Financial Controller

Randstad Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct executive partnership with the

Prime Sydney CBD location

High-growth, high-visibility seat

Job summary

Randstad Australia in Sydney CBD seeks a senior finance leader to drive capital strategy, build business cases, and protect margins through rigorous cost control and audit frameworks. You will own budgeting, forecasting, and group reporting across national sites, while guiding ISO governance and vendor audits.

Reporting directly to the CEO, this role demands strategic partnership with executives, commercial acumen, and leadership of a national finance team to enable growth and transparency in a

Qualifications

• Qualified with a recognised professional accounting body (CA, CPA, ACCA, ACA, CMA, CIMA, or CGMA).
• Leadership track record in a multi-site operational environment, directly supporting a CEO.
• Experience in commercial business cases, cost control, customer profitability analysis, capital modelling, and third-party auditing.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO and branch leaders to evaluate investments, build commercial business cases, and direct strategic capital allocation.
• Lead customer profitability analysis, identify cost-reduction opportunities, and work with operational managers to expand margins.
• Maintain disciplined cost control across all sites, drive productivity, digitalisation, and process improvement programs.
• Own budgeting, forecasting, financial close, tax, audit, cash flow, working capital, banking, AR/AP, and Group reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial acumen

Financial analysis

Strategy execution

Education

CA/CPA/ACCA/ACA/CMA/CGMA

Job description

Sydney CBD | $180,000 – $200,000 + Super

The Business & Mandate

Our client is a national multi-site enterprise operating across major Australian commercial hubs. They are scaling fast, executing capital projects, and preparing for ongoing growth.

The Role

Reporting directly to the CEO, this is not a passive corporate reporting job. You will sit at the center of commercial decision-making, building business cases, evaluating capital allocation, and establishing third-party audit frameworks to protect margins and directly drive bottom-line profit.

Simultaneously, you will maintain balance sheet integrity, give the CEO complete financial visibility across every national operating unit, and lead national process automation across the finance team.

Remit

• Commercial Growth & Capital Strategy: Partner with the CEO and branch leaders to evaluate investments, build commercial business cases, and direct strategic capital allocation.
• Margin Expansion & Profitability: Lead customer profitability analysis, identify cost-reduction opportunities, and work alongside operational managers to expand operating margins.
• Cost Leadership & Productivity: Maintain disciplined cost control across all sites, challenge expenditure, and lead national productivity, digitalisation, and process improvement projects.
• End-to-End Financial Operations: Own budgeting, forecasting, financial close, tax, audit, cash flow, working capital, banking, AR/AP, and Group reporting.
• Complete Reporting Visibility: Deliver complete financial and operational transparency across all business units, ensuring the CEO and executive leadership have total reporting visibility.
• Governance, Risk & ISO Systems: Direct internal control frameworks, regulatory compliance, risk management, legal governance, and ISO management systems.
• Third-Party & Vendor Audits: Oversee vendor due diligence, audit third-party performance, manage registration lifecycles, and enforce contractual compliance frameworks.
• Team Leadership & Strategic Projects: Lead, coach, and develop the national finance team while supporting organisational restructures, systems implementations, and site relocation initiatives.

What We Are Looking For

• Qualifications: Qualified with a recognised professional accounting body (CA, CPA, ACCA, ACA, CMA, CIMA, or CGMA).
• Leadership Track Record: Extensive finance leadership experience in a multi-site operational environment, directly supporting a CEO.
• Commercial Experience: Direct experience in commercial business cases, cost control, customer profitability analysis, capital modelling, and third-party auditing.
• Operational Background: Experience across supply chain, FMCG, manufacturing, logistics, wholesale, transport, freight, or multi-site operational sectors is highly regarded.

What’s on Offer

• Direct executive partnership with the CEO.
• High-growth, high-visibility seat driving ongoing growth, capital initiatives, and commercial strategy.
• Salary package: $180,000 – $200,000 + Super.
• Prime Sydney CBD location.

We are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.