Financial Controller - Property

Perigon Group; Strathfield Municipal Council; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Perigon Group in Strathfield is seeking a senior finance professional to lead their finance team and support the CFO in business strategy. This high-impact role includes responsibilities such as statutory reporting, budgeting, and overseeing daily finance operations.

The ideal candidate will have leadership experience in finance, particularly from the property development sector, and a proven track record of managing teams through change. This position offers a unique opportunity in an industry-disrupting company that is experiencing strong growth despite market challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience as Financial Controller or Head of Finance.
• Background in property development or construction.
• Proven ability to manage teams and drive change.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance across the group as 2IC to the CFO.
• Accountable for statutory reporting, tax, and treasury.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and day-to-day operations.
• Manage month-end processes and cash-flow planning.
• Drive strategic projects and ongoing process improvements.

Skills

Leadership skills

Financial management

Budgeting and forecasting

Process improvement

Statutory reporting

Job description

• Take part in compliance, projects and strategy
• High impact senior finance role

Growth-orientated property development business, well renowned for delivering high-impact urban development. This will be a high impact role to lead the finance team whilst supporting the CFO on business strategy, as they look to continue expansion

As 2IC to the CFO, you will lead finance across the group and be accountable for leading an accounting team of 6 including;

• Statutory reporting, tax and treasury
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Oversee day-to-day finance operations
• Strategic projects such as process improvements, cost initiatives and business casing
• Ownership of month-end processes and reporting
• Preparation and management of cash-flow and business planning
• Ongoing process improvement

We're looking for experienced finance professionals (FC/Head of Finance/experienced Finance Managers) out of property development or construction

You will have proven leadership skills and the ability to manage through change. My client has seen strong growth in recent years and are looking to consolidate their processes and systems as they look to build upon this, requiring resilience

On offer is the opportunity to work for an industry disruptor who are seeing strong projections despite a challenging market

Submit your interest through "apply now", or contact Phillip Pham for a confidential discussion