Regional Financial Controller, ANZ

About the business

Acclime is an international professional services group that provides compliance, company secretarial, accounting, and bookkeeping support. In Australia, its client base spans ASX-listed businesses as well as offshore subsidiaries establishing an operating presence locally.

Role overview

Acclime is looking for a commercially minded finance leader to take charge of the finance function across Australia and New Zealand. This position is accountable for strong financial governance, precise and timely reporting, compliance with relevant regulations, and robust risk management. It also acts as a strategic partner to regional and country leadership, turning financial insight into decisions that support growth, profitability, and operational performance.

The role includes leadership of regional finance teams, assistance with acquisition integration, and ownership of continuous improvement initiatives such as process redesign, standardisation, and finance system transformation.

Key responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process across Australia and New Zealand, including consolidation of results.
• Prepare clear and timely management reports, KPI packs, variance commentary, and performance dashboards.
• Ensure financial reporting follows Acclime Group policies and the relevant GAAP/IFRS requirements.
• Review financial performance trends and translate them into practical recommendations for decision-making.
• Lead the annual budget cycle for the ANZ region.
• Manage rolling forecasts and longer-term plans at both regional and country level.
• Use variance analysis to identify drivers, risks, and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions where needed.
• Strengthen financial governance, internal controls, and the regional control environment.
• Maintain compliance with group standards plus local statutory, tax, and regulatory obligations.
• Oversee statutory reporting and coordinate with internal teams, external advisers, and regulators.
• Support alignment of policies and adoption of best-practice controls across the region.
• Work with regional and country leaders on strategic and operational decisions.
• Provide financial input for business cases, investment assessments, pricing decisions, and scenario analysis.
• Identify opportunities to improve margins, cost efficiency, working capital, and overall business results.
• Coordinate internal and external audits across ANZ entities.
• Track audit issues through to closure and ensure remediation actions are implemented.
• Spot financial and operational risks and put effective mitigation measures in place.
• Promote accountability, strong controls, and ongoing improvement across the finance function.
• Lead, coach, and develop finance teams across Australia and New Zealand.
• Build team capability through mentoring, succession planning, and knowledge sharing.
• Support assessment and rollout of ERP, reporting, and financial management tools.
• Drive automation, standardisation, and other efficiency improvements within finance.
• Champion digital finance transformation and data-led decision-making to improve scalability and reporting quality.

Candidate profile

The ideal candidate has a strong accounting and finance background, substantial regional leadership experience, and the confidence to operate across multi-country environments. They should bring deep knowledge of reporting, forecasting, compliance, controls, and business partnering, along with hands-on experience in finance systems and transformation work.

Additional requirements and preferences

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.
• Professional accounting qualifications such as CPA, CA, ACCA, or CIMA are preferred.
• 8–12 years of progressive finance experience, including leadership exposure in multinational, regional, or multi-country organisations.
• Proven experience working in ANZ markets and understanding their regulatory and commercial environments.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and develop geographically distributed finance teams.
• Practical experience with ERP and finance platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Xero, or similar systems.
• Advanced Excel capability, along with strong financial modelling and data analysis skills.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, local GAAP, statutory reporting, taxation, and compliance requirements across ANZ.
• Excellent analytical ability, communication skills, stakeholder management, and business partnering capability.
• Experience supporting transformation, process improvement, system implementation, or M&A integration is highly desirable.

What makes this opportunity attractive

• A senior leadership role with broad influence across Australia and New Zealand.
• The chance to join a well-established global organisation with an international presence.
• An opportunity to guide and develop a high-performing finance team.
• Support for professional memberships.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• An inclusive and collaborative workplace culture.

Working arrangement

This is a full-time, onsite role based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.