Growth-Focused Financial Controller: Lead Finance & Systems

Perigon Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Perigon Group is a hands-on Financial Controller role in Sydney, Australia, reporting to the CFO and leading a lean finance team. The position strengthens governance, improves systems and builds scalable processes to support growth and transformation.

You will manage month-end close, financial reporting, controls, and the external audit while driving automation and efficiency across finance functions as the business expands.

Qualifications

• Experience managing an audit end to end in a sub $100m t/o company.
• Have confidence improving and streamlining process.
• Be hands on in your approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead the month end and year end close processes.
• Produce accurate and timely financial statements and management reporting.
• Maintain strong financial controls, reconciliations and supporting documentation.
• Manage the annual external audit and act as the key contact for external auditors.
• Ensure statutory, tax and regulatory obligations are met.
• Maintain compliance with accounting standards and internal policies.
• Oversee accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, cash management and bank reconciliations.
• Lead, develop and coach a finance team of approximately six.
• Establish efficient, scalable and well-documented finance processes.
• Improve month-end timelines and minimise audit adjustments.
• Enhance automation and reduce reliance on manual processes.
• Improve finance systems, controls and data quality.
• Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks across the finance function.
• Support general ledger, reporting system and broader technology upgrades.
• Partner closely with the CFO, CEO and senior leadership team.
• Support outsourced and offshore finance arrangements where appropriate.
• Contribute to broader business improvement initiatives.
• Build the financial infrastructure required to support continued growth period of transformation and increased workload.

Skills

Hands-on

Financial governance

Process improvement

Team leadership

Job description

The Perigon Group is a hands-on Financial Controller role in Sydney, Australia, reporting to the CFO and leading a lean finance team. The position strengthens governance, improves systems and builds scalable processes to support growth and transformation.

You will manage month-end close, financial reporting, controls, and the external audit while driving automation and efficiency across finance functions as the business expands.