Finance Manager

Hometime; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hometime is seeking a Finance Manager to own the month-end close across the group, keep the balance sheet genuinely clean, and explain numbers to non-finance stakeholders. You will gain real exposure to acquisitions, trust account compliance, and audit in a fast-growing business.

If you’re the type who prioritises clean numbers and automated processes, this role will scale with the business as it expands across Australia.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualified with 3–5+ years in a multi-entity group.

Responsibilities

• End of month close across the group, on time, every entity, every time.
• Balance sheet integrity: reconciliations that are resolved, not carried forward.
• P&L and balance sheet commentary that non-finance stakeholders understand and act on.
• Trust account disbursements and statutory compliance for homeowner and corporate revenue.
• Automation of the close process to reduce manual work.
• Audit preparation, AP review, statutory reporting, and tax filing oversight.
• Finance integration for new acquisitions, from opening balance sheets to chart of accounts alignment.
• Escalation point for payments, coding and reconciliations.

Skills

Collaborative

Ownership mindset

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

Xero

Advanced Excel

AI automation tools

Job description

Hometime manages holiday homes across Australia's most desirable locations, on behalf of homeowners who trust us with their biggest asset. We've been recognised on the Deloitte Fast 50 and EY's Best Places to Work list. We're scaling fast, which means this role won't look the same in twelve months, and neither will your remit.

We're after a Finance Manager who wants ownership, not just tasks. You'll run the group's month end close end to end, keep the balance sheet genuinely clean (not just reconciled on paper), and be the person the business trusts when the numbers need explaining. You'll also get real exposure to acquisitions, trust account compliance and audit, the kind of breadth that's hard to find outside a business at this stage of growth.

If you're the type who can't leave an unreconciled line item alone, and you want to build the systems and automation that get you out of manual reconciliation forever, this is built for you.

What you own

• End of month close across the group, on time, every entity, every time.
• Balance sheet integrity: reconciliations that get resolved, not carried forward.
• P&L and balance sheet commentary that non-finance stakeholders actually understand and act on.
• Trust account disbursements and statutory compliance for homeowner and corporate revenue.
• Automation of the close process, because manual handling should keep shrinking, not staying static.
• Audit prep, AP review, statutory reporting and tax filing oversight, working directly with the Senior Finance Manager.
• Finance integration for new acquisitions, from opening balance sheets to chart of accounts alignment.
• A trusted escalation point for the business on payments, coding and reconciliations.

What you bring

• CA/CPA qualified, with 3-5+ years including multi-entity group experience.
• A genuine pride in clean numbers and a low tolerance for loose ends.
• Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities in a fast-growing business.
• Strong Xero and advanced Excel skills, plus a track record of using AI to automate finance work.
• A collaborative streak. This is a hands-on team, not a silo.