Financial Controller - ANZ

Page Executive; New South Wales; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Job summary

Page Executive is seeking a hands-on Financial Controller to lead the finance function across Australia and New Zealand, reporting to the Managing Director and engaging with international stakeholders. This role offers strategic influence, strong governance, and commercial partnering with a high-performing leadership team.

Based in Western Sydney with onsite parking, you will drive budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and inventory management while ensuring statutory and financial reporting

Qualifications

• Experience as Financial Controller or senior finance leader responsible for both financial control and commercial support.
• Hands-on leadership style suitable for lean environments and close-to-detail operation.
• Experience in inventory-driven businesses (industrial, manufacturing, import/distribution, wholesale) preferred.
• Strong expertise in working capital optimization, cash flow forecasting, and financial performance improvement.
• Exposure to multinational environments with overseas reporting and global stakeholders encouraged.
• CA or CPA qualifications with strong technical accounting and financial reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial control activities across the Australian and New Zealand operations.
• Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting to regional and global stakeholders.
• Improve financial governance, reporting transparency, and control frameworks.
• Drive improvements in working capital, cash flow, and inventory management.
• Partner with leadership to provide commercial insights and support strategic decision-making.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory, tax, audit, and financial reporting requirements.
• Identify and implement process improvements across finance operations.

Skills

Financial leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial partnering

Forecasting & budgeting

Education

CA or CPA qualifications

Job description

• Lead finance for a growing multinational market leading business
• Convenient Western Sydney location with onsite parking

About Our Client

Page Executive is partnering with a well-established multinational organisation to appoint a hands-on Financial Controller to lead its finance function across Australia and New Zealand.

Job Description

Reporting to the Managing Director and working closely with international stakeholders, this role offers the opportunity to influence business performance, strengthen financial controls, and provide commercial support to a high-performing leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee financial control activities across the Australian and New Zealand operations to maintain accurate financial information.
• Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting to regional and global stakeholders.
• Improve financial governance, reporting transparency, and control frameworks.
• Drive improvements in working capital, cash flow, and inventory management.
• Partner with leadership to provide commercial insights and support strategic decision-making.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory, tax, audit, and financial reporting requirements.
• Identify and implement process improvements across finance operations.

The Successful Applicant

The successful candidate will have:

• Proven experience as a Financial Controller, Head of Finance, or senior finance leader, with responsibility for both financial control and commercial support.
• A hands-on leadership style, with the ability to operate effectively in a lean environment and remain close to the detail when required.
• Experience within industrial, manufacturing, import/distribution, wholesale, or other inventory-driven businesses, highly regarded.
• Strong expertise in working capital optimisation, inventory management, cash flow forecasting, and financial performance improvement.
• Exposure to a multinational environment, including overseas reporting requirements and engagement with regional or global stakeholders is preferred.
• CA or CPA qualifications, with strong technical accounting and financial reporting capabilities.
• A commercially minded approach, with the ability to influence decision-making through meaningful financial insights and business partnering.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to engage effectively across all levels of the organisation.
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution, driving both operational excellence and long-term business outcomes.

What’s on Offer

• Broad leadership role with responsibility across Australia and New Zealand.
• Exposure to a global multinational environment.
• Direct access to executive leadership and the opportunity to influence business outcomes.
• Diverse position combining financial control, commercial partnering, and operational finance.
• Competitive remuneration package commensurate with experience.