As a newly created position this Working Capital Controller will report directly to the Head of Finance looking after a small team.
The key responsibility for the position of Working Capital Controller include:
- End-to-end responsibility for the Australia office working capital performance across work in progress (WIP), billing collections and debt.
- Lead a team of working capital professionals
- Main point of contact and commercial partner to the Partners and senior lawyers
- Working closely with other specialist teams including Business Development, Legal Practice Management, Tax, and Commercial
- Use of commercial and reporting tools including Power BI dashboards to guide Partners and Lawyers on ongoing profitability analysis.
- Perform monthly WIP provision assessments in compliance with IFRS 15
The ideal candidate for the position of Working Capital Controller should demonstrate the following experience and skills:
- Professionally qualified accountant (e.g. CA, CPA, ACA or equivalent), with sound knowledge of accounting standards
- Experienced in working capital, billing, or from a commercial finance background, within a professional services or partnership environment.
- Proven people management experience, including leading and developing teams.
- Experience working with commercial reporting tools (e.g. Power BI or equivalent).
- Demonstrate strong commercial judgement and credible communicator to effectively engage with the partners and lawyers
- Highly collaborative and resilient, capable of working in a highly deadline driven environment
If you are interested in the Working Capital Controller and can demonstrate the right skills and experience please apply today, alternatively for any questions please contact Gail directly on Gail.Cunningham@randstad.com.au
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.