Chief Financial Officer

Icon Engineering; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Australian engineering firm is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance and business support functions. The role involves delivering financial, commercial, and strategic objectives while ensuring legal compliance. With a focus on continuous improvement, the ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance within the engineering or oil and gas sectors, with excellent stakeholder management skills. This position offers exciting benefits and a commitment to employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Gym and fitness facilities

Fully funded social club

Mentorship programs

Flexible working arrangements

9-day fortnight option

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in a CFO/Senior Finance Manager role.
• Experience in an engineering or oil and gas company.
• Proven ability to drive change and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance and business support functions.
• Provide financial information and advice to support decision making.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Problem solving

Leadership experience

ERP system implementation

Education

Degree in Accounting, Business or Commerce

CPA or CA qualification

Tools

MS Dynamics 365

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About Us

We are ICON Engineering, a leading Australian oil and gas service provider, focused on delivering innovative and practical solutions for our clients. Our reputation for high quality and customer focused delivery is built on our ability to repeatedly deliver fast-track complex engineering and integrated project management services. Being a responsive organisation in a niche market, we attract a high calibre workforce who share our passion for developing innovative solutions and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the MD, the Chief Financial Officer partners with the Executive Leadership Team to deliver the financial, commercial and strategic objectives of the business. Leading the Finance, Commercial, IT and Project Services functions, the CFO supports and develops these teams as they provide timely financial information and advice to the Board, Executive team and internal customers to support business decision making. The incumbent ensures the provision of essential services to all projects and provides advice to monitor costs, improve cash flow and profitability, decrease financial risk and ensure legal and regulatory compliance. The role also provides Company Secretarial support as required.

This is an exciting and challenging hands on opportunity to lead the finance and business support functions and contribute to the growth and success of the business.

ICON's current headcount is circa 140 people and growing! The CFO will be directly responsible for a team of up to 15. This vacancy will ideally suit someone with CFO experience in a similar sized organisation; or a Senior Finance Manager ready to make a step up in their leadership journey.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have a high level of influencing and stakeholder management skills and a resolute commitment to the challenge of continuous business improvement. Beyond having strong financial, strategic and corporate governance skills, ICON's CFO is customer focussed, commercially aware, and able to drive change and continuous improvement. This is achieved through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and influencing the Executive Leadership Team's decisions with accurate and detailed information and analysis.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualifications or above in Accounting, Business or Commerce.
• CPA or CA qualification.
• 10+ years leadership experience in a similar CFO/ Senior Finance Manager role in an engineering or oil and gas company, or organisation in a related project based industry.
• Significant experience in leading Finance, Commercial, IT and Project Services functions.
• Exceptional communication, analytical and problem solving skills.
• ERP system implementation experience. MS Dynamics 365 is advantageous.

Exciting Benefits!

• A fantastic gym (complete with tennis court & pool) plus weekly group fitness classes and excellent end-of-trip facilities.
• An active and fully funded social club with weekly morning teas and monthly events.
• Mentors for all new employees and ICON supports further learning and development opportunities.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Optional 9-day fortnight for employees.
• A confidential and free Employee Assistance Program (your health and wellbeing are our top priority).

When you join ICON, you are guaranteed an engaging career with a company who really looks after its employees.