Group Statutory Reporting Manager

Novotech (Australia) Pty Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Novotech (Australia) Pty Limited, headquartered in Sydney, seeks a Group Statutory Reporting Manager to lead statutory reporting, consolidation, and audit for a global organization. You will partner with the Group Financial Controller and CFO on governance matters and drive improvements across reporting processes.

The role requires 8–10 years in statutory reporting and strong IFRS expertise, with Big Four experience preferred and exposure to health science sectors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, commerce, business, or related discipline.
• CA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification required.
• 8–10 years of experience in statutory reporting, audit, technical accounting, or financial control, including Big Four background.
• Healthcare/medical or life sciences sector experience desirable.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, financial reporting, and statutory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Group statutory audit process and manage audit findings and unadjusted differences.
• Oversee statutory filing calendar and timely lodgments across jurisdictions.
• Develop and maintain accounting policies and technical accounting papers.
• Drive process improvement, standardization and automation in statutory reporting and audit.
• Support Audit and Risk Committee and Board papers on financial reporting and controls.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify and mitigate risks in financial controls.

Skills

Statutory reporting

Group consolidation

Audit management

IFRS knowledge

Power BI

Excel skills

Leadership

Due diligence

Governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, commerce, business, or related discipline

CA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Excel

Job description

The Group Statutory Reporting Manager is responsible for managing the Company's statutory reporting and audit functions. The successful candidate will be an experienced finance professional with a strong understanding of best practice statutory reporting, group consolidation, technical accounting, and related statutory compliance requirements within a global organization. The role reports to the Group Financial Controller and work closely with Associate Director Financial Control and Group Chief Financial Officer.

Responsibilities:

• Function as a trusted partner to the Group Financial Controller, supporting the Company's IPO readiness journey and the establishment of the best practice controllership framework for a listed environment.
  
• Lead the Group statutory audit process (unmodified audit opinion), facilitating the timely completion of the audit and supporting the resolution of audit findings and unadjusted differences.
  
• Manage relationships with external auditors and other finance stakeholders (local and regional finance teams, tax team, and legal counsel) to support an efficient and effective audit process.
  
• Manage the Group's statutory filing calendar and oversee the timely completion of financial statement audits and statutory lodgments across all relevant jurisdictions.
  
• Lead the implementation of new and amended accounting standards and assess their impact on the Group's accounting policies, systems, processes, and financial statement disclosures.
  
• Develop and maintain accounting policies, technical accounting papers (including significant accounting judgements and estimates), and related processes to strengthen the control environment and ensure ongoing compliance with statutory reporting requirements.
  
• Drive process improvement, standardization and automation across statutory reporting and audit processes.
  
• Support the preparation of Audit and Risk Committee and Board papers concerning financial reporting, audit findings, accounting matters, and control observations.
  
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate risks within the financial control environment, and drive remediation initiatives to address identified control gaps.
  
• Own the Group's statutory reporting process, including the preparation of statutory reporting packs, account mapping, and consolidated and subsidiary financial statements.
  
• Establish financial controls monitoring program, including periodic reviews, and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of key financial reporting and compliance controls.
  
• Support strategic projects and business initiatives as required, including transformation, financing, and corporate governance activities.
  
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team capable of supporting the organization through a period of accelerated growth and transformation.
  
• Build, lead, develop and motivate a high-performing team that consistently delivers high-quality outcomes aligned with Novotech's culture and values.
  
• Partner with the Group Financial Controller on mergers and acquisitions, due diligence activities, and other investment-related projects.
  

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, commerce, business, or a related discipline.
  
• CA, CPA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification is required.
  
• At least 8-10 years of relevant experience in statutory reporting, audit, technical accounting, or financial control, including experience in a big four chartered accounting or professional services environment.
  
• Prior commercial experience, preferably within the healthcare, medical or life sciences sector, is desirable.
  
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, and statutory compliance requirements.
  

Additional Notes

• Previous experience at Senior Manager level within a Big Four is highly desirable.
  

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

• Strong technical accounting background with broad responsibility for statutory reporting, Group, and subsidiary statutory audits.
  
• Experience in preparing IFRS-compliant general purpose financial statements and technical accounting papers/memoranda for CFO, Boards, and external auditors.
  
• Demonstrated leadership capability, with the ability to manage, influence, and drive results through finance managers and dotted-line reporting relationships across multiple jurisdictions in Rest of Asia, China, the United States and Europe.
  
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to understand business operations and assess the resulting financial and accounting implications.
  
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and experience applying complex accounting areas, including goodwill and impairment assessments, acquisitions and business combinations, share-based payments, foreign currency transactions and translation, the classification and fair value measurement of financial assets (FVPL or FVOCI), leases, and income taxes.
  
• Strong academic credentials, with a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, and commerce. A CA, CPA or equivalent recognise professional accounting qualification is required.
  
• Experience in the healthcare, medical or life sciences sector will be highly regarded.
  
• Experience with PCAOB audit, SOX compliance and/or foreign private issuer reporting requirements will be highly regarded.
  
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills: experience with Power Query, Power BI or other finance automation tools would be advantageous.
  
• High level of integrity, accountability, and dependability, with a strong sense of urgency and orientation results.
  
• Strong project management skills, hands‑on, energetic and collaborative with the ability to operate effectively in a hands‑on, agile, and fast‑paced environment
  

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Headquartered in Australia and focused exclusively on the Asia Pacific, Novotech is internationally recognized as a leading regional full-service CRO.

With the increasing pace of globalization in drug development, Novotech’s expertise in the vibrant and fast growing Asian region has been instrumental in the success of hundreds of phase I-IV clinical trials from Australia to India.

Headquartered in Sydney, with operations in New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, Novotech’s service offering has come to be recognized for its quality both by our clients, as well as industry analyst groups.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

Headquartered in Australia and focused exclusively on the Asia Pacific, Novotech is internationally recognized as a leading regional full-service CRO.

With the increasing pace of globalization in drug development, Novotech’s expertise in the vibrant and fast growing Asian region has been instrumental in the success of hundreds of phase I-IV clinical trials from Australia to India.

Headquartered in Sydney, with operations in New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, Novotech’s service offering has come to be recognized for its quality both by our clients, as well as industry analyst groups.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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