Fast growing Australian industrial manufacturerLead the finance team through a period of real growth and changeExecutive role in a well-established, family-owned businessThe opportunityOur client, a long-established Melbourne-based industrial manufacturer, is in the process of consolidating and growing their business from a position of strength.
To support this, they now seek a Head of Finance; a hands-on senior leadership role created to strengthen reporting and controls across an enlarged balance sheet, and help capture the margin upside the their recent growth initiatives have created.This is a role with genuine scope to shape the future finance function within the company.
The incoming Head of Finance will have a mandate to improve systems, processes and team capability, and to do things differently where a better result can be had.The companyMulti-generational and family-owned, our client is a well-regarded Victorian manufacturing business with a long track record of steady growth.From its base in Melbourne's south-east, the company manufactures and supplies a range of engineered products used in infrastructure and the built setting, sold to engineers, specifiers and contractors across the State.The business is backed by a strong balance sheet and a long-term ownership horizon.
While proudly family-owned, it is professionally run.
Led by an experienced Managing Director, it has deliberately invested in governance maturity as it has grown, and its recent acquisition signals a business with the confidence and capital to keep growing.
It is a company that combines the pace and pragmatism of private ownership with the discipline of much larger organisations.The roleReporting to the Managing Director and as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Head of Finance will lead an eight-member finance and administration function.




Key accountabilities include:Leading the financial integration of all finance related systems and processes;In conjunction with the Managing Director , oversee monthly management reporting and analysis, and preparation of Board reporting;Budgeting, forecasting and banking covenant compliance;Margin analysis, product costing within a manufacturing environment and pricing support;Foreign exchange and input-cost management, including forward cover within Board-approved policy;Working capital and cash management;Internal controls, compliance and financial risk;Developing the finance team's capability, systems and processes to match the enlarged business.The candidateQualifications and experienceDegree qualified in accounting, finance or commerce, with CA/CPA or equivalent qualification highly regarded;Experience as a Head of Finance, Financial Controller or senior Finance Manager, ideally in an industrial manufacturing environment;Experience with the financial integration highly regarded;Background in manufacturing, industrial products or the construction materials sector preferred;Exposure to Executive Leadership Teams, with experience preparing Board reporting;Experience managing input-cost and foreign exchange exposures, including hedging or forward purchasing;Strong command of management and statutory reporting, controls and compliance.The personHigh-level financial expertise, high emotional intelligence, with a proven track record of developing teams;Energised rather than daunted by change, with an appetite to do things differently;Confident with senior stakeholders, yet hands-on enough to stay close to small finance team;Commercially sharp, with the ability to turn financial insight into business decisions;Well organised and highly articulate communicator, who can relate at all levels of the organisation.
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📌 Head Of Finance (Melbourne)
🏢 Bluhat
📍 Melbourne