Apply: Senior Finance Manager - Financial Control

Reference: BH-162855
Our client is one of Australia's leading wealth management organisations, one of the largest employers in the country and an employer of choice.  Due to a major transformation program they have an urgent requirement for a senior finance manager to join their finance team in an initial contract role to cover a project secondment.  

Reporting into the financial controller you will lead a team of on and offshore finance professionals to ensure appropriate financial control over financial data relating to areas of responsibility, including change
management and driving improvements. Specific deliverables will include:


  • Co-ordinate combined internal and outsourced team, including coaching, facilitating team meetings, training, and provision of formal and informal feedback and distribution of work amongst team members.
  • Oversee accounting activities within team, including management of month end through to ledger close.
  • Ensure effective financial control over project and other business changes.
  • Analyse areas of responsibility to identify and drive process improvements.
  • Ensure timely and accurate resolution of team issues.
  • Establish and maintain effective consultative relationships and communication with suppliers, internal customers and peers across the Finance group.
  • This is a leadership role however you will be required to get hands on at times.  Although initially a contract role there is a strong chance it would expend beyond the 9 month term and a high performer could potentially be kept on in a permanent capacity.

Required skills and experience:
  • CA/CPA qualified
  • 7-10 years in a leadership level role, ideally with experience managing offshore finance functions
  • Strong financial control and financial accounting background
  • Deep financial services background (large complex wealth management, insurance or banking groups)
  • Strong change management and process improvement mindset
  • Ability to influence and manage a wide range of stakeholders 

If this role is of interest and you have the skills and experience please apply using the link including a Word version of your resume.


Company Background:

Ethos BeathChapman (EBC) is a global group of executive recruitment experts in Australia, Asia and EMEA, with a broader network beyond. We connect exceptional people to exceptional companies.

EBC’s mid-sized agility and solutions-focused approach enables us to flex where traditional recruitment agencies have failed, and scale beyond the reach of boutiques. Our multidisciplinary expertise covers corporate and specialised functions across Finance, Technology, Commerce and Government recruitment markets, among others.

Established 2005 in Sydney, EBC today has six offices worldwide in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands and the UK. Part of the Nikkei-listed Will Group, Inc, we own Quay Appointments and our staffing and managed solutions specialists, CONNECT.

Let’s connect, and make exceptional happen, together: www.ethosbc.com

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