Financial Controller

Job Description
Why You Will Be Excited About This Role
This is your chance to step into senior finance leadership with a household name with 65+ years of market presence. As Financial Controller, you'll take ownership of the finance function while working directly with 50+ franchise owners who depend on your expertise for profitable decision-making.

With the current solid foundation, you'll be the leader who enhances and modernises the role. You'll see the impact of your leadership as you strengthen processes, improve reporting capabilities, and help franchisees gain clearer financial insights to scale their operations.

This Role Delivers

• Finance function ownership - optimise NetSuite, document processes, and enhance existing systems to drive greater accuracy and efficiency
• Direct business impact - your reporting and insights will drive franchisor performance and strategic decisions
• Team leadership - mentor your established finance team of (3) with expansion planned

Why You Will Like Working Here
Ideally living in the outer western suburbs of Brisbane, this role will see you travelling against the traffic and leading a finance function that supports franchise operations across Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. You'll work with an experienced, loyal team in a stable business that values thoughtful improvement over disruptive change.

What Makes This Special

• Established foundation - build on 65+ years of success rather than starting from scratch
• Strategic influence - regular collaboration with CEO/COO on operational and expansion decisions
• Work-life balance west of Brisbane initially, location offers flexibility and reasonable hours
• Respected brand - household name that franchisees choose for its reputation and stability
• Ongoing mentoring from COO and board member.

What You Will Be Working On
You'll focus on strengthening systems, processes, and reporting that create operational efficiency. Building on the solid foundation in place, you'll add frameworks that enable sustainable network growth across Queensland.

Key Focus Areas

• Process enhancement - work with your experienced team to implement new modules whilst documenting workflows to maximize NetSuite efficiency
• Management reporting - deliver timely, accurate financial reports and forward-looking analysis for strategic decisions
• Franchisee support - establish credit policies and benchmarking tools that improve network performance
• Compliance excellence - ensure tax, audit, and regulatory requirements are met while supporting business objectives

What Type Of Person You Are
Currently looking to step into a Financial Controller or Finance Manager with multi-entity experience, you're ready to take ownership of an entire finance function. You have proven success in process improvement, team development, and delivering reporting that influences business decisions.

You thrive on bringing clarity to complexity and genuinely care about helping business owners understand their financial performance. Someone who balances technical expertise with relationship-building skills.

Essential Experience

• Multi-entity finance leadership
• Experience with a cloud based, scalable, integrated ERP platform
• Franchise, retail, or distribution network experience highly valued
• Proven ability to work with business owners and influence through financial expertise
• Track record of process improvement while maintaining team stability

How To Apply We're looking for the right finance leader to continue their journey, not just someone who ticks boxes. If you're ready to take ownership of finance operations supporting a 50+ geographically disbursed franchise network, then we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now with your resume and tell us what excites you most about leading finance excellence in an established franchise network.

Qualifications
This is your chance to step into senior finance leadership with a household name with 65+ years of market presence. As Financial Controller, you'll take ownership of the finance function while working directly with 50+ franchise owners who depend on your expertise for profitable decision-making.

Why Is This a Great Opportunity
If you're ready to take ownership of finance operations supporting a 50+ geographically disbursed franchise network, then we'd love to hear from you.