Why You Should Apply
This is a multi site group owned by large corporate shareholders, grown steadily from a handful of sites to several times that number.
The finance team is largely ex Big Four and the audit sits with one of them.
The function runs on Xero, with a daily report that flags anything unprocessed so the team works by exception rather than by chasing.
The mandate is stewardship rather than transformation.
Most of what exists works, the team knows it, and the business wants someone who will protect that while owning the numbers with authority.
The one piece of build work on the table is a payroll system implementation, which may land inside the year.
If you would rather run a clean function well rather than rebuild one, this will suit you.
The Opportunity
You report to the CEO and carry the finance function on your own authority.
Three direct reports sit under you, a Financial Accountant, a Management Accountant and an Assistant Accountant, with a larger administration and accounts payable team operating alongside.
The role exists to produce three things, a clean monthly and annual close, a budget and forecast the Board can rely on, and a cash position managed forward rather than reported backward.
The team is remote first and has been for some time.
Finance is in the office one day a week and the administration team runs off that daily exception report.
Cash carries the most weight of anything in the job, particularly across the end of year shutdown, so you will need to hold a firm forward view and raise things early.
It suits someone who leads comfortably at a distance and who would rather understand how the function runs before changing it.
What You'll Do
The role splits across financial control and reporting, the annual planning cycle, and cash, with the weighting shifting through the year.
Own the monthly, half yearly and annual close,



including general ledger and balance sheet integrity
Prepare reporting and variance analysis for the CEO, leadership team and Board
Lead cash flow forecasting and liquidity management, including debtor and creditor positions
Run the annual budget and forecast cycle through to Board presentation
Coordinate the annual audit and manage external audit and tax advisory relationships
Maintain banking and payment processes and controls
Lead finance system work, including a possible payroll implementation
Manage three direct reports and support an established wider administration team
Who You Are
Judgement and temperament matter most here.
You will be trusted to make decisions without escalation and to lead an experienced team lightly, on exception rather than by oversight.
Underneath that sits a full technical foundation, because the close, the audit and the Board reporting all rest on you.
Comfortable owning decisions rather than passing them upward
High emotional intelligence, cooperative, confident leading an autonomous remote first team
Willing to improve what needs improving and leave the rest alone
Proven experience at Finance Manager or Financial Controller level
Strong financial reporting under Australian Accounting Standards, statutory compliance and audit coordination
Demonstrated budgeting, forecasting and analysis, including presenting to a Board
Hands on cash flow forecasting and liquidity management in a lean cash environment
Experience leading and developing a small finance team
CA or CPA qualified with a relevant tertiary qualification, not negotiable for this role
Xero experience advantageous
Exposure to a payroll system implementation advantageous
The Offer
$150,000 to $170,000 plus super
three days working from home
flexible start times
free parking
on a 12 month fixed term contract
A completion bonus is under discussion and I can tell you where that sits when we speak.
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📌 Finance Manager (Queensland)
🏢 Cadence Connect
📍 Queensland