Finance Manager | Media/Entertainment

Michael Page; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page is recruiting a Finance Manager for a growing film, media and production business in Melbourne. The role offers broad exposure across financial reporting, treasury, budgeting, business partnering and multi-entity group accounting, working closely with the CFO and CEO to support growth.

You will own month-end close, consolidate entities, manage the group bookkeeper, facilitate audits and BAS/GST compliance, and contribute to financial modelling for new loans.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or related.
• CA or CPA qualified.
• Strong technical accounting foundation including month-end close and reconciliations.
• Experience with consolidations across multiple entities.
• Experience with auditors and tax advisers; BAS/GST knowledge.
• Advanced Excel skills and financial modelling.
• Clear communicator to engage senior leaders and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close and core financial reporting.
• Manage group bookkeeper and train on accounting practices.
• Support production accounting where required.
• Maintain consolidated accounting practices and inter-entity loans.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting for business units.
• Engage with external auditors on audits.
• Support consolidation of tax returns with advisors.
• Oversee group treasury and cash planning.
• Assist with loan financing processes and reporting to stakeholders.
• Help build new finance systems and processes.

Skills

Month-end close

Consolidations

Financial reporting

Auditors liaison

Budgeting & forecasting

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder communication

Education

CA or CPA qualified

Tools

Excel

Job description

This Finance Manager role with a growing business in the film, media and production sector offers broad exposure across financial reporting, treasury, lending, budgeting, business partnering and multi-entity group accounting, working closely with the CFO and CEO to support the organisation's ongoing growth.

Client Details

My client is a growing business in the media/entertinament sector delivering high-profile projects, known for its strong culture, entrepreneurial environment and ambitious growth plans.

Description

• Own the month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations and core financial reporting.
• Manage the group bookkeeper day to day, including training on accounting practices where required.
• Assist with production accounting where required
• Maintain consolidated accounting practices, including intra-group recharges, inter-entity loan relationships and job costing.
• Contribute to entity structuring exercises as they arise, including reviewing the group's position against relevant legislative changes.
• Prepare and lodge BAS across group entities.
• Engage directly with the external auditors on the financial statement audit.
• Support preparation of the consolidated tax return with external advisers
• Manage group treasury, covering both day-to-day cash and forward-looking cash planning.
• Support financial modelling for new loans.
• Manage the end-to-end project loan flow: help prepare loan documentation, capture key financial data in the loan database, and report to investors, borrowers and other stakeholders.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting across the group's business units.
• Help build new finance and business systems, structures and processes as the company grows.
• Work closely with internal teams, the CFO, the CEO and global stakeholders

Profile

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or related
• CA or CPA qualified
• A bubbly, outgoing personality
• Strong technical accounting foundation, including month-end close, reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Open to a strong first time mover from mid tier business services
• Experience with, or solid exposure to, consolidations across multiple entities.
• Experience working with auditors and tax advisers, and sound knowledge of BAS and GST.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence building or supporting financial models.
• Clear communicator who can work directly with senior leaders and external stakeholders

Job Offer

• Genuinely positive and collaborative culture where people enjoy coming to work.
• Report directly to a high-performing, supportive CFO who is invested in developing their team.
• Rare opportunity to shape and enhance the finance function as the business continues to grow and evolve.
• Broad and varied remit spanning financial reporting, treasury, budgeting, planning and commercial business partnering.
• Join a business operating in a dynamic, creative industry with exposure to exciting projects and stakeholders.
• Clear career development and progression opportunities as the organisation scales.
• Convenient office location with excellent access to public transport.
• Onsite culture - this is a 5 day in office role (with flex on start/finish times etc)