Finance Leader
Aspire Software
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Melbourne • 🇦🇺 Australia
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Senior
About the role
- Lead all financial operations, including month-end close, reconciliations, and statutory reporting
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, compliance, and financial discipline
- Support audit engagements and prepare the business for potential IFRS alignment
- Build scalable financial processes, policies, and reporting frameworks
- Streamline cash flow process within the entity, group and organization
- Convert financial insights into strategic recommendations for the CEO and leadership team
- Guide decisions on pricing, budgeting, investment, cash flow, and operational performance
- Own financial modelling for growth, scenario planning, and strategic initiatives
- Track KPIs, identify risks and opportunities, and drive continuous improvement
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting
- Deliver monthly executive-level financial packages with insights and performance narratives
- Enhance dashboards and visibility across financial and operational metrics
- Support the shift from founder-led operations to a scalable, professional finance function
- Play a key role in future acquisitions, diligence, integration, and portfolio development in Australia
- Grow into a future Portfolio Manager role for the Australian region
Requirements
- CPA designation
- Proven experience overseeing BAS preparation and lodgement
- Hands-on ownership of payroll administration, including payroll tax calculations and reporting
- Strong working knowledge of Australian superannuation obligations, including administration, compliance, and awareness of upcoming government or legislative changes
- Experience providing real-time budget tracking and cash flow visibility to senior leadership (CEO-level reporting)
- Demonstrated experience with annual financial and regulatory reporting to ATO and ACFA, or equivalent regulators, within a financial services or regulated environment
- Solid understanding of Australian tax, compliance, and statutory reporting requirements
- Comfortable operating as the sole or lead finance owner in a lean, high-accountability environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial operationsmonth-end closereconciliationsstatutory reportingfinancial modellingbudgetingforecastingvariance analysiscash flow managementKPI tracking
Soft skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingcommunicationdecision-makingcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingorganizational skillscollaborationadaptabilityaccountability
Certifications
CPA designation