Financial Controller
FWG11019
Sydney (Manly), NSW
This global solar technology leader provides the most comprehensive, integrated platform of structural, electrical, and digital solutions to capture the full value of solar power plants.
They are creative, collaborative and passionate problem-solvers from diverse backgrounds, driven by a shared mission to provide smart solar hardware and software solutions to mitigate climate change for future generations. People, Community, Environment, Innovation, and Integrity are their cornerstone values.
Due to recent and continued growth, the accounting function is to be brought in-house. Working with the Australian Managing Director and the Regional Controller, the Financial Controller will stand up a best-in-class accounting organization designed for accuracy, speed, and control at scale and be the Australian accounting leader.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage accounting activities and lead statutory financial close activities in collaboration with Global Controllership teams.
- Review and approve journal entries to ensure accurate and timely book closure.
- Partner with local operations teams to support business needs with accurate and timely financial information.
- Ensure timely and accurate compliance with applicable tax regulations.
- Collaborate with global and local tax teams on transfer pricing, tax provisioning, and tax audits.
- Support SOX compliance, including key control design, documentation, and testing.
- Manage statutory and internal audits under Local GAAP, coordinating with auditors and internal stakeholders.
- Work across manufacturing, service, and trading operations to align finance processes with business needs.
- Lead and support global finance and automation projects from design through implementation.
- Drive continuous process improvement and enhancements to financial systems, controls, and reporting.
Requirements include:
- A degree in commerce, finance, accounting or other relevant subject.
- Preferably CA or CPA.
- Ideally industry experience in renewable energy, and/or manufacturing in global organizations.
- Working experience with both US GAAP and IFRS.
- Demonstrable accounting experience including financial statement analysis, statutory, tax (and preferbly) SOX compliance.
- Experience working with ERP systems, preferably Oracle.
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A partnership & collaborative style that ensures the support and success of business partners and the overall finance organization.
- Operates with high accountability and pragmatic risk management.
- Systems thinking: Connects process, data, and controls across end-to-end finance processes.
- Operational Excellence: Documents, measures, and continually improves processes
- Innovator: Champions automation, ML/AI adoption, and new ways of working.
- People Leader: Coaches, delegates, inspires, and scales through others.
- Communication: Crisp, transparent, and executive-ready.
- Australian citizenship or permanent residence.
Freshwater Group
Freshwater Group is a best practice renewable energy recruitment business that focuses on all renewable and low carbon emission, energy efficiency and disruptive clean technology businesses as well as energy infrastructure, storage, and management.
Freshwater Group: Great People Better Outcomes
Freshwater Group is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. We encourage applications from candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds, including Indigenous Australians. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or religion.