Financial Controller | Brisbane CBD

Sarina Russo Job Access; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarina Russo Group is seeking a Financial Controller to lead financial reporting, governance and budgeting across a multi-entity landscape in Brisbane. Reporting to the CFO, you will drive month-end close, intercompany accounting and statutory compliance while translating financial results into strategic guidance for executives.

You will partner with leaders to strengthen financial accountability, oversee BAS and regulatory lodgements, manage audits and build a high-performing finance function

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and professional qualification (CPA/CA).
• Senior-level experience in financial control, reporting or management accounting.
• Strong knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards and regulatory obligations.
• Proven ability to lead close, audit, budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Hands-on leadership style with capability to manage a multi-entity finance function.
• Proficient in data tooling to improve financial insight and control.

Responsibilities

• Own timely monthly and annual financial reporting, including consolidation.
• Lead month-end and year-end close with balance sheet governance.
• Maintain internal controls, policies and intercompany reconciliation.
• Oversee statutory reporting and compliance with accounting standards.
• Drive budgeting, forecasting and management reporting with executives.
• Coordinate BAS, payroll tax and regulatory lodgements with advisers.
• Direct external audits and manage auditor relationships.
• Translate performance into commercial insights for executive decisions.
• Develop finance team capability and foster a disciplined performance culture.
• Support CFO on strategic initiatives and finance system transformations.

Skills

Financial reporting

Governance

Compliance

Budgeting

Forecasting

Intercompany accounting

Leadership

Excel

Power BI

Dynamics 365 BC

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA/CA or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC

Dynamics GP

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Help shape the next chapter of a proudly Australian organisation with 47 years of proven success. Established in 1979, Sarina Russo Group is a privately owned national organisation operating across employment services, education, training and allied health. We are seeking a Financial Controller to bring strong financial stewardship, commercial insight and leadership to our Finance function.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, you will lead financial reporting, governance, compliance and operational finance across a complex, multi-entity group. This influential role combines rigorous financial control with forward-looking analysis, enabling sound executive decisions and supporting sustainable performance and growth.

This is a full-time, Brisbane CBD-based position requiring regular on-site attendance. It offers an experienced finance leader the opportunity to operate with broad organisational visibility and make a tangible enterprise-wide contribution.

The Mandate

• Own accurate and timely monthly and annual financial reporting, including consolidation across the Group
• Lead month-end and year-end close, including balance sheet governance, intercompany accounting
• Maintain the integrity of the Group's financial records, accounting policies, reconciliations and internal control environment
• Oversee statutory financial reporting and compliance with Australian Accounting Standards
• Lead the Group's budgeting, forecasting and management reporting cycle, partnering with executives and operational leaders to strengthen financial accountability and performance
• Oversee the preparation and timely lodgement of BAS, FBT, payroll tax and other regulatory reporting obligations, working with external advisers where appropriate
• Direct external audit processes and manage relationships with auditors and key advisers
• Translate financial performance into clear commercial insights, identifying risks, opportunities and actions for executive decision-making
• Provide day-to-day leadership of the finance function, developing team capability, accountability and a disciplined, collaborative performance culture
• Support the Chief Financial Officer on strategic initiatives, acquisitions and business integrations, and play a lead role in finance systems and process transformation.

Your Credentials

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline
• CPA, CA or equivalent professional qualification
• Demonstrated senior-level experience across financial control, reporting or management accounting in a complex organisation, with readiness to take ownership of a broad financial control mandate
• Strong technical command of Australian Accounting Standards, financial reporting, internal controls and relevant tax and regulatory obligations
• A proven record of leading close, audit, statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting processes
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capability, strong financial systems literacy and experience using data and reporting tools to improve financial insight and control
• A hands-on leadership style, with the ability to move comfortably between detailed financial analysis and senior-level commercial discussions
• Strongcommunication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence senior decision-makers
• Commercial judgement, intellectual curiosity and a proactive, solutions-focused approach

Highly regarded

• Experience operating in a multi-entity, services-based or similarly complex environment
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and/or Dynamics GP (Great Plains)
• Experience with Power BI or other modern reporting and analytics tools
• A track record of leading finance transformation,systems implementation or process-improvement initiatives

Why Sarina Russo Group

• Join a proudly Australian, privately owned organisation with national reach
• Take ownership of a broad, influential financial control mandate across a diverse multi-entity group
• Partner directly with the Chief Financial Officer and senior operational stakeholders
• Lead meaningful improvements across reporting, systems, controls and finance capability as the Group enters its next phase of growth

This is an opportunity to combine technical excellence with commercial influence in an established organisation that continues to evolve.

Sarina Russo Group is committed to an inclusive workplace that embraces and promotes diversity. We value the unique contributions of people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives and seek to build a workforce representative of the communities we serve.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.