Financial Controller

ORDE Financial

City of Melbourne

Hybrid

AUD 180,000 - 280,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

ORDE Financial in Melbourne seeks an experienced Financial Controller to lead financial control, reporting and finance operations. Reporting to the CFO, you will own the close process, prepare management and statutory reporting, and build a scalable control environment.

You will guide treasury, budgeting, and finance transformation including ERP projects, mentor the team, and partner with executives to drive commercial insight while ensuring compliance and quality across the organisation.

Qualifications

CA or CPA with substantial post-qualification experience in a senior financial control, financial reporting or finance leadership role.
Strong technical accounting capability and ownership of statutory reporting, audit, taxation and month-end close.
Experience in financial services, lending, funds management, banking or a regulated, fast-growing environment is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close with accurate results delivered on schedule.
Lead management, board, statutory and regulatory reporting with clear variance analysis.
Design and strengthen the financial control framework and governance.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Financial analysis

Education

CA or CPA

Tools

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

Job description

About Orde Financial

ORDE is a nonbank lender of 200+ employees built exclusively for brokers, combining human and credit expertise with innovative technology to help brokers build stronger futures for their clients. We reflect the reality of today’s borrowers, from SMEs with complex needs to near-prime clients seeking clearer paths forward. Since 2020, ORDE has funded more than $10b in loans and supported over 16,000 borrowers – all through brokers. We offer Residential, Commercial, SMSF and Construction loans and other specialised solutions, with fast decisions, deep credit insight and a streamlined digital experience. We are passionate (and a bit obsessed…) about being disruptive and pushing hard to improve the experience and results for mortgage brokers. Our purpose “Built for Brokers” is clear and simple and define our entire strategy (delivering better experiences, more value and opportunity, anticipating more needs and communicating more solutions, for brokers and their customers).

About The Orde Income Fund

ORDE recently introduced the ORDE Income Fund (the Fund), a registered retail managed investment scheme investing in Australian mortgage assets. It is unlisted, open-ended and currently offers a 12-month pooled mortgage investment product. The Fund is intended to become a key pillar of ORDE and the leading public expression of ORDE as both a non-bank lender and Australia’s highest quality asset manager within its asset class. The Fund has exceeded $100m in funds under management and is scaling though early-stage capital raising, with a full retail launch pending.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Financial Controller to lead ORDE’s financial control, reporting and finance operations. This is a senior leadership role with accountability for the integrity of financial information, a strong and scalable control environment, and the timely delivery of management, Board, statutory and regulatory reporting. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the role will provide trusted advice to executives, lead and develop the financial control team, and support ORDE’s continued growth, funding diversification and finance transformation agenda.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

Financial Reporting & Performance

Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close, ensuring financial results are accurate, complete and delivered to agreed timetables.
Lead the preparation and review of management, Board, statutory and regulatory reporting, including clear analysis of performance, key drivers, risks and variances.
Maintain robust accounting policies, judgements and positions in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and relevant regulatory obligations.

Financial Control, Governance & Compliance

Design, maintain and continuously strengthen ORDE’s financial control framework, including balance sheet governance, reconciliations, delegations, policies and evidence of control performance.
Oversee statutory accounts, external audit, tax compliance and regulatory finance obligations, managing issues proactively and ensuring findings are resolved in a timely manner.
Provide leadership on complex accounting matters, new products, funding structures and transactions, ensuring appropriate accounting and control outcomes.

Finance Operations & Treasury Support

Oversee core finance operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, payroll accounting, cash management, fixed assets, provisions and intercompany accounting.
Ensure strong governance over liquidity reporting, cash flow forecasting and financial information supporting funding, capital and treasury decisions.
Establish service standards and scalable processes that support business growth without compromising accuracy, control or timeliness.

Planning, Commercial Insight & Business Partnering

Partner with the CFO and executive leadership team on budgets, forecasts, scenario analysis, business cases and strategic financial decisions.
Translate complex financial information into clear, commercially focused insights and constructively challenge assumptions where appropriate.
Support performance management by improving the quality, consistency and usefulness of financial and operational reporting.

Leadership, Transformation & Projects

Lead, coach and develop the financial control and finance operations team, with clear accountabilities, high standards and effective succession planning.
Play a leadership role in finance transformation, including ERP implementation, automation, data quality and reporting improvements.
Represent Finance in enterprise projects, ensuring financial, control, tax and reporting requirements are understood and embedded before implementation.

Key Skills And Capabilities

Qualifications & Experience

CA or CPA qualified, with substantial post-qualification experience in a senior financial control, financial reporting or finance leadership role.
Strong technical accounting capability and demonstrated ownership of statutory reporting, audit, taxation and a complex month-end close.
Experience in financial services, lending, funds management, banking or another regulated and fast-growing environment is highly desirable.

Leadership & Commercial Capability

Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing finance teams and to create a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Strong commercial judgement, with the confidence to advise and influence executives while maintaining independence and control discipline.
Demonstrated success managing competing priorities, critical deadlines and material issues in a high-growth environment.

Systems, Data & Change

Strong ERP, financial systems and advanced Excel capability, with experience improving controls, workflows, reporting and data quality.
Experience leading or materially contributing to ERP implementation, finance automation or broader transformation programmes.
Ability to simplify complex processes and build scalable, well-controlled ways of working.

Communication & Personal Attributes

Clear and credible written and verbal communication, including the ability to present complex matters in practical business language.
High professional integrity, sound judgement and a strong commitment to accuracy, transparency and regulatory compliance.
Pragmatic, resilient and hands‑on, with the ability to move between strategic leadership and detailed problem‑solving when required.

Success in the Role

Reliable, insight‑led reporting and a disciplined close process that supports timely executive and Board decision‑making.

Why would you choose us?

We are a fast‑growing successful company.
We think it’s exciting to be part of a team which is building something which will make a difference.
We are focused, disruptive, think outside of the box and will encourage you to try new things.
We really care about our people and want them to have the best experience of their career.
We guarantee fun, a challenge, learning and growth!
We embrace being challenged through diversity of thoughts.
We have a highly collaborative culture and provide an inclusive, enjoyable office experience for all staff.
We are Melbourne based and think being in the office all together is important and we think working from home is too: three days in the office (Mon‑Tues‑Thurs), flexibility to work two days at home.
We remunerate well and reward high performance.