Financial Controller (4 month contract)

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Learning and career development

Volunteer day program

Charity matching

Job summary

OFX, headquartered in Sydney, seeks a Financial Controller for the North America region. You will oversee all controllership, accounting, and compliance across the US and Canada, ensuring timely closes, robust internal controls, and accurate reporting.

The role links NA finance with global stakeholders while supporting strategic initiatives from Sydney hours. Reporting to the Deputy Group Financial Controller, you will manage tax, statutory reporting, and audits, with a focus on risk reduction

Qualifications

• CPA or CA qualified.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance.
• 8+ years experience in accounting or controllership.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS, esp. revenue recognition.
• Experience managing cross-border finance teams.
• Proven track record of timely financial reporting.
• Strong tax and statutory reporting knowledge for US/Canada.
• Excel and ERP proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end financial close for North American entities.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for NA entities.
• Act as business partner to Regional Finance and Compliance teams.
• Collaborate with global finance to ensure cohesive processes.
• Coordinate and manage local statutory audits and boards reports.
• Prepare audit schedules and disclosures with external auditors.
• Oversee corporate, sales/use, property and indirect taxes in NA.
• Work with external tax advisors on filings and audits.
• Maintain internal control environment and data integrity.

Skills

CPA/CA

US GAAP

IFRS

ERP systems

Excel

Cross-border teams

Communication skills

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications in Accounting/Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

• Division: Finance, Treasury and Payments

Job Description

Hi. We're OFX, a leading financial operations company providing businesses and accounting firms with real-time financial control and visibility to do business anywhere in the world. With an innovative platform and 24/7 human support, OFX automates and simplifies doing business across borders, reducing risk and eliminating routine operational tasks. Offering global business accounts, payments to 180 countries in 30+ currencies and currency risk management solutions to simplify global payments. OFX further enhances business operations by providing corporate cards with spend management, bill payments, vendor management, and integrations with popular accounting and HRIS software, to help achieve better business solutions so accounting firms and businesses thrive.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offices globally, in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. OFX has been a trusted innovator in global money movement for over 25 years.

Purpose of Your Role

The Financial Controller will be responsible for our North America region, overseeing all financial controllership, accounting, and compliance activities across United States and Canada. Reporting to the Deputy Group Financial Controller, this role is pivotal in maintaining the integrity of NA regional financial operations, ensuring timely closes, managing local tax/statutory requirements, revenue recognition and ensuring robust internal controls.

Working from Sydney, you will serve as the core link between NA finance and other key NA stakeholders, maintaining operational continuity and supporting ongoing strategic initiatives. Although the role will work Sydney hours, flexibility with time zones will be required to accommodate meetings with key NA stakeholders.

This is a contract position covering a 4-month parental leave period.

What You’ll Do

• Manage the end-to-end financial close process across all North American entities, ensuring alignment with internal deadlines and compliance with IFRS and US GAAP (as applicable).
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports and financial statements.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for all North American entities.
• Act as a business partner to Regional Finance and Compliance teams, supporting regulatory requests from a Finance perspective as required.
• Collaborate cross functionally with global finance functions to ensure cohesive end to end financial processes and policies.
• Collaborate effectively with the global finance leadership, operational teams, tax advisors, and external auditors.
• Coordinate and manage local statutory audits and support global audit requirements in the North American region, including subsidiary Board reporting.
• Prepare audit schedules, financial statement disclosures, and collaborate with external auditors.
• Oversee all aspects of corporate tax, sales/use tax, property tax, and other applicable indirect taxes in North America.
• Work closely with external tax advisors to manage filings, audits, and compliance.
• Ensure adherence to internal control environment, including reconciliation accuracy, approval workflows, data integrity between payment and financial systems, and timely remediation of control.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

Qualifications

• CPA or CA qualified
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• 8+ years of experience in accounting or controllership, preferably in a multinational or publicly listed environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS, with particular emphasis on revenue. recognition principles and North American regulatory frameworks.
• Experience managing cross-border or regional finance teams.
• Proven track record of delivering accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Strong tax and statutory reporting knowledge across the US and Canada.
• Ability to lead through influence, collaborate with global teams, and build relationships across functions.
• Highly proficient in Excel and ERP systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
• Strong organisational skills, capable of managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in internal control design and implementation.
• Flexibilityto adjust working hours periodically to overlap with US and Canadian time zones.

Additional Information

What it's like working at OFX

We're OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we're not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We're committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with the times so that we can continue to inspire confidence every day and through every transaction.

We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally, to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers. We're curious self-starters who love learning and sharing our knowledge with others. We embrace change and use our initiative and resilience to overcome challenges.

• Always keep learning. We offer a wide range of learning and career development opportunities to help every OFXer build their capacity and career, with leadership training, secondments, internal mobility and access to a large library of online learning.
• Make a difference. Through our Make a Difference program, we encourage OFXers to give back to causes and communities that are important to them. We celebrate this with an annual volunteer day, which OFXers can use together or individually, as well as matched giving and the opportunity to nominate charity of choice every quarter.
• Reward and recognition. We recognise a job well done. OFXers are encouraged to celebrate their peers’ effort, technical expertise or support through a range of global and regional channels and awards, including quarterly and annual awards, milestones and shout outs.
• Showing our social side. Our Good Vibes employee-led committees around the globe organize events to help keep our employees engaged inside and outside the office. Whether it's a wellbeing activity, end of year celebration, or a monthly team get-together, our team wants you to feel welcome!
• Benefits that mean something. We offer a range of fantastic benefits, including primary and secondary gender neutral carer parental leave (16 weeks) or birthday leave, you'll feel well-supported at OFX.
• A great work environment. Enjoy work-life balance and flexibility with our hybrid work model, in an inclusive, diverse and non-hierarchal culture.

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At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success. If you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process, please email us at [e-mail] .