Finance Manager

Career Potential + Dynamic Industry

• Full finance ownership + driving commercial insights
• Design & Build
• South Sydney  $130-150k + super

Company Background

Our client is an established Australian experiential media and construction business specialising in the design, fabrication and delivery of high-impact physical environments, sets and brand experiences.

Having established a successful platform in the Australian market, the business is now entering an exciting growth and scale-up phase, with significant plans to expand its capabilities, project portfolio and market presence. This creates an opportunity for talented professionals to join the business at an important stage of its evolution and play a meaningful role in shaping its next chapter.

The Role

You will be supported by the external accountant & bookkeeper, however the idea is that you will be proactive in taking the right tasks in-house, then build on that to support the COO with meaningful insights.

Position Overview:

• Own the end-to-end finance function across business entities, including AP, AR, payroll, BAS/IAS and month-end close
• Partner with the Bookkeeper and external Accountants to ensure accurate, timely and well-controlled financial operations
• Own weekly cash flow forecasting and continue developing the existing AI-enabled forecasting system
• Prepare monthly management accounts and dashboards, providing commercial insight to the COO and leadership team
• Oversee financial performance across ~150 projects annually, including budgets, revenue, costs, margins, cash flow and invoicing
• Identify margin risks and project profitability issues early, improving job costing, WIP and progress billing processes
• Maintain clean, accurate financial and project data and a well-controlled Xero environment
• Drive process improvement, automation and AI initiatives to support efficiency and scalable growth

Your Background

Key requirements for this role are:

• Qualified accountant (CA/CPA or similar) ideally you are currently at Finance Manager /Company Accountant level or similar
• You have worked in an SME type environment and have demonstrated the ability to roll up your financial sleeves to support the business with all levels of tasks.
• Experience in a project-based build environment - joinery, shopfitting, display, fabrication, construction or media/advertising.
• Strong grasp of job costing, WIP accounting and project margin analysis.
• Enthusiastic, ambitious and someone who can grow with the business
• High attention to detail with a practical, get-it-done mindset’
• Full working rights in Australia

If you are keen to apply for this Finance Manager role, please contact Adele at Richard Lloyd on [02 8324 5647](tel:02 8324 5647),quoting reference 10329 or click on 'apply now' below.

Please submit your CV in Word format and note that due to the high volume of responses we receive only suitable candidates will be contacted.