Financial Controller - Australia and New Zealand

About the role

An ASX-listed manufacturer and distributor is hiring a Financial Controller to report to the Group Controller ANZ. The role leads financial control and finance operations across Australia and New Zealand in an inventory-intensive business, working closely with senior management and acting as a finance partner to the MD, country GMs and commercial and operational leaders. It is a hands-on leadership position.

Key responsibilities

• Own the monthly, half-year and year-end close across all AU and NZ entities, targeting working day 5.
• Oversee AP, AR, payroll, the general ledger and inventory accounting, and own the balance sheet reconciliation framework.
• Prepare consolidated management accounts with insight by country, channel, customer and product category.
• Lead or support budgeting, forecasting and scenario modelling.
• Prepare group consolidation, including intercompany eliminations and unrealised profit, and coordinate statutory accounts.
• Manage cash forecasting, banking relationships, facilities and covenant reporting; monitor FX exposures and support hedging decisions.
• Drive working capital improvements and oversee inventory valuation, landed costs, freight, rebates, stocktakes and provisioning.
• Support product costing and margin analysis for manufactured and imported products.
• Ensure BAS, GST, FBT, payroll tax and NZ tax compliance; coordinate income tax and transfer pricing; lead the ANZ external audit.
• Maintain strong controls across order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, inventory, treasury and record-to-report.
• Lead the NetSuite rollout for ANZ, simplify and standardise processes, and coach and develop the finance team.

Required profile

• CA or CPA qualified, with an audit background.
• At least 5 years as a Financial Controller or senior finance manager across Australia and New Zealand, ideally in a business turning over $40-100 million.
• Manufacturing background with hands-on inventory accounting, standard costing, stocktakes and provisioning.
• Distribution and retail experience, ideally across wholesale, retail and online channels.
• Solid understanding of supply chain, including procurement, production planning, landed costs, warehousing and distribution.
• Track record of leading finance teams and partnering with senior non-finance stakeholders.

Required skills

• NetSuite experience, ideally including an implementation or migration.
• Strong technical accounting, consolidation, audit, tax and treasury capability.
• Highly regarded: offshore manufacturing or imported product exposure, multi-entity cross-border group experience, listed or private equity-owned environment, and retail apparel or textile background.

What we offer

• Attractive salary package.
• One day a week working from home after the first 3 months, which are fully office-based.
• Free onsite parking.
• A visible role in a growing international group with close exposure to group finance leadership.
• The chance to shape ANZ finance processes and systems through a major ERP transition.