Financial Controller

The Epiphany Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The Epiphany Group is seeking a Financial Controller to support the CFO in leading the accounting and financial control across the group's entities. The role owns the monthly close, management reporting and payroll controls while guiding a finance team.

You will lead the audit, statutory compliance, and intercompany processes, drive improvements, and partner with auditors, tax agents and operations to optimise cashflow and profitability.

Qualifications

• CA or CPA with extensive experience in financial control and month-end reporting.
• Experience leading finance teams in a complex operating business.
• Proven oversight of high-volume payroll controls in award or EBA environment.
• Advanced Excel and hands-on mid-market ERP experience.
• Experience in labour-intensive services or logistics within a multi-entity group.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly close with reconciliations and audit-ready papers.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and board reporting with variance notes.
• Own payroll controls and compliance for payroll and HR interfaces.
• Drive billing completeness and job profitability analysis.
• Oversee supplier payments and cash forecasting.
• Lead annual audit and statutory financial statements.
• Manage accounts payable, receivable, and payroll teams.
• Improve processes and automate reporting across systems.
• Act as primary contact for auditors and tax agents.
• Handle R&D tax incentives and intercompany charging arrangements.

Skills

Financial control

Month-end reporting

Team leadership

Advanced Excel

ERP systems

Audit readiness

Education

CA or CPA qualified

Tools

Mid-market ERP

Consolidation processes

Job description

Our client is seeking a Financial Controller to suppor the company CFO in leading the accounting and financial control function across the group's entities. The role owns the monthly close, management and board reporting, payroll and payment controls, and audit and statutory compliance, while leading a finance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly close with complete reconciliations and audit-ready working papers.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, the board reporting pack, regional trading statements and the lender reporting pack, with variance commentary.
• Own the control framework over the weekly traffic control and office payrolls reviewing exceptions with payroll, HR and operations.
• Drive billing completeness and job profitability through job-to-invoice reconciliation, unbilled revenue reporting and labour/job margin analysis.
• Run weekly supplier and creditor payment integrity checks (bank details, approvals and invoice support) and manage credit control over large contractor customers; own cash forecast inputs.
• Lead the annual audit, statutory financial statements and the NSW/QLD compliance calendar (BAS, FBT, payroll tax, workers compensation, ASIC) with external auditors and tax agents.
• Lead a team across accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll, setting standards, documenting procedures and developing people.
• Improve processes, document controls and automate reporting across systems.
• Act as the working contact for auditors and tax agents.
• Take on the R&D tax incentive claims, annual insurance renewals and design of intercompany charging arrangements

Qualifications and Competencies

• CA or CPA qualified with extensive experience leading financial control, month-end reporting and finance teams in a complex operating business.
• Proven oversight of high-volume payroll controls in an award or EBA environment.
• Technically strong across AASB 16, deferred tax, provisions, revenue recognition and consolidation, and able to defend a position with auditors.
• Demonstrated team leadership and commercial fluency.
• Advanced Excel and hands-on mid-market ERP experience, with a track record of improving reporting and controls across integrated systems.
• Experience in labour-intensive services, construction, civil, labour hire or logistics within a multi-entity group, and an aptitude for AI-assisted automation is highly regarded.