Finance Manager

Melbourne Airport; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid flexible working arrangements

Wellness Day

Airport car parking

Job summary

Melbourne Airport is seeking a proactive Finance Manager to lead APAC's financial control and accounting operations, delivering accurate reporting and statutory compliance.

You will oversee month-end close, fixed assets, tax, treasury interactions, and drive continuous improvement while coaching the accounting team and partnering with stakeholders to deliver high-quality financial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a medium to large finance team in a public or private company.
• CA or CPA qualified with strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Leadership to coach and develop accounting staff and manage stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial accounting and reporting for APAC.
• Oversee month-end and year-end close, reconciliations, balance sheet integrity and timely financial reporting.
• Manage fixed assets, capital and tax accounting.
• Partner with Treasury on funding, cash flow forecasting and liquidity.
• Drive technical accounting and statutory reporting; support sustainability reporting.

Skills

Financial accounting

Month-end close

Year-end close

Statutory reporting

Audit coordination

Team leadership

Financial controls

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Job description

We currently have an exciting new opportunity for a proactive and driven Finance Manager to join our Finance team.

The Finance Manager plays a key role in leading APAC’s financial control and accounting operations, ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely and well-controlled financial reporting and statutory requirements.

Leading the day-to-day operations of the accounting team, you’ll oversee a broad range of financial control activities including fixed assets, treasury accounting, tax, technical accounting, statutory reporting, financial controls and audit. The role will drive continuous improvement, strengthening financial governance and enhancing policies and processes, while building the capability and performance of the team. Reporting to the Financial Controller, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the ongoing development of APAC’s finance function.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited to an experienced finance professional who brings strong technical accounting expertise, sound commercial judgement and the ability to build trusted relationships across the organisation. The Finance Manager will coach and develop accounting team members while partnering with stakeholders to deliver high-quality financial outcomes across APAC.

Explore how we are thinking big with exciting projects like the Third Runway, state-of-the-art terminals, and thriving business park developments. You can also learn more about life at Melbourne Airport – our culture, values, and what makes us unique at https://www.melbourneairport.com.au/corporate/our-culture-and-values. Join us in shaping the future of aviation as we propel Melbourne Airport towards becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The role's duties and accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

Lead financial accounting and reporting

• Oversee month-end and year-end close activities, ensuring accurate journals, reconciliations, balance sheet integrity and timely financial reporting.

Manage fixed assets, capital and tax accounting

• Lead accounting for APAC’s significant asset base and provide financial inputs to long-term modelling, capital planning and complex tax matters.

Partner on treasury and liquidity

• Work closely with Treasury on funding and debt transactions, cash flow forecasting and liquidity requirements, ensuring appropriate accounting treatment and reporting.

Drive technical accounting and statutory reporting

• Lead the preparation of financial statements, annual reporting and Audit, Risk and Finance Committee materials, while supporting evolving sustainability reporting requirements.

Strengthen controls and continuous improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve Financial Control processes, systems and reporting

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE

• Experience in a medium to large finance team in a public or private company
• CA or CPA qualified
• Strong technical accounting knowledge leading month-end, year-end, statutory reporting, audit and financial control activities.
• Sound commercial judgement, business acumen and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess options, manage risk and make sound recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop team members, including setting expectations, reviewing performance and building capability

About the Company

Melbourne Airport (Australia Pacific Airports Corporation) is proud to be one of Australia's premier transport hubs and Victoria's gateway to the world, connecting us to the global marketplace. We are committed to creating connections that matter and enhancing the traveller experience across every aspect of our organisation to deliver our vision of becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination. Currently, in an exciting phase of change, we are delivering rewarding career opportunities, making Melbourne Airport a dynamic and fast-paced place to work for our people.

APAC is a majority Australian-owned private company that also operates Launceston Airport, the tourism gateway to Tasmania and an industry multi-award-winning airport.

Culture and Values

By joining the team at Melbourne Airport, you will work within a friendly, high-performance culture with a focus on our people and their development.

Our vision is to become Australia's favourite Airport destination and our people are paramount to achieving this success. We provide a supportive environment, with values that encourage all of our employees to Be You, Think Big, Own it and Work Together.

• Free access to Higher State, our state-of-the-art Fitness Club & Wellness Hub at Novotel & ibis Styles Airport hotel.
• Airport car parking 24 hours/365 days a year for both business and personal use
• Hybrid flexible working arrangements
• Airport Holiday, an additional day of leave
• Wellness Day, a further additional day of leave
• Discounted onsite childcare at Creative Garden Early Learning
• Mental health and well-being initiatives, including Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Long-term career and professional development opportunities
• Active social culture and participation in a range of social impact days and activities
• Signature Experiences including an airfield family day
• Access to an employee benefits scheme including access to corporate rates and airport retailer discounts (including SkyBus)

APAC is committed to weaving Diversity into our DNA. We believe that Diversity and Inclusion will help us realise our greatest potential as a company, and maximise the potential of all our team members. We strive to create a culture where our team members understand that each individual is unique and that embracing diversity makes us more flexible, productive, and creative.

APAC provides equal opportunity and advancement in employment regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, cultural background, caring responsibilities, disability or socioeconomic background. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds who share our workplace values of Being You, Thinking Big, Owning It and Working Together.