Trainee Network Controller — Distribution

Ausnet Services Ltd; Melbourne; Remote; AUD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Ausnet Services Ltd is seeking a Head of Financial Control – APAC based in Melbourne with a broad regional remit. You will lead a 15-person finance team, drive financial control, reporting, governance and performance across APAC, and partner with senior leaders to tighten numbers and processes.

You will manage statutory reporting, budgeting, treasury and tax, and lead finance transformation initiatives while coaching and developing the team for ongoing success.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA or CPA with progressive financial leadership experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, FMCG, distribution or inventory-based environments.
• Strong statutory and management reporting capability.
• Sound knowledge of Australian tax, treasury, governance and compliance.
• Experience with inventory costing and working capital.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and FP&A capability.
• Experience with large ERP systems and finance transformation.
• Proven experience leading and developing a finance team.

Responsibilities

• Financial and management reporting across APAC.
• Month-end, quarter-end and year-end processes.
• Balance sheet, general ledger and financial control.
• Budgeting, forecasting, cashflow and working capital.
• Statutory reporting, audit, tax, treasury and compliance.
• Governance, risk and internal controls.
• Inventory, product costing, provisions and accruals.
• Capital expenditure analysis and business cases.
• Finance systems, automation and process improvement.
• Development and performance of the finance team.

Skills

Financial reporting

Leadership

Stakeholder management

FP&A

Governance

Cashflow management

ERP systems

Education

CA/CPA

Tools

ERP systems

Finance automation

Job description

Head of Financial Control - APAC

Job Description

The opportunity Davidson is partnering with a large, privately owned multinational business to appoint a Head of Financial Control – APAC. Based on the Gold Coast and reporting to the APAC CFO, this is a broad finance leadership role with responsibility for financial control, reporting, governance and performance across the region. You will lead an established finance team and work closely with senior leaders across Finance, Operations, Sales and the wider business. The brief is clear. They need someone who can keep the fundamentals tight, improve how the function operates and give the CFO confidence in the numbers, controls and team.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Financial and management reporting across APAC
• Month-end, quarter-end and year-end processes
• Balance sheet, general ledger and financial control
• Budgeting, forecasting, cashflow and working capital
• Statutory reporting, audit, tax, treasury and compliance
• Governance, risk and internal controls
• Inventory, product costing, provisions and accruals
• Capital expenditure analysis and business cases
• Finance systems, automation and process improvement
• Development and performance of the finance team

You will lead a finance function of 15 people and take ownership of:

What they are looking for

You are likely to be an experienced Financial Controller, Group Financial Controller or Head of Finance who has worked in a complex business and is comfortable leading both the technical and people sides of finance. You will ideally bring:

• CA or CPA qualification
• Experience in manufacturing, FMCG, distribution or another inventory-based environment
• Strong statutory and management reporting capability
• Sound knowledge of Australian tax, treasury, governance and compliance
• Experience with inventory, costing and working capital
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and FP&A capability
• Experience with large ERP systems and finance transformation
• Proven experience leading and developing a finance team

Just as importantly, they are looking for someone who can guide, coach and challenge. You will need to be comfortable getting into the detail when required, but also able to step back, understand what is happening across the business and give clear advice to senior leaders.

Why consider it?

The attraction is the breadth. You will work directly with the CFO, lead a sizeable finance team and have visibility across the APAC business. There is also real scope to improve systems, processes and ways of working rather than simply inherit and maintain them. For someone who enjoys building stronger finance functions and helping teams perform better, this is a meaningful leadership opportunity.

Melbourne, VIC | Remote | Flexible | Self-Directed | 100% Performance-Based