comfortable operating across reporting, audit, compliance, financial operations and process improvement.

• Lead the month end and year end close processes
• Produce accurate and timely financial statements and management reporting
• Maintain strong financial controls, reconciliations and supporting documentation
• Manage the annual external audit and act as the key contact for external auditors
• Ensure statutory, tax and regulatory obligations are met
• Maintain compliance with accounting standards and internal policies
• Oversee accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, cash management and bank reconciliations
• Lead, develop and coach a finance team of approximately six
• Establish efficient, scalable and well-documented finance processes
• Improve month-end timelines and minimise audit adjustments
• Enhance automation and reduce reliance on manual processes
• Improve finance systems, controls and data quality
• Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks across the finance function
• Support general ledger, reporting system and broader technology upgrades
• Partner closely with the CFO, CEO and senior leadership team
• Support outsourced and offshore finance arrangements where appropriate
• Contribute to broader business improvement initiatives
• Build the financial infrastructure required to support continued growth period of transformation and increased workload

To be considered for this role you will need:

• Experience managing an audit end to end in a sub $100m t/o company
• Have confidence improving and streamlining process
• Be hands on in your approach

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please apply now or email ben.wahl@perigongroup.com.au or call 02 9775 5907 for further information.