Lead transactional finance, compliance across a growing team.

Your new company
Join a growing and purpose-led organisation operating across a diverse, multi-entity environment. With continued growth and change underway, the business is strengthening its finance function and creating an opportunity for an experienced Shared Services Manager to take ownership of transactional finance operations and help build scalable, best-practice processes.
Your new role
Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will lead the organisation’s transactional finance function across payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and compliance. You will manage and develop a finance team while driving stronger controls, consistent processes and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities will include:

- Lead payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable operations
- Manage and develop the transactional finance team
- Ensure compliance across payroll tax, superannuation, PAYG, BAS and GST
- Maintain strong financial controls, reconciliations and statutory compliance
- Oversee appropriate financial separation and intercompany transactions across multiple entities
- Standardise procedures and improve finance workflows
- Identify opportunities for automation and systems improvement
- Support the integration of new entities and evolving business operations

What you'll need to succeed




You will be an experienced finance professional with a strong background across transactional accounting and team leadership. You will bring:

- A qualification in Accounting, Finance or Business
- Demonstrated experience managing payroll, AP and AR functions
- Strong knowledge of Australian payroll and taxation compliance
- Experience leading and developing finance teams
- Strong reconciliation, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- A proactive, process-improvement mindset

CPA or CA qualifications will be highly regarded. Experience within community services, aged care, disability or other complex multi-entity environments, including exposure to both for-profit and not-for-profit operations, would also be advantageous.

What you'll get in return
This is an opportunity to step into a broad Finance Manager position where you can make a genuine impact. You’ll take ownership of a critical finance function, lead a team and have the prospect to improve systems, controls and processes as the organisation continues to grow and evolve.
What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact [email protected] for a confidential discussion on your career.
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📌 Shared Services Manager (Geelong)
🏢 Hays
📍 Geelong