Finance Manager
Pet Circle
Accounting & Finance
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted on Nov 27, 2024
Dogs, cats, budgies and everything in between - pets deserve the world. They make us want to be better humans. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to build the most engaged and passionate community of pets and pet parents across the world. And we’re looking for talented team mates who can help us do it.
Founded in Sydney, our team of 500+ pet obsessives span Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. We’ve scaled to become one of Australia's top five eCommerce companies and the no.1 online pet store. But we’re just getting started. Like a whippet who’s spotted their mate across the dog park, our growth is only going to accelerate, as we continue to disrupt the way that pet parents shop.
Excitingly, the pet industry is booming (as in $15 billion kind of booming) and online pet retail is set to grow exponentially in the next five years. So this is a unique career opportunity to be part of our epic growth story.
The Opportunity
You will report directly to our Financial Controller and you will lead and manage the Finance Operations (FinOps) team, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to team members.
What you’ll be doing
- Coordinate the month-end closing process, ensuring all financial transactions are accurately recorded and reported in a timely manner
- Supervise the payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely processing of employee compensation, deductions, and taxes
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements for financial submissions and reporting, including tax filings, regulatory reports, and statutory audits
- Lead a high-performing team providing clear performance expectations and ongoing coaching, mentorship, and feedback to support professional growth.
- Prepare and publish financial reports and analysis to the executive team and senior leaders, including key performance indicators (KPIs), financial forecasts, and variance analysis
- Lead process improvement initiatives to streamline workflows and boost team efficiency
The ideal toolbox
- CPA or CA with 10 years financial and management accounting experience
- Problem solving and analytical skills, including the ability to identify issues and suggest solutions
- People management - experience managing remote teams is desirable
- Demonstrated ability to deliver accurate, insightful, timely reporting
- Experience in a retail environment accounting for inventory (ideal)
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and team-building skills
- Experience with NetSuite (highly desirable) or other online accounting software
- Sound technical financial accounting and reporting skills with exposure to ensuring compliance in a regulatory framework
- Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset, identifying opportunities for automation and process improvements to streamline FinOps workflows and enhance efficiency and accuracy
- Task management skills and ability to create and follow processes must be exceptional
- Must have very strong attention to detail completing all work in a timely manner and managing stakeholder expectations well at all times
- Proactive with a ‘can do’ attitude and willingness to learn new things
- Willingness to be involved in value-add activities across the business including board reporting, financial analysis and stock control
Juicy Perks
- Heaps of development opportunities - stretch projects, focus groups & secondments
- Flexible working environment
- Up to 50% employee discount
- Product sample giveaways
- Pawrental leave and wellbeing leave
- Team charity volunteer days
- Classpass subsidy
Role location
We believe that building connections and collaborating as Pet Circlers is super important. So this role is based in Sydney with a hybrid arrangement of 3 days per week in our pet friendly offices (your pet might love coming to the office even more than you). This could change in line with business requirements.
Why Join?
We reckon our mission to help the world Pet Better is an important one, but also an incredibly fun and rewarding one. Becoming a Pet Circler means you’re committed to help shape an entire industry - it’s pretty exciting stuff. Here’s what we stand for:
We’re better together
We operate with humble hearts and hungry minds
Pets matter; so pets and pet parents always have a seat at our table
We’re instinctively curious. Always
Belong at Pet Circle
Our unique perspectives and expertise is our superpower - we value diversity in all forms. So, no matter your background, please apply if this role makes you excited to bring your full self to work each day.
