Group Finance Manager | Newly Created Role

The Role

This is an opportunity to step into a newly created position where you'll play a central role in consolidating and building the group finance function, improving how things operate, and setting the business up for growth.

This is not a steady-state role. It is a genuine transformation position with high visibility and impact.

• Be at the centre of growth: You will play a key role in integrating newly acquired businesses and shaping the future operating model.
• Build and influence at group and operational level: In this role you will shape strategy with leadership at the group level whilst ensuring it comes to life on the ground.
• Broad scope: Covering FP&A, cash management, systems implementation, and Financial Control.
• Leadership exposure: Work closely with senior leadership, acting as a 2IC within the finance function.
• Make an Impact: The first 12 months will involve significant change, decision-making, and implementation.
• Ongoing upside: Beyond integration, there is no shortage of opportunities to drive continuous improvement and support further acquisitions.
• Team leadership: Lead, inspire, and develop a high‑performing, multi‑location finance team, overseeing core functions including billings, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bookkeeping, payroll, and financial analysis to drive operational excellence and strategic impact.

Group reporting & financial control

• Manage the preparation of timely and accurate monthly, quarterly and year-end close across multiple entities
• Consolidate group results, ensuring accuracy, consistency and timeliness
• Review entity-level outputs and uplift quality of balance sheet and P&L reporting
• Establish and enforce group-wide accounting policies and controls

Integration & transformation

• Play a key role in integrating newly acquired businesses into the group structure
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies and risks across existing finance processes
• Standardise financial processes, reporting, systems and workflows across entities
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and scalability

Systems & process improvement

• Support implementation of new systems (including payroll and finance platforms)
• Improve data integrity and reporting capability across multiple source systems
• Build scalable processes that can support acquisition activity and business growth
• Reduce manual work and introduce better use of automation and tools

Commercial support & business partnering

• Partner with senior leadership to provide clear, actionable financial insights
• Support budgeting, forecasting and group planning processes
• Analyse performance and identify risks and opportunities
• Translate complex financial data into practical recommendations
• Drive visibility across multiple business units and locations, ensuring alignment and consistency

Team leadership & capability building

• Bring fresh perspectives and expertise to elevate the finance team's skills and performance and foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and professional development.
• Provide structure, guidance, and support to a developing multi-location finance team during periods of significant change
• Act as a key escalation point for technical and operational finance matters

Governance & compliance

• Ensure strong financial controls and compliance across a multi-entity structure and implement policies to strengthen risk management
• Ensure adherence to accounting standards, tax regulations and industry requirements as well as lead external audit processes

Your Profile

• Experienced finance professional with CA/CPA qualification or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience in a finance leadership position including experience operating at the group level or across multiple entities
• Exposure to integration, transformation, or acquisition environments
• Ability to operate across both strategic and hands-on responsibilities
• Experience in helping to bring order and structure to complex environments
• Commercially minded, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders

What's on offer

• Competitive salary package in line with experience
• Opportunity to have an impact and help shape company culture and finance function
• Accelerate your career growth in a role that engages with senior leadership from day one

Apply Today

Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button, or call Hannah O'Doherty on 03 9691 3614

This is a on-site position

Reference Number: 06810-0013404119 - HOD

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