Financial Controller

[axr] Recruitment & Search; Sydney; On-site; AUD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Global role with non-standard hours

Job summary

A large, listed multinational headquartered in Sydney is seeking a Financial Controller to own the record to report (R2R) process globally, spanning numerous countries, currencies and time zones. You will drive standardisation across in-country teams and an offshore shared services centre, ensuring robust controls and end-to-end coverage.

Reporting to the GM Finance, you will lead the global R2R framework, oversee balance sheet health, and push for automation and efficiency across journals and

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end R2R experience across transactions to reporting.
• Experience with offshore shared services and driving standardisation.
• Exposure to multi-currency environments and international entities.
• Auditing background and controllership in a large listed business.

Responsibilities

• Refresh global R2R standards: month end close, journals, reconciliations.
• Set and embed global standards across regions; ensure adherence.
• Oversee balance sheet and high-risk area reviews; clear aged items.
• Own R2R control framework including segregation of duties.
• Address internal audit findings related to R2R with root-cause analysis.
• Drive automation in journals and intercompany; collaborate with transformation lead.
• One direct report; influence a network of finance teams across functions.
• Support senior finance leadership; operate in a live, evolving environment.
• Leverage offshore SSC to maximise performance and outputs.
• Be comfortable with ambiguity; focus on what matters and deliver.

Skills

R2R process

Global reporting

Audit experience

Offshore SSC collaboration

Multi-currency exposure

Excel advanced

ERP familiarity

Tools

Oracle

BlackLine

EPM

Excel

Job description

A fantastic opportunity as Financial Controller of a large listed multinational company based in Sydney.

• Own & improve global financial reporting standards & controls E2E
• Flexible working, reporting to GM Finance
• ~$250k incl. of super + STI

Role Summary

• A large, listed multinational is looking for a Financial Controller to own its record to report process globally, across a lot of countries, currencies and time zones.
• Finance runs through a mix of in-country teams and an offshore shared services centre, so the same process gets done quite differently depending on where you look. Your job is to assess, improve & standardise.
• You will report to the GM Finance, with real backing from senior finance leadership.

What the Role Involves

• Refreshing the global R2R standards first up. Month end close, journals, balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany transactions.
• You'll help set the global standard and then make sure it actually sticks.
• Oversight of the balance sheet rather than doing the recs yourself, including targeted reviews of high risk areas and getting aged items cleared.
• Owning the R2R control framework, segregation of duties included.
• Any internal audit findings that touch R2R come to you to resolve properly, root cause and all.
• Driving more automation across journals and intercompany, and looking at where AI can take out manual work (alongside a transformation lead already in place).
• One direct report, but a big network of finance teams relying on your standards who don't report to you.
• Established senior finance leader, not after a first step up.
• Audit background, then controllership in a large listed business.
• Genuine end to end R2R experience, from how a transaction is recorded right through to what gets reported.
• You've worked with an offshore shared services or outsourced model and know how to get the best out of one.
• International and multi-currency exposure is important here.
• Oracle, BlackLine and EPM or similar, and happy to get into the detail in Excel when needed.
• Comfortable with ambiguity. There's no set weekly list of deliverables, so you'll need to be someone who works out what matters and gets on with it.
• A services or project-based background is a plus but not essential.

What's on Offer

• Sydney based.
• Flexibility, no mandated office days. It's a global role so some non-standard hours come with it.
• Good timing to join, with year end done and half year still a way off.