Financial Controller

RSM Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RSM Australia is seeking a Financial Controller on a parental leave cover to oversee Group Finance operations, including treasury, FP&A, and accounting. The role partners with senior leaders, ensures timely financial reporting, and drives strategy in a professional services context.

You will lead budgeting, develop financial plans, and maintain robust internal controls while coordinating with the Director of Group Finance and Leadership group.

Qualifications

• CA or equivalent and degree qualification.
• 3+ years in a senior finance leadership role.
• Strong communication and analytical skills.
• Experience in professional services firms.
• Experience with Workday / Adaptive Planning; trust taxation experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day finance operations including treasury, FP&A, accounts payable and receivable.
• Deliver timely financial reporting with guidance and support to the team.
• Lead annual budgeting and provide robust financial plans and insights to executives.
• Partner with business leaders to translate financial insights into actionable initiatives.
• Ensure external reporting and regulatory obligations are met, including tax and covenants.
• Design and maintain internal controls across key financial processes.
• Serve as Workday ERP Finance module lead and drive process improvements.
• Oversee preparation and delivery of forecasts, analysis and commentary to leadership.

Skills

Finance leadership

Financial reporting

Treasury management

Internal controls

Stakeholder comms

Education

CA or equivalent

Degree Qualified

Tools

Workday

Adaptive Planning

Job description

At RSM, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change for both our clients and our people.

RSM Australia supports a people-centric and collaborative culture where we are committed to empowering and developing you. As a leading professional services firm, we connect you to an extensive network of global resources and invest in your future. We value the meaningful work that you do and encourage you to be a part of the change.

Our value proposition is our commitment to you; it highlights the experiences, benefits, and value that you can expect as part of RSM. This is underpinned by our three values - integrity in everything that we do, supporting clients everywhere, and developing and valuing everyone.

Who we are:

RSM Australia is a member of RSM, the world's 6th largest network of audit, tax and consulting firms. We are an award-winning professional services firm with over 100 years experience supporting Australian businesses. We believe in putting people first and we are proud to have developed a work culture that fosters growth, collaboration and success.

About the role:

This parental leave cover opportunity offers exposure to a broad range of financial management, business partnering and strategic initiatives across RSM's national operations. As Financial Controller you will have broad operational responsibilities across RSM's Group Finance function. Reporting to the Director of Group Finance, you will be responsible for overseeing the operations of the financial accounting and FP&A teams as well as supporting the Director of Group Finance in developing and implementing strategy for the broader Group Finance division.

This role will work closely with the Director of Group Finance as well as partners and senior leaders at RSM and is supported by the Financial Accounting Manager and the FP&A Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

Oversee day-to-day finance operations, including treasury, financial planning and analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable and financial accounting.

Oversee the timely delivery of key financial reports, providing technical guidance and support to team members as required.

Lead the annual budgeting process, delivering robust financial plans, insights and analysis to the Executive Board within agreed timeframes.

Support operational business units in developing financial plans by providing technical expertise, commercial insight and constructive challenge of key assumptions.

Partner with business leaders to translate financial insights into actionable initiatives that support informed decision-making and achievement of the firm's financial and strategic objectives.

Ensure the accurate and timely completion of external reporting and regulatory obligations, including taxation and bank covenant reporting.

Design, implement and maintain robust internal controls across key financial processes.

Serve as the Workday ERP Finance module lead, owning configuration changes to align the system with evolving business and finance requirements, enhance functionality and drive continuous process improvement.

Oversee the preparation and delivery of financial forecasts, analysis and commentary to support the Director of Group Finance and the Leadership Group.

Lead treasury activities, including cash flow forecasting, cash reserve management, payment approvals and oversight of foreign currency transactions.

Coordinate resourcing across Group Finance, proactively identifying capacity requirements and managing absences to support the timely delivery of key activities.

Lead, mentor and develop team members through effective coaching, feedback and support, enabling them to realise their potential.

Oversee key activities relating to partner profit distributions, including managing partner elections, maintaining beneficiary records, calculating payments and preparing beneficiary reports.

Support the Director of Group Finance in administering the Partner Welfare Policy, including the calculation and communication of quarantined leave and additional partner leave entitlements.

Manage financial compliance requirements associated with partner appointments and terminations.

Support the Director of Group Finance with strategic initiatives, ad hoc activities and projects as required.

About you:

CA or equivalent

Degree Qualified

Demonstrated Experiences and Attributes: Essential

3+ years in a senior role leading finance teams

High level communication skills both written and verbal

Highly organised both in relation to personal and team activities

Ability to operate at all levels including at a transactional level where required

Excellent analytical skills combined with sound business acumen

Experience of working in professional services firms

Experience with Workday / Adaptive Planning

Experience with the taxation of trusts and trust accounting

Life at RSM:

RSM provides a great environment to build skills and confidence and we help our people achieve their best. We are trusted advisors to our clients, so it is critical for us to find the right people for the job on offer. Our network of offices across Australia and around the world allow us to offer a personal service to all our clients regardless of where they are!

Working for RSM entitles everyone to a wide range of leading health, wellness financial and lifestyle benefits.