Akcelo is an independent, award-winning creative agency founded in Sydney, Australia in 2019. In just over 6 years, our team has grown to 200 people globally, working collaboratively across Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia. As a brand-experience agency working on world-class creative campaigns, we connect creativity with experience design to solve business problems and unlock white-space opportunities for some of the world's most famous brands. Our integrated in-house capabilities span strategy, creative, design, content, technology, and activation. We/'re looking for a Finance Director to own the integrity, timeliness and insight of Akcelo Group/'s financial reporting across our multi-entity, multi-currency structure. Leading a team of three finance staff, you/'ll run the month-end close and consolidation for our Australian entities (Sydney, Melbourne, Popula, Aura and Group), consolidate financial results from our Canadian and US operations, and oversee the UK entity/'s reporting, payroll and payables
- providing the review-and-control layer over payroll, revenue recognition, tax and compliance, and intercompany activity. What You/'ll Do Financial Reporting, Month-End Close & Consolidation
- Run the month-end close cycle through preliminary, follow-up and final results, including completion of the monthly Flash report.
- Update and maintain the consolidated Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet at each stage of the close, and prepare accurate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
- Consolidate financial results from the Canadian and US operations into Group reporting, including foreign currency translation and elimination entries.
- Work with the North America finance team as required to support consolidation and Group reporting.
- Perform P/&L; variance analysis at preliminary,



follow-up and final results, and distribute summary P/&L; and management reports to Group leadership.
- Control period lock-down in Xero
- lock the period for non-admin users at preliminary results and for all users at final results. Budgeting & Forecasting
- Preparation of monthly accounts, quarterly QRF forecasts and annual budgets.
- Coordinate operating budgets across entities and analyse budget-to-actual variances.
- Prepare and maintain cash flow forecasts and revenue forecasts to support Group decision-making. Commercial Partnering & Business Optimisation
- Prepare and present reporting packs as required for Akcelo management.
- Partner with the account service team to provide insights and advice on job management and optimisation.
- Review and recommend new client rate cards and assist with the review of client and supplier contracts.
- Manage the revenue tracking process.
- Provide budget advice on potential areas of savings and financial optimisation.
- Review freelancer requests and check against budgets, and provide advice on staffing and freelance needs. Process & Technology Optimisation
- Ensure Akcelo/'s financial processes are optimised using the latest technology, including AI
- identifying and implementing automation and AI-driven improvements across finance workflows. Revenue & Job Accounting
- Lead the monthly revenue recognition cycle: initial revenue review, issue queries to job owners,



review responses,maintain change logs, and lock revenue for the period.
- Post the monthly revenue journal and reconcile revenue control accounts (802), and process the monthly COGS journal for external job costs (803).
- Maintain the job write-off log, review closed jobs and post profit/loss on external costs. Payroll Oversight
- Review and approve the monthly full-time/fixed-term pay run (~175 staff), the fortnightly casual pay run (~40 staff) including new casual setups in Xero, and the weekly labour hire / super-only pay run (~10 staff).
- Review and approve superannuation payments, and oversee processing of salary sacrifice, novated lease and parental leave arrangements.
- Oversee payroll tax submissions for the Sydney, Melbourne, Popula and Group entities, and post the monthly payroll tax accrual.
- Prepare annual wage declarations for WorkCover / workers compensation in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Tax, Compliance & Insurance
- Oversee BAS submissions for the Sydney, Melbourne, Popula, Aura and Group entities.
- Prepare the annual Fringe Perks Tax (FBT) return.
- Review and prepare the Group/'s annual insurance renewals, including public liability, professional indemnity, and workers insurance for the Sydney and Melbourne entities.
- Liaise with Akcelo/'s advisors at Daley/'s (Akcelo/'s chartered accountants) on tax and accounting matters. Intercompany & Group Accounting
- Reconcile all intercompany accounts across Australian and international entities (including Canada, USA and London recharges to Australia).
- Process the monthly Group recharge and periodic event recharges across entities. Balance Sheet, Treasury & Other Accounting
- Post the monthly prepayments

📌 Finance Director (Sydney)
🏢 Akcelo Australia
📍 Sydney