Finance Manager

ArtsPay Pty Ltd; Sydney; Remote; AUD 80,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Remote work

Impact on arts community

Part-time role

Job summary

ArtsPay Pty Ltd is seeking a commercially minded Finance Manager to own daily financial health and partner with leadership. This part-time, hands-on role focuses on modelling, scenarios, and reporting while keeping books in order.

You’ll manage a bookkeeper and work with a tax accountant and Fractional CFO as the bridge between operations and strategic decisions. You’ll handle forecasting, budgeting, treasury, and management reporting; participate in regulatory and partner reporting; and ensure

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or equivalent experience in senior finance roles.
• Strong modelling, forecasting, and KPI reporting capabilities.
• Experience supervising bookkeepers and coordinating with tax advisers.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end close and produce timely management accounts.
• Build and maintain cash flow forecasts and budgets with the CFO.
• Analyse unit economics and pricing across products and merchants.
• Prepare board and investor packs with clear commentary.
• Oversee accounts payable/receivable and payments workflows.
• Strengthen financial controls and automate reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with GST/BAS, PAYG, superannuation and reporting.

Skills

Financial modelling

Unit economics

Scenario planning

KPI reporting

Board reporting

Forecasting & budgeting

Treasury & cash mgmt

Management reporting

Tax & compliance

Financial controls

Education

CA / CPA or equivalent

Tools

Xero

Excel

Accounting software

Job description

We're looking for a commercially minded Finance Manager to own the day-to-day financial health of the business and act as a true partner to leadership. This is a hands-on, analytical role: as much about building models, testing scenarios, and reporting on the numbers that matter as it is about keeping the books in order. It's a part-time role suited to someone who enjoys turning data into insight in a scaling company and wants meaningful, flexible work. You'll manage our bookkeeper and work closely with our tax accountant and Fractional CFO, acting as the connective tissue between operational finance and strategic decision-making.

About the role

We're looking for a commercially minded Finance Manager to own the day-to-day financial health of the business and act as a true partner to leadership. This is a hands-on, analytical role: as much about building models, testing scenarios, and reporting on the numbers that matter as it is about keeping the books in order. It's a part-time role suited to someone who enjoys turning data into insight in a scaling company and wants meaningful, flexible work. You'll manage our bookkeeper and work closely with our tax accountant and Fractional CFO, acting as the connective tissue between operational finance and strategic decision-making.

What you’ll do

• Financial modelling — Build and maintain financial models to support planning, pricing, and growth decisions
• Unit economics & pricing — Analyse margin by product and merchant segment, including interchange, scheme, and acquirer costs, to inform pricing and least-cost routing decisions
• Scenario planning — Run scenario and sensitivity analysis (e.g. transaction volumes, growth rates, cost changes) to inform strategy and manage risk
• KPI reporting — Define, track, and report on the KPIs that matter, delivering clear dashboards and commentary to leadership
• Investor & board reporting — Prepare board and investor packs and supporting analysis for the CFO, and assist with due diligence and data-room preparation as needed
• Forecasting & budgeting — Build and maintain cash flow forecasts and budgets with the CFO to support sustainable growth
• Treasury & cash management — Monitor daily cash positions, settlement timing, and any funds held on behalf of merchants, supporting the CFO on liquidity and banking
• Management reporting — Own month-end close and produce timely, accurate management accounts
• Team — Manage and review the work of our bookkeeper, ensuring accurate and timely records
• Tax & compliance — Review BAS/GST, payroll, PAYG withholding, and superannuation lodgements prepared by the bookkeeper, and liaise with our external tax accountant on compliance, filings, year-end preparation, and R&D Tax Incentive claims where eligible
• Payment & fund flows — Oversee reconciliation of merchant settlements, payment and donation flows, refunds, chargebacks, and scheme and acquirer fees, and monitor fraud and chargeback losses
• Profit-share & impact reporting — Own the calculation, governance, and transparent reporting of the 50% profit distribution to the arts community, with a clear, consistent, audit-ready methodology
• Operational finance — Manage accounts payable/receivable and payment workflows, including partner and referral commission payouts
• Controls & process — Strengthen financial controls, processes, and systems as we scale, including automating reconciliations, integrating platform transaction data with our accounting system, and maintaining audit readiness
• Regulatory & partner reporting — Prepare the financial data and reports needed to met regulatory and payment-partner obligations (e.g. AUSTRAC AML/CTF, card scheme and acquirer requirements, as applicable), working with leadership and external advisers

About you

• Qualified accountant (CA / CPA or equivalent) or qualified by experience

• Solid experience in a finance management or senior finance role

• Comfortable running day-to-day finance in a small or scaling business

• Experience supervising and reviewing the work of a bookkeeper or junior finance staff

• Hands‑on experience running month‑end close and designing financial controls and process improvements

• Experience reconciling high-volume transactional data, with strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Sound working knowledge of Australian tax and compliance obligations, including GST/BAS, PAYG withholding, superannuation, and payroll

• Strong financial modelling skills and advanced Excel - comfortable building models from scratch

• Proven experience with scenario planning, forecasting, and KPI / management reporting

• Confident working with cloud accounting software (e.g. Xero), systems, AI and other technology

• A commercial mindset - able to translate numbers into clear, actionable insight for non-finance colleagues

• Self-directed and reliable — able to deliver in a part-time, remote setting

About us

ArtsPay is an Australian fin-tech providing EFTPOS terminals and online payment solutions for businesses of every size — from ecommerce, invoicing and event ticketing to point-of-sale and in-person payments. Built on enterprise-grade infrastructure with transparent, wholesale pricing and least-cost routing, we help businesses cut costs and grow. ArtsPay is a community-driven initiative that returns 50% of profits to the arts community, turning everyday transactions into meaningful funding for artists and arts organisations.

Why join us

• Genuinely purpose-driven work — your numbers help fund the arts across Australia

• Flexible, remote, part-time role that fits around your life

• A real chance to shape the finance function of a growing company