Head of Finance and Business Solutions

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At Telegram Co. we bring our customers the world’s best design stationery and lifestyle tools for living for multiple global and local brands. Our diverse, omnichannel business incorporates an established distribution network throughout Australia & New Zealand, a multi-door retail business (Milligram) and several eCommerce sites, including milligram.com.

A new role has been formed as Head of Finance and Business Solutions, responsible for providing financial, procurement, business systems, information technology and reporting to optimise efficiencies, performance and costs across Telegram Co. and its related channels.

Position Purpose

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, this role will be pivotal in driving operational efficiency, enabling data-driven decision-making, and supporting sustainable growth across our retail and wholesale operations.

The ideal candidate will not only possess strategic financial acumen but also brings experience in implementing information technology solutions, leveraging business intelligence tools, negotiating supplier agreements and overseeing complex risk management initiatives.

These capabilities will ensure the seamless alignment of financial strategies with broader business objectives in an increasingly digital and dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the company’s financial and management reporting processes, including profit and loss analysis, setting of budgets, forecasts and cash flow analysis

Lead the financial planning and budgeting process annually and contribute to the Telegram Co. strategy creation.

Create and lead an internal business case process for all investment related initiatives and support the leadership team to determine the return on investment, and feed this into the annual CAPEX plan.

Analyse and report on financial, incentives sales results to budget, forecast and prior year

Develop and implement strategies to transform and optimize business processes, systems, and operations through technology

Oversee the information technology outsourced services of ongoing enhancement / development roadmap for business systems that continue to ensure NetSuite, Shopify, Microsoft and Atlassian are providing value to the business

Oversee the Business Intelligence (BI) function to ensure that timely, accurate, and actionable insights are generated for stakeholders

Optimise reporting frameworks to provide key metrics, financial analysis, and strategic insights that drive decision-making at all levels of the organization

Lead the development of dashboards and reporting tools that improve the accessibility and usability of financial and business data across the organisation.

Support the CEO with strong cost governance, reviewing cost centre P&L’s monthly with functional leaders to identify risks and opportunities.

Lead and mentor a diverse team of finance, IT, business systems, and BI professionals

Prepare monthly financial board reports for the CEO in line with Dymocks requirements and collate the inputs from the leadership team

Oversee the Telegram Co.’s risk register, ensuring effective governance controls are in place

All other duties as required.

The Successful Applicant

To be successful in this role, you will bring strong leadership experience coupled with an excellent track record of collaborating with others to oversee and improve company financial performance.

Knowledge & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field. MBA or advanced degree preferred

CA or CPA qualification

Financial management experience within the retail and wholesale sectors will be highly regarded, as it will enable a deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities within these markets. Experience implementing BI and operational efficiencies across organisations

A strong understanding of information technology solutions, business solutions, business intelligence, and change management will be highly regarded.

Demonstrated experience developing and executing procurement principles across a variety of suppliers.

Experience leading outsourced providers to deliver and execute operational effectiveness and efficiencies.

Demonstrated experience in successfully leading multidisciplinary teams to achieve results

Why you’ll love working with us

We're a growing business, so you'll get to make a huge impact on the company as a whole. Our team is filled with talented, hard-working people who work collaboratively to achieve our goals. Although it is very fast paced, we also make time to relax and have fun. In addition, all team members qualify for significant discounts across our range of design stationery, home and lifestyle products.

Our dog friendly office is based in Collingwood, Melbourne, and there would be opportunity to travel to our stores and warehouse as part of this role.We can offer hybrid working arrangements if that’s what gets the best out of you.

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Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia? How many years' experience do you have as a Head of Finance? Have you completed a chartered accountant (CA) qualification? Have you worked in a role which requires a sound understanding of business intelligence (BI) best practices? What's your expected annual base salary? How much notice are you required to give your current employer? Do you have a current Police Check (National Police Certificate) for employment?

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