Finance Manager - Accounting

Location: Chullora, Sydney, NSW

About the role

This is a integral part of the Australian Finance Operations Team and is a hands-on Finance Manager leading the day-to-day finance function. Including month-end, team management and driving continuous improvement across processes and systems.

Key Responsibilities

- Month-End Deliver an accurate month-end close within agreed timeframes
- Prepare and review monthly management reporting, including P&L; and balance sheet
- Continuously tighten the close calendar — identifying bottlenecks, inconsistencies and shortening the cycle where possible
- Review and co-ordinate balance sheet recs
- Support the quarterly reporting to the US
- Support the annual budget and rolling forecast process
- Team Management Lead, coach, and develop a team of accountants, setting clear priorities and accountability
- Run regular one-on-ones and performance reviews; build development plans that grow capability within the team
- Manage workload allocation across the team, particularly through peak periods (month-end, year-end, audit)
- Foster a culture of engagement, ownership, accuracy and continuous improvement
- Process Improvement Identify and deliver improvements across finance processes — automation, standardisation, and elimination of manual workarounds
- Lead or support finance systems initiatives (ERP optimisation, reporting tools, workflow automation)
- Document and maintain process controls; strengthen the internal control environment
- Partner with operations and other finance teams to streamline cross-functional processes
- Compliance & Other Support statutory obligations including production of the financial statements and tax returns including BAS, FBT, payroll tax and income tax
- Act as a key contact for external auditors; manage audit deliverables and timelines




- Ensure compliance with accounting standards (AASB/IFRS) and internal policies
- Ad hoc analysis and projects

About You

- An enthusiastic and dynamic manager, able to motivate and foster an engaged finance team
- Robust communicator who can effectively articulate and manage cross functional issues
- CA/CPA qualified with 5+ years' post-qualification experience
- Proven experience managing a month-end close and leading a small finance team
- Strong technical accounting knowledge (SOX/AASB/IFRS), ideally with an audit background
- Experience of Treasury and tax
- Experience of delivering US Sarbanes Oxley compliance
- Demonstrated track record of process improvement
- Advanced Excel; ERP experience essential (e.g. NetSuite, Dynamics, SAP, Oracle); Experience of TM1 reporting tool would be valued as would Power BI or similar

What's on offer

- Genuine ownership of the finance function with visibility to senior leadership
- Hybrid working

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

Since 1928, GPC has set the standards for performance and value for our customers and our stakeholders. Today, we’re proud to say we’re the largest global auto parts network and a leading industrial parts distributor, one that offers rewarding careers that combine small company feel with a global scale. Our strengths are in the relationships we build and the value we deliver by merging local expertise with a global force.

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