Ethos BeathChapman is partnering with a well-established ASX-listed financial services organisation to appoint a Financial Controller. This is a broad and highly visible role encompassing financial reporting, statutory compliance, budgeting, forecasting, business partnering, investor reporting and finance transformation. Leading a capable finance team within a complex, regulated setting, you will play a critical role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, delivering meaningful commercial insights, strengthening financial controls and supporting key strategic decisions across the business. This opportunity will suit a commercially focused finance leader with deep banking or financial services experience, combining strong technical expertise with a hands-on leadership style and a proven ability to drive stakeholder engagement, team performance and continuous improvement.

The Opportunity
As Financial Controller, you will lead the organisation's financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and business partnering functions, while ensuring compliance with all statutory and regulatory obligations. This broad leadership role combines technical accounting expertise with commercial finance leadership and will play a critical role in supporting strategic decision-making, business performance and ongoing organisational growth.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing finance team spanning financial reporting, management accounting and business partnering, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Own the month-end reporting process, ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of financial results, performance reporting and management insights.
- Lead the annual budget, rolling forecast and long-range planning processes, partnering with business leaders to drive accountability and informed decision-making.
- Partner closely with operational and executive stakeholders to provide commercial insights, challenge assumptions and support strategic initiatives across the business.
- Prepare and present financial analysis, board reporting,



executive reporting packs and performance commentary for senior leadership.
- Oversee statutory reporting obligations, including the preparation of financial statements, annual reports, ASX disclosures and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Lead the external audit process and manage relationships with auditors, ensuring all reporting obligations are met efficiently and accurately.
- Review and analyse key business drivers, including profitability, margins, funding costs, balance sheet metrics and forecast performance.
- Coordinate investor presentations and other external reporting requirements, working closely with executive leadership.
- Maintain oversight of accounting policies, technical accounting issues and compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
- Manage accounting matters relating to securitisation structures, funding facilities and treasury-related reporting activities.
- Drive finance transformation and process improvement initiatives, leveraging automation, dashboards and reporting tools to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Ensure robust financial controls, governance processes and risk management practices are maintained across the finance function.
- Partner with Treasury, Risk, Compliance and other key stakeholders to deliver accurate reporting and meaningful financial insights.

About You

- CA or CPA qualified with significant post-qualification experience gained within banking, non-bank lending or other regulated financial services environments.
- A sound understanding of the commercial and regulatory drivers of a lending business.
- Demonstrated success leading finance teams through periods of change,



transformation and capability uplift.
- Strong technical expertise across statutory reporting, financial statements, external audit, regulatory reporting and accounting governance.
- Extensive experience across budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, business partnering and financial analysis.
- Proven ability to operate across both controllership and commercial finance functions.
- Experience managing complex reporting cycles within listed, regulated or multi-entity organisations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively with executive leadership teams.
- Experience driving process improvement, finance transformation, reporting automation and dashboarding initiatives.
- A hands-on, adaptable leadership style with the willingness to roll up your sleeves when required.
- Authentic, pragmatic and collaborative approach with excellent communication skills.

Highly Regarded

- Experience within consumer finance, banking or non-bank lending organisations.
- Exposure to ASX-listed reporting environments.
- Experience managing securitisation structures, funding facilities or treasury-related reporting activities.
- Experience leveraging automation, data visualisation and AI-enabled reporting tools to improve finance processes and decision-making.

What's on Offer

- Broad and influential finance leadership role with responsibility across Financial Control and FP&A.;
- Opportunity to shape the finance function and drive meaningful transformation initiatives.
- Significant exposure to executive leadership, investor reporting and strategic business projects.
- Collaborative, high-performance culture that values initiative, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Dynamic, growing financial services environment with strong long-term career progression.
- Competitive remuneration package aligned to experience.

For a confidential chat about this role, please contact Stuart Soper on (02) 8227 9***. To apply, simply submit your resume via the application link below.

📌 Financial Controller (Melbourne)
🏢 Ethos BeathChapman
📍 Melbourne