[Hiring] Group Finance Manager @Manila Recruitment

Role Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Australian food and B2B distribution group, where you’ll lead its finance team, strengthen financial operations, and drive process improvements across two businesses. The role offers direct exposure to the CEO, significant ownership, and the opportunity to build scalable finance processes that support business growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Bring the other company to the same financial standard while strengthening finance across the whole group.
• Build a fast and reliable month-end process with the goal of:
  • Completing group close and consolidation within 48 hours of month-end.
  • Providing a useful management flash by Day 3.
  • Giving the CEO confidence that the numbers are complete and accurate.
• Improve Xero and inventory-system workflows, strengthen controls, improve inventory and COGS accuracy, and reduce manual work.
• Maintain accurate, rolling cash flow forecasts to help manage cash requirements.

What you’ll own

• The day-to-day finance function across the two businesses.
• Leadership and development of a Philippines-based finance team of three.
• Group month-end close and consolidation.
• Management flash reporting by Day 3.
• Xero workflows, reconciliations and finance-system integrity.
• Inventory, stock and COGS reconciliation.
• AP, AR, payment runs, collections and payroll oversight.
• Finance controls, including approval workflows, segregation of duties, journals and write-offs.
• Accurate supporting records for Australian BAS, PAYG, superannuation and external advisers.
• Consolidated group management reporting, including Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and EBITDA reports.
• Budgets, forecasts and cash-flow reporting.
• Intercompany accounting and elimination.
• Continuous improvement of finance processes, systems and automation.
• Identifying finance errors and control weaknesses before they become larger problems.
• Supporting the CEO with reliable financial information and analysis.
• Building finance processes that can scale as the group grows.
• Prepare and maintain accurate rolling cash flow forecasts.
• Prepare and review inventory reports, including stock-on-hand, stock adjustments, payables and receivables.
• Prepare financial reports, cash flow forecasts and modelling required by the bank.
• Oversee payroll processing across both businesses.
• Liaise directly with the external accounting firm on finance and accounting matters.

What success looks like

• Built a clear understanding of the finance workflows across both businesses.
• Established clear ownership and accountability across the finance team.
• Built a reliable process for completing close and group consolidation within 48 hours.
• Established a useful management flash by Day 3.
• Improved the accuracy of inventory, stock and COGS reporting.
• Strengthened Xero and connected finance workflows.
• Improved group and multi-entity reporting.
• Strengthened finance controls and removed major single points of failure.
• Reduced avoidable manual work and recurring errors.
• Improved the team’s capability and accountability.
• Put in place finance processes that can handle business growth without simply adding more people.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Minimum 3 years in a financial management/leadership role (team management experience required).
• Personally owned or led month-end close.
• Supported & experienced with Australian businesses in a finance role.
• Prepared Australian finance information relating to BAS, PAYG and superannuation.
• Worked across AP, AR, payroll, reconciliations and management reporting.
• Formal multi-entity business experience is preferred but not mandatory.
• Improved finance controls, processes or systems.
• Personally investigated finance errors or unusual balances.
• Worked successfully in a hands-on finance leadership role.
• Communicated finance issues clearly with senior management.
• Experience with inventory, stock and COGS is a strict requirement.
• Previous food industry experience is a strict requirement.
• Hands-on Xero experience, particularly managing multiple Xero files, is required.
• Cin7 Core experience is not essential.
• CPA Philippines or an equivalent accounting qualification is highly regarded but is not the main selection criterion.

Benefits

• Job type: Permanent.
• Emp type: Direct hire; Full-time.
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Sydney Time (6am – 3pm PH Time).
• Location: Remote / Work from home.
• Industry: Corporate catering company.
• Expertise: Finance/Accounting Management, Leadership, Australian accounting/finance, Xero, Inventory, Stock and COGS.