Financial Controller - ASX

Location: Brisbane CBD
Discipline: Accounting and Finance
Job type: Permanent
Salary: 200000 to 220000
Contact name: Bec Willis

Contact email: becw@talentlink.com.au
Job ref: 1328407
Published: 11 months ago
The Company:
TalentLink are once again excited to be exclusively partnering with an ASX, globally recognised brand to recruit a Financial Controller. Headquartered in Brisbane, this dynamic business offers great role diversity, world-class support, and genuine ongoing career progression opportunities.

They are looking for a strong Finance Leader with a passion for staff development, business process improvement, with a strong focus on providing effective financial controls.

What's in it for you:
  • Strong company and brand identity.
  • Engaged and social team environment with genuine focus on team building events and conferences.
  • Career mentoring, L&D culture, and leadership programs.
  • Paid Parental Leave, Exclusive Corporate Health, Travel, Insurance, Retail, and other Discounts.

What you will be responsible for:
Reporting directly to the ANZ General Manager of Finance, the Financial Controller will lead the finance function for the group for day-to-day accounting operations, month end close, and quarterly reporting. This role will also have a heavy focus on productivity, change management and team development while overseeing system and continuous process improvement projects.

Key Duties will include:
   
  • Lead a large team of transactional, financial and management accountants across Australia and New Zealand.
  • Ensure technical accounting standards and effective budgeting, forecasting and management reporting for the group.
  • Manage the external audit and internal statutory reporting team.
  • Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Provide leadership and guidance to the team, including coaching and development.
  • Streamlining processes and systems to promote continuous improved controls, reporting and risk management.
  • Work with technology teams to project manage system changes including automation, implementations and integrations.
  
About you:
We are looking for a strong leader who is passionate about inspiring and motivating teams but is equally strong in financial control and with a drive for systems automation and processes improvement.
  
The ideal person will have over 5 + years’ experience commercial mindset and strong communication skills to influence and build rapport with a large team.
  • 5+ years accounting experience in a large, shared services environment or first mover from chartered with experience leading a large team.
  • Ideally CPA/CA qualified.
  • Ability to manage large Onshore and Offshore teams.
  • Strong financial accounting experience including excellent understanding of accounting standards and accounting principles. 
  • Advanced user of Excel, PowerPoint and PowerBI advantageous.
  • Experience in process/project implementation highly regarded. 
 To be considered for this opportunity, please click on the appropriate link and complete the process.  If you require more information, please email Bec Willis - bedcw@talentlink.com.au

Find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/becwillisrecruitment/

**Only apply for this opportunity if you can legally work in Australia.
You must be an Australian citizen (or permanent resident), a New Zealand citizen or current hold an Australian Work Visa. We are unable to assist those looking for sponsorship.