Group Financial Controller

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Detail information about job Group Financial Controller. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Group Financial Controller role (Northern suburbs), strong $ package on offer
• Manufacturing & distribution industry, privately owned business
• Diverse role reporting directly to owners, highly commercial responsibilities

Our client is a national market leading manufacturing and distribution business operating from corporate headquarters in the Northern suburbs of Brisbane. With domestic, commercial and industrial uses for its product range, the business is at an exciting point in their evolution. With a growth mandate in mind, the Directors are seeking to appoint a Group Financial Controller to manage commercial affairs, financial reporting, compliance, inventory and risk across their Australian operations and global supply chain.

This role is the perfect opportunity for an emerging Financial Controller with an interest in manufacturing and cost accounting to make their mark. Using their accounting credentials, the Group Financial Controller will ensure a robust financial reporting function is in place that allows management to receive accurate, timely and insightful data. Concurrently, they will also be a business partner to the owners on sales, production, operations, legal and M&A activities that present.

The role
Responsibilities of the Group Financial Controller will include, but not be limited to:

• Overseeing all group entity accounts and producing monthly balance sheet, P&L and cash flow reports;
• Creation of monthly and annual reports to identify results, trends, and financial forecasts;
• Commercial decision making support to owners around product, supply and sales processes;
• Reporting and monitoring performance including pricing, cost and margin analysis, budget variances and cash flow forecasting;
• External Stakeholder management including ATO, auditors, banks, vendors and customers;
• Ensuring compliance with all statutory, regulatory and taxation bodies including BAS reporting and reconciliation;
• Ownership of the payroll, AP and Debtor management processes;
• Supervising and management of one finance team member;
• Inventory management and associated manufacturing reporting;
• Managing foreign exchange accounts and tools; &
• Intercompany transactions and reconciliations.

Ideal background
To be successful in securing this role, the successful candidate will: 

• Have an undergraduate degree in Accounting / Commerce and CA or CPA membership;
• Have 8-10 years plus proven experience in financial & management accounting;
• Be experienced with inventory and cost accounting, ideally sourced from an overseas supply chain;
• Have experience with MYOB EXO software (highly regarded);
• Advanced Excel skills including running SQL database queries and report writing;
• Have highly developed analytical and financial modelling skills;
• Be a strong communicator, both written and verbal form;
• Manage time and competing deadlines to a very high standard;
• Be a natural leader; &
• Relish the challenge of working in a privately owned business, and embrace the opportunity to build for the future and directly influence the owners of the organisation.

Prior to an offer being made to the successful candidate, they will have to complete at least two reference checks, a national police check and provide evidence of their tertiary education and professional accounting membership.

PacPartners is a Melbourne based executive recruitment firm established in 2016, operating as a specialist division of Pacific Search Partners. We have been retained to act on this assignment on an exclusive basis. Confidential enquiries can be directed to Tom Hutchinson, Client Partner, on 03 9631 1500.