Senior Finance Director Position

1 month ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Airwallex Full time

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software enables us to empower over 100,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do ambitious work, we invite you to learn more.

This role will be a key member of the Airwallex APAC Finance team. As the Associate Director, Finance, you will take full ownership of entities in the APAC region and ensure compliance with financial reporting, local audit and tax requirements. You will play an important role in ensuring the accuracy of the monthly financial reporting and work closely with our Financial Planning and Analysis team. Your role will be a combination of routine financial closing activities, accounting advisory to business teams and project-based ad-hoc initiatives to continuously improve the Controllership team within Airwallex. You will also have the opportunity to lead a team and develop your leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the financial closing and accounting control procedures on our monthly reporting processes including journal entries, balance sheets, and P&L reviews prior to submission to FP&A.
  • Lead financial statement audits and tax filings and liaise with external auditors and advisors in resolving issues.
  • Drive a wide range of improvement projects and accounting advisory for the Controllership team within Airwallex, including enabling new products in our reporting structure, standardizing processes, and driving efficiencies.
  • Closely collaborate with product or business teams that require finance support on new product developments.
  • Closely collaborate with other departmental teams on company-wide projects and change management.
  • Responsibilities of the role may develop over time.

What you bring:

  • 10+ years of finance experience, Big Four experience is advantageous.
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field, CPA or equivalent qualification preferred. Master's degree is a plus.
  • Strong understanding of financial services, fintech businesses, and regulatory environments.
  • Extensive experience in a financial controlling role and a proven track record of building and expanding these capabilities within an organization.
  • Strong knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP accounting standards and being able to apply them in practice.
  • Proven track record in managing complex, local, or international projects focused on process improvement initiatives.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to interact with all levels within the organization.
  • Confident, creative, and innovative thought leadership and communication skills to deliver impact in a hyper-growth environment.
  • Experience working independently and navigating ambiguity.

Equal opportunity employer

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and consider anyone seeking employment at Airwallex based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions.

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