Step into a broad Finance Manager role with process improvement exposure and a genuine pathway to permanency

- Join on an initial 6 month temporary role with a clear pathway to permanency
- Central Western Sydney Location; Parking Available
- Hybrid Prospect | 2 days WFH

Sharp & Carter is partnering with a global leader to appoint a Finance Manager. This opportunity combines financial control, technical accounting, process improvement and finance transformation , supporting the business as it continues to evolve its finance function across Australia and New Zealand.

The Role

The role will play a key role in strengthening financial governance, improving processes and controls, and driving greater efficiency through systems, data and automation.

- Overseeing accurate and timely month-end and year-end financial reporting
- Strengthening the financial control framework across Finance operations
- Leading balance sheet integrity reviews, including reconciliations, provisions, accruals and risk assessments
- Ensuring compliance with AASB/IFRS and corporate accounting policies
- Managing external and internal audit processes, including resolution of findings
- Maintaining and enhancing accounting policies, SOPs and financial governance documentation
- Leading the finance transformation roadmap, identifying opportunities to streamline processes and eliminate manual work
- Driving standardisation, simplification and best-practice finance processes
- Improving management reporting and BI capability
- Partnering with Operations, Finance,



Group Office and external stakeholders to improve service levels and decision-making
- Coaching and supporting team members while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

About You

This is a broad and hands-on role suited to a finance professional who combines strong technical accounting capability with a genuine passion for process improvement and transformation. You will be a technically strong finance professional with a strong financial control foundation and a demonstrated ability to improve the way finance operates.

You will bring:

- CPA or CA qualification
- Strong experience across financial accounting, financial control and management reporting
- Demonstrated experience leading or supervising a small finance team
- Proven ability to improve processes, strengthen controls and stabilise complex finance environments
- Experience working within a global multinational organisation , with exposure to international reporting requirements
- Experience working with shared service centres and/or offshore finance teams
- Immediately available or able to commence within 1–2 weeks

Why Consider This Opportunity

- Broad Financial Control and Transformation role with genuine scope to influence the finance function
- Opportunity to combine technical accounting with finance transformation and process improvement
- Opportunity to strengthen financial governance across an established global organisation
- High level of interaction with senior Finance, Operations and Group stakeholders
- Opportunity to drive meaningful improvements across systems, controls, reporting and processes

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