Job Description

We’re looking for a Finance Manager to join our Melbourne-based Finance team on a 12-month parental leave cover.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you’ll lead the financial accounting team through an important period of change. You’ll own the Group’s month-end close and management reporting, provide technical accounting guidance, and play a key role in the ERP transition and the improvements that follow.

What you'll do:

- Lead the end-to-end month-end close process for the Group, coordinating the team and delivering accurate monthly management accounts with explicit variance analysis.
- Oversee Group balance sheet reconciliations, business unit reporting and cost centre reporting, ensuring issues are identified and resolved promptly.




- Act as the escalation point for technical accounting matters and manage the relationship with external auditors through the statutory audit process.
- Lead, coach and develop a financial accounting team of five, including allocating workloads, setting priorities and conducting bi-annual performance reviews.
- Guide the team through the ERP transition, supporting go-live in the first half of FY27 and the stabilisation period that follows.
- Partner with the Financial Controller, CFO and IT to improve the accuracy, efficiency and usefulness of financial reporting and accounting processes.
- Support the wider Finance team, including Accounts Payable, and contribute to ad hoc projects as required.

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