Financial Controller

The Company

This ASX 100 industrials group sits at the sharp end of the mining value chain. It designs, manufactures and services critical inputs that keep large, safety-critical operations moving across major hazard facilities, regional depots and embedded site teams at mines. The footprint is global and the compliance bar is high; process safety, DG-class logistics and chain-of-responsibility are part of daily life. The tempo is real-world: plants, fleets and field crews working in concert on tight windows. Finance operates as the company's control tower, turning multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction complexity into a single, decision-ready story. With a corporate hub in South-East Queensland and operations across ANZ and the Europe, the mandate is clear: cleaner month-ends, tighter controls, faster reporting and a cadence that stands up to auditors, regulators and Tier-1 customers alike.

The Role

Step in as Financial Controller and own the control stack end-to-end; month-end to board pack, audit to tax, cash to covenants. You'll set the close calendar, lead a small, capable team and elevate GL hygiene, reconciliations and master data. You'll anchor the cash view, manage external auditors and advisors and improve systems. This role is hands-on, high-trust and visible; your measure becomes the company's measure. In the role you will:-

• Build a concise monthly Board pack with clear commentary, trends and KPIs for the Group.
• Run half-year and year-end external audits end to end, and coordinate any lender reviews.
• Draft statutory financial statements, secures Audit & Risk Committee approval, lodge to the ASX.
• Oversee all income tax and FBT compliance with advisors, including deferred tax provisioning and disclosure.
• Manage banking and lenders: schedules funding drawdowns, prepares covenant calculations and delivers compliance returns on time.
• Lead the Financial Accounting and Accounting Support teams; set the close calendar and quality standards.
• Drive the month-end engine; accruals and provision journals, consolidation, variance checks and P&L integrity.
• Perform FX remeasurement for US operations and record the Australian impacts accurately.
• Maintain balance-sheet hygiene through disciplined reconciliations, controls and master-data stewardship.
• Curate short-term liquidity views and the rolling cash forecast; enforce disciplined payment governance.
• Produces business-unit performance reporting and facilitates monthly performance reviews for operating divisions.
• Acts as first point of contact for operational leaders on finance queries; improves forecasting accuracy and cost visibility.
• Administers the ERP from a finance lens; project structures, chart-of-accounts updates and user controls.
• Partners with the systems support provider to resolve issues and deliver finance-led enhancements.

About You

You blend CA/CPA rigour with real-world pragmatism, thriving where heavy industry meets the ledger. You turn complexity into clean, repeatable outcomes; five-day closes that stick, variance stories that make sense and board-ready packs that hold up to auditors, lenders and regulators. You've led multi-entity consolidations in listed or large-private settings, fronted audits, owned tax calendars and built rolling cash views with covenant literacy. Systems are an ally (ERP,BI and master data) and you use Excel and BI to separate signal from noise. You coach accountants into reliable operators, defend controls without slowing operations and speak plain English with engineers, site leaders and executives alike.

Skills & Experience

• CA/CPA (or equivalent) with solid FC/FM depth or cusp of in listed or large-private, heavy-industry settings. External Audit foundation a plus
• Delivered tight month-end closes, multi-entity consolidations and group reporting to board level
• Strong AASB/IFRS technical: statutory accounts, external audits
• Cashflow control: forecasting, payment governance, lender packs and covenant calculations
• Systems strength with modern ERPs, advanced Excel and practical Power BI
• Team leader and business partner who sets standards, builds coverage and turns complexity into plain-English actions

What's on Offer

• Clear remit and line of sight to CFO and Board, own the control environment end to end
• Modern tooling and uplift agenda (ERP, BI, process automation) with funded L&D and leadership development
• Career runway across group reporting, FP&A and operations in a large, safety-critical industrial setting

Apply Now

Ready to elevate your career in a business that values precision and pace? Apply today, or reach out for a confidential chat with Matthew Taylor at the P&C Partners Brisbane office.