Head of Finance – Australia & New Zealand

Key Purpose

The Head of Finance – Australia & New Zealand holds overall financial leadership and stewardship for SGL’s operations across Australia and New Zealand.

The role is accountable for the integrity of the P&L; and Balance Sheet, financial and statutory reporting, internal controls, working capital and liquidity management, tax and regulatory compliance, payroll governance, and the overall effectiveness of the Finance function.

As a key member of the ANZ Leadership Team, the Head of Finance reports directly to the CFO APAC and serves as a strategic and commercial business partner to the Cluster Head and regional leadership, providing financial insight, constructive challenge and forward-looking analysis to support sustainable growth, operational performance and sound business decision-making.

The role also leads the ANZ Finance team and ensures effective collaboration with offshore Shared Services and Group Finance.

Roles & Responsibilities

Financial Leadership, Governance & Reporting

- Hold full financial ownership and accountability for the Australia and New Zealand P&L; and Balance Sheet.

- Ensure financial results are complete, accurate, appropriately controlled and delivered within Group reporting timelines.

- Maintain strong financial governance, accounting standards and internal controls across the ANZ business.

- Oversee month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, including balance sheet reconciliations and financial review.

- Oversee bookkeeping and transactional accounting performed locally and through offshore Shared Services.

- Ensure accurate reporting through Tagetik and relevant Group reporting platforms.

- Deliver monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc financial reporting to local, regional and Group stakeholders.

- Lead preparation of statutory financial statements and manage the annual external audit process.

- Ensure compliance with IFRS, Australian and New Zealand accounting requirements and Group accounting policies.

Business & Commercial Controlling

- Act as the principal Finance Business Partner to the Cluster Head and ANZ leadership team.

- Provide clear analysis of revenue, gross profit, margins, operating expenses and overall P&L; performance.

- Translate financial information into actionable commercial and operational insights.

- Identify trends, risks, opportunities and areas requiring management intervention.

- Lead detailed financial and business performance reviews across functions and products.

- Partner with Commercial and Operations teams to improve profitability, productivity and cost effectiveness.

- Develop and monitor relevant financial and operational KPIs.

- Provide financial challenge and support to investment, pricing, customer, cost and business decisions.

- Support project controlling and major business initiatives.

Working Capital, Treasury & Liquidity

- Lead Net Working Capital optimisation across Australia and New Zealand.





- Maintain strong oversight of cash flow, liquidity and cash forecasting.

- Monitor and drive improvement in DSO, DPO, overdue receivables and other working capital KPIs.

- Partner with the business to improve collections, payment discipline and cash conversion.

- Maintain appropriate treasury and banking controls.

Financial Planning & Strategy

- Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting and long-range financial planning processes for ANZ.

- Provide scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis and forward-looking financial insights to support management decisions.

- Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast and drive appropriate corrective actions.

- Support strategic business planning, market expansion and investment evaluations.

- Support M&A; activities, including financial modelling, business case development, due diligence, integration planning and synergy evaluation.

- Contribute actively to ANZ and APAC strategic planning and business performance discussions.

Tax, Statutory & Regulatory Compliance

- Maintain oversight of Australian and New Zealand tax, statutory and regulatory obligations.

- Ensure timely and accurate GST and other relevant indirect tax reporting.

- Coordinate corporate tax calculations and filings in partnership with external advisors and Group Tax.

- Manage annual FBT requirements and other applicable employer tax obligations.

- Support annual Country-by-Country and Transfer Pricing reporting obligations.

- Ensure Finance processes remain compliant with fiscal, statutory and legislative requirements.

- Maintain appropriate documentation and audit readiness across all areas of financial compliance.

Payroll Governance & Oversight

- Hold overall Finance accountability for accurate and compliant payroll delivery across ANZ.

- Oversee end-to-end payroll processing and associated financial controls.

- Ensure accurate processing of salaries, commissions, bonuses, allowances, superannuation and statutory payments.

- Ensure compliance with Single Touch Payroll (STP) and other relevant payroll reporting obligations.

- Oversee payroll tax, leave provisions, terminations and final payments.

- Ensure payroll journals and payroll-related balance sheet accounts are accurate and fully reconciled.

- Partner with People & Culture to ensure payroll practices comply with applicable employment legislation, awards and Company policies.

- Maintain robust payroll controls, documentation and audit readiness.

Finance Operations & Controls

- Provide leadership and oversight of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.





- Ensure effective utilisation and governance of the offshore Shared Services Centre.

- Maintain strong segregation of duties, approval authorities and financial controls.

- Drive continuous improvement, automation and simplification of Finance processes.

- Identify opportunities to strengthen systems, reporting tools and financial visibility.

- Ensure appropriate controls around customer credit, supplier payments, expenses and financial commitments.

Leadership & Business Partnership

- Lead, coach and develop the local and offshore Finance team of 5+ employees.

- Build capability, accountability and succession within the Finance function.

- Establish clear standards for performance, service delivery and financial discipline.

- Foster strong collaboration between Finance, Operations, Commercial, People & Culture and other functions.

- Build effective working relationships with APAC Finance, Group Finance, Shared Services, auditors, tax advisors and external stakeholders.

- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Managing Director and regional leadership team.

- Champion a culture of accountability, transparency, commercial awareness and continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or related discipline; postgraduate qualification advantageous.

- CA, CPA, Chartered Accountant or equivalent professional qualification.

- Minimum 10 years’ progressive finance experience, including significant senior finance leadership responsibility within an international or multinational environment.

- Demonstrated ownership of a full P&L;, Balance Sheet, budgeting, forecasting and statutory reporting environment.

- Strong knowledge of IFRS and Australian/New Zealand accounting and statutory requirements.

- Robust commercial acumen with demonstrated experience partnering senior operational and commercial leaders.

- Proven experience leading and developing Finance teams, including working with Shared Services or offshore finance operations.

- Experience within freight forwarding, logistics, transport or a similar operationally intensive industry strongly preferred.

- Experience with Tagetik and Power BI advantageous.

- Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability.

- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear business recommendations.

- High level of integrity, judgement and attention to financial governance.

Leadership Profile

The successful incumbent will combine strong technical finance capability with commercial judgement and business partnership. They will be comfortable moving between strategic discussions and detailed financial analysis, constructively challenging the business while remaining solutions-focused.

The role requires a Finance leader who can see beyond the numbers, understand the operational drivers behind performance and use financial insight to influence better business outcomes across Australia and New Zealand.

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