Financial Accounting Manager

ClearCompany; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 162,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

2-year contract with bonus eligibility

Job summary

ClearCompany is seeking a Financial Accounting Manager in Australia (Western Sydney) to lead month-end reporting across ANZ and drive a major finance transformation. You will manage a large team, own external and internal reporting, and partner with ELT and stakeholders to deliver insights.

You will oversee system implementations (SAP, Dynamics 365 or Oracle), standardise processes, and improve operating models to support growth.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualified with significant leadership experience.
• Experience delivering month-end and statutory reporting in a U.S. organisation or similarly structured environment.
• Experience delivering finance system implementations (e.g., SAP, Dynamics 365, Oracle).
• Strong communication and ability to drive value through process excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a large accounting team.
• Deliver month-end reporting across ANZ.
• Deliver all corporate reporting and compliance matters.
• Partner with operational stakeholders to provide insights.
• Drive process improvements for impending system implementation.
• Ensure ongoing SOX compliance per U.S. requirements.
• Manage Fixed Assets and related processes.
• Lead pre/post system implementation changes and delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Financial reporting

Communication

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

SAP

Dynamic 365

Oracle

Job description

Salary

$180K + Super + Bonus

Location

Western Sydney

Role highlights

Key leadership and influence role for a $700m organisation, opportunity to lead key projects; high performing and collaborative culture

Role Overview

Reporting to the APAC Head of Finance, This Financial Accounting Manager will lead all internal and external reporting requirements across ANZ. This will involve leading and developing a large team to delivery timely and insightful reporting. As the Financial Accounting Manager, you will have end to end accountability to delivering month end across a complex network of sites for Australia and NZ as well as leading the new finance system implementation and transformation across the whole organisation. There is a huge opportunity for you to lead a key project and be highly visible to the executive leadership team across APAC. Specifically, this will include partnering with the ELT, operational stakeholders and external parties in building a core analytical and best in class finance function. Beyond this key project, as the Financial Accounting Manager you will have an opportunity to standardise and automate core finance processes and revolutionise their operating model for the growth to come.

Responsibilities

As the Financial Accounting Manager you will be responsible for:

• Leading and mentoring a large accounting team
• Delivery of month end reporting across ANZ
• Delivery of all corporate reporting and compliance matters
• Deliver insights through business partnering with Operational Stakeholders
• Drive process and operational improvements for impending system implementation
• Ensure on-going SOX compliance as per US requirements
• Fixed Assets Management
• Lead pre and post system implementation requirements, structure changes and delivery.

Candidate Profile

You are CA/CPA qualified with significant experience in leading and managing teams. Ideally you have depth of experience in delivering month end and statutory reporting in a U.S organisation or similar exposure to a well-structured environment with critical deadlines. You also demonstrate significant experience in delivering finance system implementations for systems like SAP, Dynamic 365 and/OR Oracle. Your strength lies in leading teams, effective communication and your ability to drive value through process excellence. You have led complex consolidations of results and have a natural flair at engaging with operational stakeholders. Your technical accounting skills are impeccable and this demonstrated through your experience from large & complex environments.

Culture & Benefits

The organisation is a highly regarded brand in the goods & services sector with a history for innovation and customer centric ethos. Passionate about quality, spirit and innovation, with a sizeable revenue base, this organisation has experienced expansive growth and through this have created global footprint that delivers impact to many industries.

• Immerse yourself in a passion – share the team’s passion for their brand and service excellence
• Be rewarded for your success – $180K + Super + bonus – 2yr contract
• Be a true leader – visible role, spear head critical finance transformation project