Hybrid Finance Reporting Manager

at DLL

• Job title: Finance Reporting Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• Finance Reporting Manager overseeing financial accounting responsibilities for Australia and New Zealand operations. Enhancing internal controls and supporting financial reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Complete Internal Controls and Risk framework controls testing. Be proactive in remediation of risk findings and documentation of control procedure changes and updates. Identify any gaps in processes, document and correct.
• Complete & co-ordinate month end reporting controls (MEC) procedures.
• Safeguard a sound financial and operational internal control environment.
• Ensuring financial results (actual and budget) are recorded correctly in the Hyperion reporting package and reconcile with general ledger.
• Analysis of the numbers, reviewing trend variances and obtaining explanations for financial reporting variances.
• Review of reconciliations done by team members and completion of complex reconciliations.
• Oversee the completion of all quarterly corporate disclosures reporting templates and any ad-hoc financial reporting requests.
• Co-ordination and liaison with external auditors. Review of reconciliations and work papers prior to submitting to auditors. Gathering information and preparing work papers as part of year end audit.
• Take central role in preparing/compiling annual financial statements.
• Ensure changes or updates to accounting standards and regulatory reporting are promptly assessed and captured in internal and external reporting processes.
• Manage a team of two accountants and be able to develop their skills and accounting knowledge.
• Support the Head of Finance and provide guidance and assistance to the accountants, providing backup when required.
• Involvement in Finance initiatives to enhance reporting, improve processes, and various other initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience in designing and documenting controls and control procedures.
• Audit background. Qualified, ideally CA qualified
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal customers, including colleagues in other time zones.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, knowledge of Power BI
• Previous experience of Microsoft Great Plains General Ledger and Hyperion Financial Management system or similar General ledger and accounting reporting packages highly regarded.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive mindset and committed to meeting deadlines.
• Analytical skills and good business acumen
• Accuracy and perfectionism are desired traits
• Flexible and able to manage competing priorities
• Good verbal and written skills.

Benefits

• Two working days per year volunteering for a local charity
• Health and Wellness program including healthy food, free health checks, fun health & vitality activities.
• Career development opportunities: online learning, member development programs.