Finance Transformation Manager | Merivale

The Company 

Owned and run by the Hemmes family for over 60 years, Merivale began as a fashion house that led Sydney into the swinging sixties for all things music and fashion. With a knack for creativity, “The House of Merivale” injected a new energy into the theatre of Sydney transforming the brand into what we know now as one of the largest leading hospitality empires in Australia.

The Role

Merivale’s ‘Finance Transformation Manager’ is a key finance leadership role, identifying, owning and delivering key change / transformation initiatives and day to day management of group-wide Finance and operational processes.  The role, reporting into the Group Financial Controller, is responsible for the improvement of financial and operational controls in a programmatic way as and impactful business partner.

Key responsibilities

Transformation:

• Develop a roadmap strategy through redesign of finance processes, enabling systems, optimising people roles and responsibilities and effective business partnering
• Lead, drive and execute on transformation roadmap priorities and initiatives, ensuring alignment to the finance strategy. This includes creating solutions by intimately understanding existing processes and redesigning including a relevant program of works 
• Develop project plans and resource schedules, and track project timelines/milestones, using appropriate planning tools including the leadership and coordination of steering committees

Financial:

• Lead Accounts Payable / Receivable team in owning and delivering the objectives of the function, day to day processes and escalations
• Lead certain finance operations processes, analytics or partnering opportunities

Governance:

• Support the prioritisation and assessment of group-wide change priorities and initiatives
• Drive group policy development, review and compliance
• Partner closely with Venue Operations to solve and improve finance and accounting operational issues

People Management:

• Manage team resources to ensure timely and accurate delivery of required outcomes
• Lead and motivate others to achieve high standards and be a high performing function
• Manage direct reports, set KPIs, annual performance reviews and career development
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders

Your Experience:

The successful candidate will ideally have strong Financial Control experience and a proven track record of delivering programs of work to improve and transform Finance functions. Demonstrated senior leadership extending to excellent communication skills and team management skills is imperative, to create an experience that makes a difference.

Along with:

• CA/CPA qualified with a minimum of 10-years post qualification experience in a reporting role and/or technical role within chartered/commerce
• Strong communication and stakeholder influencing skills, excellent interpersonal skills, naturally engages and motivate others
• High level of attention (including a hands-on approach) to detail but able to balance and understand the bigger picture
• Demonstrated ability to develop and improve finance processes including successful delivery of projects and initiatives
• Robust internal control and compliance understanding
• Financial control experience and skills, preferably in a complex operating environment
• Team management and development experience, ability to develop and motivate staff
• Senior stakeholder management experience
• Experience working with data analytics and PowerBI dashboards
• Big 4 background preferred

The Reward

In return you will be provided with a strong and supportive team environment that wants you to succeed. We offer:  

• Competitive Salary and STI.
• Paid parental leave and flexible return to work support for new parents
• Amazing discounts at 90+ venues
• Free lunches in venue every day
• Career development through supported technology education tools and programs  
• Great CBD location at the Ivy Precinct