Finance Manager | North Shore

Richard Lloyd Accounting Recruitment; New South Wales; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 10%

Superannuation included

Modern CBD offices

Job summary

Richard Lloyd Accounting Recruitment is recruiting a Finance Manager for its Australian subsidiary on the North Shore. This role reports to senior leadership and oversees the local finance function with full ownership of accounting and reporting in a growing, global group.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, drive process improvements, and lead the team through month-end, statutory compliance, and project costing. Excellent commercial acumen and technical strength are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA or CPA with strong accounting and financial reporting experience.
• Demonstrated senior accounting experience in multinational environments.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Month-end close including GL reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Board and management reporting with concise financial commentary.
• Full statutory compliance: BAS, FBT, transfer pricing, income tax and audits.
• Project controlling: cost centre planning, overhead and project costing parameters.
• Payroll management and compliance.
• Liaison with global Finance and Treasury on FX risk and group reporting.
• Lead and develop the finance team with room to grow.

Skills

CA or CPA qualified

5+ years senior accounting

Multinational exposure

Stakeholder management

Leadership / team development

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Bachelor degree in Accounting or related field

Job description

• Month-end, board reporting, compliance, project controlling and payroll


• Australian subsidiary of a global engineering and industrial services group


• North Shore | $150k - $160k + super + 10% bonus

Finance Manager Opportunity

This is the Australian subsidiary of an established global engineering and industrial services business. The local operation is growing, with a small team in modern offices backed by the scale and resources of a significant international group.

Senior leadership is accessible and genuinely invested in the team. There is structure and support from the global parent, combined with the culture and feel of a lean local operation where your contribution has real visibility.

Key highlights include:

• Direct reporting line to senior leadership with genuine influence over the finance function


• Modern CBD offices with a collaborative, young and professional team culture


• Opportunity to build and develop a finance team as the business grows

The Role

This is a broad Finance Manager role with full ownership of the local finance function, reporting to senior leadership. You will cover the complete accounting and reporting cycle alongside a controlling remit. The ideal person brings commercial acumen alongside technical strength and is comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Month-end close: GL reconciliations, variance analysis and timely management accounts


• Board and management reporting with financial commentary for local and global stakeholdersand forecasts


• Full statutory compliance: BAS, FBT, transfer pricing, income tax and audit coordination


• Project controlling: cost centre planning, overhead and hourly rate calculations, and project costing parameters


• Payroll management and compliance


• Liaison with global Finance and Treasury on FX risk and group reporting requirements


• Lead and develop the finance team, with one direct report initially and room to grow


• Drive process improvement and systems optimisation across the finance function

Your Background

You are a technically capable accountant with a commercial mindset. You understand that finance exists to support good business decisions, not just report on them. You are comfortable operating with autonomy and enjoy being close to the business.

Ideal background includes:

• CA or CPA qualified


• Minimum 5 years in a senior accounting or Finance Manager role


• Experience in a multinational or subsidiary environment, with exposure to parent entity or group reporting is highly desirable.


• Commercially minded, able to interpret financial data and communicate it meaningfully to non-finance stakeholders


• Comfortable working autonomously and delivering results without close oversight


• Experience in a project-based or industrial business: cost centre management, overhead allocations or project margin analysis (highly regarded)


• Available on short notice or immediately