Head of Financial Control - APAC Job Description The opportunity

Davidson is partnering with a large, privately owned multinational business to appoint a Head of Financial Control – APAC. Based on the Gold Coast and reporting to the APAC CFO, this is a broad finance leadership role with responsibility for financial control, reporting, governance and performance across the region. You will lead an established finance team and work closely with senior leaders across Finance, Operations, Sales and the wider business. The brief is clear. They need someone who can keep the fundamentals tight, improve how the function operates and give the CFO confidence in the numbers, controls and team.

What you’ll be responsible for

Financial and management reporting across APAC

Month-end, quarter-end and year-end processes

Balance sheet, general ledger and financial control

Budgeting, forecasting, cashflow and working capital

Statutory reporting, audit, tax, treasury and compliance

Governance, risk and internal controls

Inventory, product costing, provisions and accruals

Capital expenditure analysis and business cases

Finance systems, automation and process improvement

Development and performance of the finance team

You will lead a finance function of 15 people and take ownership of:

What they are looking for You are likely to be an experienced Financial Controller,



Group Financial Controller or Head of Finance who has worked in a complex business and is comfortable leading both the technical and people sides of finance. You will ideally bring:

CA or CPA qualification

Experience in manufacturing, FMCG, distribution or another inventory-based environment

Robust statutory and management reporting capability

Sound knowledge of Australian tax, treasury, governance and compliance

Experience with inventory, costing and working capital

Strong budgeting, forecasting and FP&A; capability

Experience with large ERP systems and finance transformation

Proven experience leading and developing a finance team

Just as importantly, they are looking for someone who can guide, coach and challenge. You will need to be comfortable getting into the detail when required, but also able to step back, understand what is happening across the business and give clear advice to senior leaders.

Why consider it? The attraction is the breadth. You will work directly with the CFO, lead a sizeable finance team and have visibility across the APAC business. There is also real scope to improve systems, processes and ways of working rather than simply inherit and maintain them. For someone who enjoys building stronger finance functions and helping teams perform better, this is a meaningful leadership opportunity.

Melbourne, VIC | Remote | Flexible | Self-Directed | 100% Performance-Based

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