Job Description

Network Plumbing Group of Companies – Terrey Hills NSW

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Network is a multi-trade home services business spanning Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC and Handyman services across the North Shore, Sydney Metro, and Wollongong regions since the '80s. Our unwavering commitment to excellence has earned us a reputation for delivering results that exceed expectations. Check out our Google Reviews - all you need to know is right there: 4.8 600+ Google Reviews.

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We're now looking for a Finance Manager to join our leadership team - someone who combines strong technical accounting with a genuinely hands-on approach and real commercial instinct. This is not a purely review-and-report role; you'll be expected to roll your sleeves up in the detail - payroll, reconciliations, AP/AR, cash flow, commissions and month-end - as much as you sit at the leadership table shaping decisions.

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What's On Offer

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- Permanent full-time position with genuine career progression
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- Seat at the leadership table - direct exposure to the General Manager and Lighthouse Group Finance
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- Real influence over commercial decisions, not just reporting on them
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- Play a key role in our NetSuite implementation and adoption
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- Supportive team environment with long-term staff
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- Social events, a fun team who get together frequently for social gatherings, monthly BBQs
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About the Role

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Reporting to the General Manager, the Finance Manager is a key member of the leadership team and the primary finance link between Network and Lighthouse Group Finance. You'll bring robust technical capability across finance and accounting, a hands‐on willingness to work through the detail when it counts, and a commercial mindset that helps the leadership team understand what's really driving the numbers.

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Commercial Business Partnering

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- Helping the General Manager and operational leaders understand what's driving the numbers - not just reporting what happened
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- Identifying margin leakage and commercial opportunities, and turning financial insight into action
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- Reviewing revenue, gross margin, labour, materials and OPEX against budget, and explaining variances to the leadership team
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- Supporting the General Manager with budgets, forecasts, business cases and investment decisions
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Group Finance Relationship

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- Acting as the key finance link between Network and Lighthouse Group Finance
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- Working closely with the Group Finance team on month-end, reporting, forecasting, controls and other Group requirements
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- Supporting integration and reporting alignment with Group Finance during month-end review periods
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Financial Reporting & Month-End Close

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- Preparing and reviewing monthly financial accounts (entity and consolidated) in line with AASB
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- Performing balance sheet reconciliations, journals and variance analysis - hands‐on where required
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- Reconciling CRM to ERP data
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Cash Flow & Risk

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- Forecasting cash flow and proactively identifying financial risks
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- Monitoring bank balances and managing transfers as required
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Core Financial Operations

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- Getting hands‐on with AP, AR, fixed assets and inventory when the team needs it
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- Checking weekly technician commissions
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- Reviewing job profitability - jobs not invoiced, jobs running at a loss, and where margin is being lost
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- Running weekly payroll, including calculating, reviewing and executing employee payments
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Tax Compliance & Audit Support

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- Preparing and reviewing BAS and payroll tax
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- Supporting FBT and income tax compliance
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- Managing documentation for external audits
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Systems & Process

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- Identifying and automating manual processes - reconciliations, reporting packs, workflow approvals
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Ad-Hoc & Team Support

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- Preparing ad hoc reports and insights for management
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- Mentoring junior finance staff
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What We're Looking For

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- We're looking for someone who is:
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- An experienced finance professional - CA or CPA qualified, with 2+ years PQE and 5+ years total experience
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- Genuinely hands‐on - comfortable getting into a reconciliation, payroll run or AP query alongside the team, not just reviewing from above
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- Commercially sharp - able to interpret financial results, spot margin leakage and opportunities, and translate numbers into action
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- Technically strong - solid knowledge of AASB/IFRS and Australian tax compliance (corporate tax, GST, payroll tax)
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- Systems-savvy - experience supporting ERP implementations, with advanced Excel skills
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- A natural business partner - confident working cross‐functionally with operations leaders and a Group Finance team
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- Detail-driven and independent - high attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities to deadlines
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Ideal Background

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- CA or CPA qualified with monthly management accounting and audit experience
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- Background in a Big 4 or mid‐tier qualified services firm (desirable)
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- Commercial finance experience within a business, ideally multi‐site or multi‐entity (desirable)
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Why Network?

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We're a long-established, community-focused multi-trade home services business where people stay because they're valued. You'll enjoy stability, genuine influence as part of the leadership team, and a positive workplace built on respect and professional pride - backed by the scale and support of Lighthouse Group Finance.

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