Financial Controller

TROPAC Industrial Electrical Solutions; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TROPAC Industrial Electrical Solutions is seeking an experienced finance leader to run day-to-day and month-end finance across the group. This hands-on role requires you to process, reconcile and close the books alongside the team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

You will oversee multi-entity consolidation across AU, NZ and UK, manage cash, budgeting and internal controls, and lead a small accounts team with a focus on accuracy and process improvement.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA qualified.
• 5+ years in a senior finance role.
• Hands-on multi-entity consolidation experience, including foreign currency.
• Inventory-based business experience: distribution, wholesale or manufacturing.
• NetSuite experience (highly regarded).
• Willing to roll up sleeves and do the work yourself.
• Track record of leading a small team and lifting its standards.
• High attention to detail, sound judgement and the ability to get things done.

Responsibilities

• Month-end close and management accounts with variance commentary.
• Consolidation across AU, NZ and UK entities, including intercompany and FX.
• Inventory costing, landed cost on imports, stock reconciliations and provisions.
• BAS, GST, FBT and payroll tax, and running the year-end audit.
• Cash management, payment runs and credit control.
• Building the detailed budget and tracking results against it.
• Strengthening internal controls and optimizing NetSuite usage.
• Leading, coaching and developing the accounts team.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Financial reporting

Multi-entity consolidation

Intercompany & FX

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

TROPAC Industrial Electrical Solutions Bells Creek QLD

Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll run the day-to-day and month-end finance function across the group. You'll lead the accounts team and make sure the numbers the business relies on are right, on time, every time. This is a very hands-on role. You won't just review the work, you'll do it: processing, reconciling and closing the books yourself alongside the team.

Key responsibilities

• Month-end close and management accounts, with clear variance commentary
• Consolidation across AU, NZ and UK entities, including intercompany and FX
• Inventory costing, landed cost on imports, stock reconciliations and provisions
• BAS, GST, FBT and payroll tax, and running the year-end audit
• Cash management, payment runs and credit control
• Building the detailed budget and tracking results against it
• Strengthening internal controls and getting the most out of NetSuite
• Leading, coaching and developing the accounts team

About you

• CA or CPA qualified
• 5+ years in a senior finance role, ideally as a Financial Controller
• Hands-on multi-entity consolidation experience, including foreign currency
• Inventory-based business experience: distribution, wholesale or manufacturing
• NetSuite experience (highly regarded)
• Happy to roll up your sleeves and do the work yourself, not just manage it
• A track record of leading a small team and lifting its standards
• High attention to detail, sound judgement and the ability to get things done

About us

TROPAC is a specialist electrical distributor based at Bells Creek on the Sunshine Coast. We supply cable, switchgear and enclosures to the renewables, infrastructure, industrial and transport sectors across Australia and New Zealand. We hold exclusive distribution rights for leading global brands, with operations across Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and we're still growing. We're built on a trades background, not a corporate rulebook. We move fast, back our people and expect them to own their patch.