Finance Manager

seek.com.au; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct access to owners

Head office in Sydney

Job summary

Seek.com.au in Sydney is seeking a finance leader to run the day-to-day finance function for a multi-entity Australian brand. You will report to the owners and work with a Finance and Data Specialist to deliver accurate month-end closes and robust management reporting.

You will own the payroll cycle, compliance across BAS/PAYG and payroll tax, intercompany, and stocktake governance, driving a data-driven finance function from a solid base in Xero.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA with five+ years post-qualification including multi-entity SME finance function experience.
• End-to-end Australian compliance: BAS, PAYG, super, payroll tax across states.
• Payroll ownership including commissions and award compliance.
• Inventory/stocktake costing experience for product-based business.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day finance function for a multi-entity SME and report to owners.
• Manage payroll cycle, month-end close and management reporting pack.
• Oversee weekly cashflow forecast, banking and trade finance admin.
• Handle intercompany processes, stocktake governance and registers/renewals.

Skills

Financial management

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

CA or CPA

Tools

Xero

Excel

Job description

This role is for you if you're obsessed with numbers and precision, you love staying organised and prioritising, and you're great at managing up and down.

You will run the day to day finance function of a highly established, privately owned, multi entity Australian brand that designs, manufactures and retails its own product. You report directly to the owners, with a Finance and Data Specialist supporting you. You join a passionate team with diverse talents in a beautiful and creative environment.

You own the compliance calendar across all entities, the payroll cycle, month end close and the management reporting pack, the weekly cashflow forecast, banking and trade finance administration, intercompany, and stocktake governance. You also hold the business's registers and renewals: insurance, leases, loans and guarantees.

Behind the business sits a finance function that follows the whole product journey, from raw materials purchased in USD, through production and inventory, to retail sales, compliance and payroll. It runs on Xero and is progressing from a traditional operating model to a data driven one.

Decisions on funding, structure and pricing sit with the owners. Your job is to prepare the high quality information those decisions are made from, and to run everything beneath them so well that the owners are informed rather than involved.

What you bring

• CA or CPA, with five or more years post qualification including at least two running a multi entity SME finance function end to end
• Australian compliance end to end: BAS, PAYG, super, payroll tax across states
• Payroll ownership, including commissions and award compliance
• Product business experience with inventory, costing and stocktake
• Organised and self directed: you plan your own function, prioritise across competing deadlines, and run the finance calendar as a project with visible status
• Experience managing and developing a direct report: setting clear expectations, reviewing work, and building someone's capability

What we offer

• Full time, permanent, inner Sydney head office close to train station
• Direct access to the owners and real ownership of the function