Fractional CFO | Manufacturing

Highbury Executive Talent; Sydney; In loco; AUD 180.000 - 240.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Highbury Executive is engaged by a private, growth‑oriented manufacturing business to help drive its next phase of expansion with senior financial leadership on a part‑time basis. You will partner directly with the CEO and Founder, build a high‑caliber finance function, provide strategic insight, robust reporting, and value‑creation as the network scales.

This role suits a commercially minded finance executive who thrives in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment and wants real influence across

Competenze

• CA or CPA with senior finance leadership background.
• Proven CFO experience in manufacturing or similar.
• Experience with PE-backed or investor-owned firms.
• Strong accounting, governance and external audit knowledge.
• Ability to act as strategic partner to CEO.

Mansioni

• Serve as strategic partner to CEO, guiding financial decisions.
• Lead finance function, board reporting and consolidations.
• Oversee governance, controls, and audits.
• Manage treasury, cash flow and working capital.
• Partner with operations to drive profitability across sites.

Conoscenze

Strategic leadership

Board reporting

Financial analysis

Cash flow forecasting

Governance & controls

Formazione

CA/CPA qualification

Big 4 training

Manufacturing experience

Strumenti

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle)

Financial consolidation tools

Descrizione del lavoro

THE COMPANY

Highbury Executive has been engaged by a privately held manufacturing business experiencing significant growth. With a strong market position and ambitious plans, the business continues to invest in its operations, people and systems to support its next phase of expansion.

Partnering directly with the CEO and Founder, this fractional role suits a commercially minded finance executive who wants real influence in a fast-paced business with momentum. You’ll bring senior financial leadership on a part-time basis, strengthening the finance function and driving value creation as the business scales.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as a genuine strategic partner to the CEO and Founder, providing the financial leadership and commercial insight to support continued growth and key business decisions.
• Build and lead the finance function appropriate for a high growth business; including board reporting, management reporting, consolidations and the delivery of accurate, timely financial information.
• Drive best-practice financial governance, internal controls, risk management frameworks and external audit processes across the organisation.
• Lead treasury and capital management activities, including cash flow forecasting, working capital optimisation, banking relationships and funding requirements to support the network's growth.
• Partner with operations leadership to drive commercial and financial discipline across the multi-site network, supporting continued expansion and unit-level performance.

REQUIREMENTS

• CA or CPA qualified, ideally with Big 4 or reputable mid-tier training.
• Proven experience as a CFO or senior finance leader within a manufacturing business.
• Experience operating within a private equity-backed or investor-owned business, with strong reporting capability.
• Strong technical accounting expertise across financial reporting, statutory compliance, tax, financial controls, governance and external audit.
• Commercially minded leader, comfortable operating at pace in a high-growth environment, with a genuine 'right-hand' mindset to the CEO.