Financial Controller

Sutton Recruitment; Canberra; On-site; AUD 190,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive package

Potential equity/shares

Job summary

Sutton Recruitment is seeking a senior financial leader in Canberra to succeed the retiring Financial Controller. The role combines hands-on accounting with strategic oversight, reporting to the Managing Director.

You will manage budgets, monthly reporting, cash flow, payroll, compliance, and year-end obligations, leading a small team and working closely with Directors to sustain long-term growth.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualified with demonstrated senior financial management experience, ideally in contracting or project-based business.
• Ability to communicate financials in clear layman's terms to senior staff and Directors.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and monitoring of annual budgets and strategic planning.
• Monthly management reporting with deep-dive into business drivers.
• Cash flow management.
• Day-to-day financial management including accounts processing and payroll.
• Preparation and presentation of Board reporting.
• Management of year-end audit and taxation obligations.

Skills

Analytical abilities

Financial management

Budgeting

Payroll

Education

CA/CPA qualified

Job description

The Organisation

Offering a broad range of high-quality services, this company has a reputation for providing innovative and high quality solutions to their clients. As a result, they have achieved strong success over many years in the Canberra region and beyond.

With the retirement of their long-standing Financial Controller in the New Year, the organisation is now looking for a long-term successor.

The Role

This exciting and rewarding opportunity will see you working closely with the Managing Director, playing a key role ensuring this company’s future long term success.

This is a very hands-on role, where you will need to apply your strong analytical abilities to evaluate business performance, as well as ensuring all legislative and regulatory obligations are met.

Managing an experienced and highly valued Accounts Clerk, you will be responsible for:

• preparation and monitoring of the annual budgets and strategic planning
• monthly management reporting including immersing yourself in the business activities to understand all their drivers, thereby contributing to ongoing financial success
• cash flow management
• all day-to-day financial management including accounts processing and payroll
• preparation and presentation of the Board reporting;
• management of the year-end audit and taxation obligations

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally be CA/CPA qualified and have demonstrated senior financial management experience ideally in a contracting or project-based business.

You will be comfortable with and have demonstrated success working across the spectrum from hands-on through to strategically. You will also have excellent attention to detail, a strong customer service focus, a willingness to meet the needs of staff at all levels of staff. You will be able to communicate the financials effectively in laymen’s terms to senior staff and Directors.

Your Benefits

• An attractive senior executive package (circa $190-200k) is available plus the potential opportunity to acquire shares in the future.
• This company has a genuine focus on being family-friendly and long-term employee development and retention, and this role will enjoy the same long term stable employment environment.
• As a result, you will need to be comfortable committing to this organisation for the longer term as the organisation continues to evolve.

This position can either be full-time or part-time (9 days per fortnight or 4 days per week) depending on the capability of the successful candidate. A commencement late February or early March 2027 is ideal.