White Marquee Event Hire is an established South Australian event hire business providing marquee structures, furniture and event hire solutions.
Our business is fast-paced and operationally focused, and this position plays an important role in ensuring management has accurate, timely and meaningful financial information to support business decisions.
About the role
White Marquee Event Hire is seeking an experienced
Finance & Administration Manager
to take ownership of our day-to-day finance, payroll, HR administration, compliance and broader business administration functions.
This is a
hands-on role with a strong commercial focus
. You'll manage the core finance function while also working closely with our Directors and management team to provide meaningful reporting, maintain budgets and forecasts, monitor cashflow and expenditure, identify cost-saving opportunities and help improve the financial performance of the business.
We're looking for someone who is comfortable getting into the detail, but who can also step back, identify trends and risks, and provide practical recommendations to management.
Key responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:
Managing accounts payable, accounts receivable and credit control
Preparing and processing fortnightly payroll, superannuation and payroll tax
Completing daily bank reconciliations and maintaining strong financial controls
Coordinating annual budgets and maintaining rolling forecasts
Preparing and maintaining short and medium-term cashflow forecasts
Preparing monthly management reports covering revenue, profitability, labour, overheads, cash, debtors and creditors
Analysing financial performance against budgets, forecasts and prior periods
Preparing fortnightly wage versus revenue reporting and identifying adverse trends
Monitoring expenditure and identifying cost-saving opportunities
Managing supplier payments, overseas payments and supplier records




Working with external accountants on BAS, statutory reporting, year-end requirements and financial analysis
Managing HR administration including onboarding, offboarding, employment documentation and recruitment administration
Coordinating workers compensation and RTWSA administration
Maintaining compliance calendars, company registrations and statutory records
Coordinating business insurance renewals, claims and insurance registers
Maintaining vehicle, asset, finance and capital expenditure records
Supporting tenders with financial, insurance and compliance information
Reviewing and improving finance and administration processes, systems and controls
About you
To succeed in this role, you will ideally have:
Demonstrated experience in a broad finance, finance management or senior accounts role
Robust hands-on experience across
AP, AR, payroll, reconciliations and management reporting
Experience preparing budgets, forecasts and cashflow reporting
Strong commercial awareness and the ability to identify financial risks, trends and opportunities
Working knowledge of Australian payroll, superannuation, payroll tax, BAS and general business compliance
Excellent attention to detail and a high level of discretion when handling confidential financial and employee information
Strong communication skills and confidence working directly with business owners, managers, employees and external advisers
The ability to balance transactional responsibilities with analysis, planning and continuous improvement
Experience in
HR administration and employment documentation
will be highly regarded.
Experience with
Point of Rental or another hire/ERP system
would also be advantageous.
If you have strong hands-on finance experience, commercial awareness and enjoy taking ownership of a broad role, we'd like to hear from you.
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📌 Finance & Administration Manager (Adelaide)
🏢 White Marquee Event Hire
📍 Adelaide