7d ago , from Illawarra Mercury Job Board

Are you the finance person who takes real satisfaction in a clean ledger?

The one who would rather chase the $40 discrepancy today than explain it at month-end. Who reaches for automation with considered curiosity rather than defending the manual process. Who says something is wrong rather than letting it drift.

If that’s you, and you want reliable part-time hours in a business that will genuinely let you own something, we’d like to hear from you.

We are a well-established, vertically integrated luxury business. From sourcing raw materials, through the creation process to the customer journey and after sales service.

Behind that sits a finance function running across mulit entities, retail locations in 3 Australian cities, and an online store. This role owns the daily engine of that function.

You'll work in a bright environment alongside talented and creative people, in a business where finance is treated as something that enables good decisions rather than something that reports on them afterwards.

The role

This is not an assisting role. You will be expected to run the daily and weekly cycle yourself, reporting to the Head of Finance for decisions rather than direction.

Varied work, on a rhythm you can rely on.

No two days are identical, but you'll know on Monday what Thursday looks like.

Daily

the reconciliation layer. Bank accounts across every entity, supplier invoices in, and daily takings reconciled across systems and sites

Weekly

payables prepared, the payment run processed and uploaded, facilities monitored.



Two fixed deadlines a week that don't move

Monthly and quarterly

BAS and IAS preparation, multi-state payroll tax, supplier statements, stocktake and superannuation guarantee

We'll share the full weekly pattern - task by task, day by day - with candidates we invite to interview.

You prepare the statutory work; the Head of Finance reviews and lodges. You prepare payments; authorisation sits above you. Everything in between is yours, with a transparent mandate to automate wherever it makes sense.

Six entities is not one entity six times. Every transaction is coded to the right entity and the right location. Get it wrong once and it's wrong in several places, and it surfaces weeks later in the BAS. Precision here is the whole job.

This kind of person is

Precise but not rigid. Takes pride in a clean ledger. Asks "can this be automated?" before accepting a manual process. Notices the pattern behind a recurring discrepancy and goes after the cause, not just the correction. Communicates clearly when something's wrong rather than letting it drift. Wants ownership and is ready for it. Follows up and take responsibility.

What we're looking for

The non-negotiables





- You’ve worked across multiple Xero organisations (not just used Xero)
- Daily bank reconciliation at volume, across several accounts
- Accounts payable end to end, from receipt to payment run
- You’ve reconciled daily takings across a POS system, a bank feed and the ledger, across more than one site. Retail, hospitality, health, manufacturing, or franchise experience all count
- Confident with GST across different treatments, not just the standard one

The differentiators - what will make you stand out

- You’ve prepared BAS and IAS yourself, start to finish
- Payroll tax in more than one state
- Multi-entity experience
- Stocktake and variance investigation
- Automation mindset - You can point to something specific you’ve automated
- AI/data driven literacy - You don’t need to be technical. You do need to lean in

A degree, CPA or CA. A Cert IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping is welcome, and membership of ICB, ABN or IPA tells us you keep current, and is highly regarded.

Why this role

- Real ownership. You run the function.
- Predictable hours that stay predictable. Five mornings, permanent as a pattern.
- We build our own tools. Our workforce system was built in-house using AI. We take technology seriously, and there’s room to shape how this role works
- You'll see how a luxury product actually gets made - and put a number on it. Most finance people never get near the product
- High standards, high support. We expect the work to be right. We also give you what you need to make it right

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📌 Finance Officer (New South Wales)
🏢 Illawarra Mercury Job Board
📍 New South Wales