About the role

Wilson Select is a specialist executive search and recruitment firm, delivering for financial services clients for over 15 years. We work with select clients to find the people who'll shape their next chapter, and this search is one of them. We have a client, a profitable, 50-year-old privately owned financial services group based in Brisbane, growing rapid across financial services business, digital assets, funds management and vault custody they're bringing in a Chief Financial Officer to lead that transformation.

You'll report directly to the CEO, sit on the executive leadership team, and be the 2IC who runs the main lane of Finance day to day, freeing the CEO to focus on growing the business. A Finance Manager will report into you as the function is built out.

Job Function
Own financial strategy, reporting and governance across the group
Lead financial reporting, Board papers and monthly reporting to the CEO
Manage cash flow, working capital and banking relationships across a business with high value physical inventory
Lead the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts across all entities
Ensure compliance with ASIC, ATO, AUSTRAC and AFSL obligations




Directly manage and develop the Finance Manager and the wider finance team

What we're looking for
CA or CPA qualified, with a degree in accounting, finance, economics or a related field
20+ years finance experience, including 5+ years as CFO, Finance Director or equivalent
Breadth of experience beyond finance alone, company secretary experience is a plus
Comfortable operating in an unstructured workplace, with a track record of maturing a finance function from a humble starting point, genuinely hands on, boardroom to basement
Has restructured a finance function before and holds a explicit point of view on what best practice looks like
Experience managing finance in a business with high value physical inventory and significant working capital cycles
Permanent working rights in Australia required

On offer
Compensation positioned above market for a CFO role of this scope
A genuine seat at the executive table of a fast growing, diversified financial services group
Real scope to build a finance function from the ground up, not inherit and maintain someone else's

📌 Chief Financial Officer Brisbane
🏢 Wilson Select
📍 Brisbane