Finance Manager

Accounting and Finance | Financial Control and Tax

Melbourne CBD |Hybrid Working| $160,000 to $190,000 plus super

A privately owned investment business with a diversified portfolio of long term assets is appointing a Finance Manager. The business operates with a small, considered finance function and a genuine appetite for someone to own the tax agenda end to end, not sit underneath it.

This is a business built on patient capital and long term thinking, and the finance function reflects that. Reporting lines are short, decisions are made quickly, and the person in this seat will have direct exposure to how the business actually operates, not a layer removed from it.

What's On Offer

- Salary range $160,000 to $190,000 plus super, subject to experience
- Genuine ownership of the tax function from day one, not a support seat underneath someone else's judgement
- Direct exposure to senior stakeholders, with reporting lines short enough that decisions and context reach this seat quickly
- A business with a long term, patient approach to capital, offering stability rare in more transactional environments
- Scope to shape and improve the month end and quarter end process as the function matures, rather than inheriting a fixed way of working
- A technical role with genuine variety, spanning consolidation, provisioning, returns, and judgement calls that sit outside routine reporting

The Role

- Reviews monthly and quarterly management accounts ahead of finalisation, checking treatment, accruals, and variances before they go to senior stakeholders
- Owns the group tax consolidation process from end to end, including the mechanics of bringing entity level positions together at a group level
- Reviews tax provisions each reporting period, working through the judgement calls on uncertain positions rather than simply carrying prior period treatment forward




- Prepares and lodges income tax returns for the group, managing timelines and documentation without needing oversight on the technical detail
- Acts as the point of reference on technical accounting treatment across the group, fielding questions from within the finance team and resolving them directly
- Works through consolidation adjustments and intercompany eliminations across the group's entity structure as part of the standard reporting cycle
- Identifies and manages tax risk areas proactively, rather than waiting for external audit or an ATO review to surface them
- Builds and refines process documentation for the tax and reporting cycle as the function matures, reducing reliance on institutional memory
- Liaises with external advisors and auditors where required on technical positions, representing the business's view rather than deferring wholesale
- Contributes to the accuracy and timeliness of the broader monthly and quarterly close, beyond the tax specific components

Background Required

- CA or equivalent, with genuine post qualification depth, not qualification alone
- Direct hands on experience with tax consolidation and provision review, evidenced through past return preparation, not oversight from a distance
- Comfortable operating in a business where reporting spans multiple entities and structures
- Solid technical accounting judgement, able to work through positions independently rather than defer them upward
- Prior exposure to a private or institutionally backed ownership structure is well regarded, though not essential

About weave. Recruitment

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📌 Finance Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 weave. Recruitment
📍 Melbourne