Regional Financial Controller, ANZ

About the business

Acclime is an international professional services group delivering compliance, company secretarial, accounting and bookkeeping support. In Australia, the client base ranges from ASX-listed businesses to subsidiary entities of overseas companies establishing operations locally.

Role summary

Acclime is looking for a commercially aware and highly experienced Regional Financial Controller to oversee finance operations across Australia and New Zealand. This position is accountable for financial stewardship across the region, including governance, reporting accuracy, compliance, risk oversight and commercial decision support. It also plays a key part in leading regional finance teams, supporting acquisitions, and improving processes, systems and standard ways of working.

Key responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual financial consolidation and reporting for Australia and New Zealand.
• Produce accurate and timely management information such as KPIs, variance analysis and performance dashboards.
• Ensure reporting follows Acclime Group accounting policies and relevant GAAP/IFRS standards.
• Review financial trends and turn data into practical insights that support business decisions.
• Own the annual budgeting cycle across the ANZ region.
• Manage rolling forecasts and longer-term planning at both regional and country level.
• Analyse variances to identify drivers of performance, risks and opportunities, then recommend corrective action where needed.
• Maintain a strong control environment and reinforce financial governance across the region.
• Ensure compliance with group policies as well as local statutory, tax and regulatory obligations.
• Oversee statutory reporting and coordinate with internal teams, external advisors and regulators.
• Promote alignment of policies and adoption of best-practice finance controls across ANZ.
• Work closely with regional and country leaders to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Provide analysis for business cases, investment appraisals, pricing decisions and scenario modelling.
• Identify ways to improve profitability, cost efficiency, working capital and broader business performance.
• Coordinate internal and external audits across ANZ entities.
• Ensure audit issues are addressed promptly and remediation actions are implemented.
• Identify financial and operational risks and put mitigation plans in place.
• Encourage a culture of accountability, strong controls and ongoing improvement.
• Lead, coach and develop finance teams across Australia and New Zealand.
• Build capability through coaching, succession planning and team development.
• Support collaboration, consistency and knowledge sharing across the regional finance function.
• Assist with reviewing, implementing and improving ERP, reporting and finance systems.
• Drive process standardisation, automation and efficiency across finance operations.
• Support digital finance transformation and data-led decision-making to improve reporting quality, scalability and efficiency.

Candidate profile

The ideal candidate will bring deep finance leadership experience, strong commercial judgement and a solid understanding of reporting, controls, compliance and business partnering in a multi-country environment. Experience in the ANZ market and the ability to lead distributed teams are important, as is comfort working with finance systems and transformation initiatives.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a closely related field.
• Professional qualifications such as CPA, CA, ACCA or CIMA are preferred.
• 8 to 12 years of progressive finance experience, including leadership positions in multinational, regional or multi-country organisations.
• Strong technical capability in financial reporting, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, compliance and internal controls.
• Practical experience working in Australia and New Zealand, with understanding of the region’s regulatory and business environment.
• Proven ability to lead and develop finance teams across locations and time zones.
• Hands-on exposure to ERP and finance platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Xero or similar systems.
• Advanced Excel skills along with financial modelling and data analysis capability.
• Good working knowledge of IFRS, local GAAP, statutory reporting, taxation and regulatory compliance across ANZ.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and business partnering skills, including the ability to influence at operational and executive level.
• Experience with finance transformation, process improvement, system implementation and M&A integration is highly desirable.

Perks and benefits

• A senior regional leadership role with significant influence across Australia and New Zealand.
• Opportunity to work for a well-established international organisation with a broad global footprint.
• Chance to lead, mentor and shape a high-performing finance team.
• Professional membership support.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Inclusive, diverse and collaborative workplace culture.

Additional information

This is a full-time position based onsite in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The role covers finance leadership across the ANZ region and requires collaboration with regional and country leadership teams, local stakeholders and external advisors.