Financial Services Manager

This is a rare opportunity to work for an organisation that performs as a leader in manufacturing in Australia - and continues its transition from a paint manufacturer to a hybrid manufacturer and retailer with seamless Financial Services to our customers.
- Do you thrive by leading, mentoring and developing a team of Accounting Support Specialists?
- Do you enjoy anything Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable as well as Cash Management?
- Do you find meaning in driving process improvement initiatives and leading your team and stakeholders through change?

In the Financial Services Manager role you will provide leadership to the Accounting Support Team as well as evaluate, polish and streamline our processes which will benefit the entire organisation.

**About Us**

From our humble beginnings in 1935, Haymes Paint_ _has grown to become Australia’s largest Australian made and owned manufacturer of premium brand paints, finishes, and protective coatings. Now in our third generation of family ownership, we haven't slowed down on bringing new and better products to the market, always looking for new advances or opportunities for innovation. Our values of Truth, Passion, Motivation, Respect plus Listening and Learning are reflected in everything we do.

**How Haymes Paint has got you covered**:

- A family-owned and operated Australian business with deeply rooted values.
- An easy work recipe - come to work, contribute to continue the Haymes Paint story, do it safely, go home fulfilled and well.
- We all chip in - we are hands on, invite ideas and help each other.
- We are firm believers of the power of human connectedness for us and the community.
- We have a bias for action - We have processes to support our work, but we can also navigate ambiguity and work through things on the fly.
- We encourage you to be authentic Haymes Paint ambassadors by offering up to 50% off the retail price of Haymes Paint manufactured products.
- We care for our team’s wellbeing - we provide access to coaching and counselling through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & 6% discounted private health cover and living better events.
- We value the currency trust and pay a fair annual salary commensurate with experience.
- We are growing - we provide training, encourage self-driven learning, support our teams to be stimulated and develop within their roles or to whip up their next development move.
- Not everything we offer is prescribed but we consider people’s unique needs so they can come to work and perform at their best.
- We run quarterly peakon engagement surveys to stay on the pulse of our team's experience.
- We are sustainable because we embrace change and continually ask ourselves if there are more polished ways to deliver our purpose and be better corporate citizens.

**A day in the life...**:

- Lead, mentor, develop the operational finance activities/services Teams - Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable as well as Cash Management to build and grow operational capability.
- Expand and provide monthly reporting on collection and expense management, aged receivables and overdue payables.
- Review and finalise AP & AR related general ledger accounts.
- Monitor accounts & recommend action on bad debt and liaise with major debtors and negotiate new credit terms within policy.
- Oversee the Company Fleet Management Services & Maintenance
- Deal with escalated queries from internal & external stakeholders.
- Synthesise transaction inputs and outputs and conduct data integrity checks.
- Evaluate and identify improvement opportunities to streamline all recurring processes and tools to drive efficiencies and sustainability of business performance.
- Work with peers across the function and other teams for results update/ optimisation.

**Your primers are**:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent competency;
- Experience in working in a related Finance area as an individual contributor and provide advice and support to a team;
- People Management experience;
- Focus on accurate and timely delivery of support services;
- Expert knowledge using Pronto, or any other large ERP system and developing and using automations to ease the workload;
- Business acumen with the know-how and joy in mapping business requirements into fit for purpose financial processes;
- Proven change leadership with a drive to implement process improvement and transformation across the organisation;
- Ability to wear many hats and manage day-to-day operations whilst delivering workstreams results;
- Proactive approach to building strong influential connections with peers, the broader Finance function and other internal stakeholders;
- Alignment with the Haymes Vision, Purpose, Guiding principles and High Five;
- Understanding of and appreciation for our Australian-made and family-owned organisation.

**Your special finish could include**:

- Background or exposure to corporate retail and/or Franchise networks
- Data /process visualisation and a