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Group Financial Controller
Pacific Smiles Group. Own the financial control environment across Pacific Smiles Group's branded dental network .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in financial control, compliance, and reporting within a multi-entity environment, with a strong focus on AASB accounting standards and team leadership. Proven ability to manage financial risks, oversee audits, and implement financial policies while fostering collaborative relationships across diverse teams.
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Financial Control Environment ManagementAASB Accounting Standards ExpertiseMulti-Entity Financial ReportingTeam Leadership in FinancePronto ERP System Governance
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Hard Skills
General Ledger ManagementBalance Sheet ReconciliationCash Flow ForecastingTaxation AccountingFinancial Risk ManagementFinancial ReportingCompliance with Internal ControlsFinancial Policies ImplementationAcquisition AccountingStatutory Reporting
Soft Skills
Self-MotivatedCollaborative Relationship BuildingContinuous Improvement FocusTeam EngagementPerformance Monitoring
Tools & Technologies
Pronto ERPExcelPower BIElectronic Banking SoftwareFinancial Systems Integration
Certifications & Qualifications
CACPABlue Card
Industry Keywords
Multi-Entity EnvironmentPrivate EquityFinancial GovernanceM&A Growth StrategyAudit Coordination
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own the financial control environment across Pacific Smiles Group's branded dental network
- Maintain the completeness, accuracy and integrity of the general ledger
- Oversee balance sheet reconciliations to subsidiary ledgers and supporting documentation
- Ensure bank transactions are posted and reconciled, resolving discrepancies
- Manage electronic banking software and fixed asset registers
- Own Group taxation accounting requirements
- Lead group consolidation, intercompany eliminations and reconciliations across existing entities and acquisitions
- Own acquisition accounting under AASB 3 and support purchase price allocations
- Lead finance improvement projects and broader organisational initiatives
- Report monthly on cash management performance
- Forecast short- and long-term Group cash flow requirements
- Support recovery of debtor balances within credit terms
- Manage debt facilities within covenant requirements
- Ensure Group tax obligations are calculated correctly and paid on time
- Oversee half-year and annual financial reports
- Lead relationships with external auditors and coordinate audits end to end
- Own ASIC statutory lodgements across Beam group entities
- Support ad hoc financial reporting requests
- Identify, assess and manage financial risks
- Maintain compliance with internal controls, policies and external regulations
- Report financial governance compliance to the CFO and relevant committees, including the ARMC
- Deliver the financial internal audit plan and remediate control gaps
- Create, review and implement financial policies and procedures
- Govern the Pronto ERP system, chart of accounts and system controls across Group entities
- Lead financial systems onboarding for new entities into Pronto
- Coordinate with IT on finance system issues, upgrades and integrations
- Ensure team engagement and aligned responsibilities
- Allocate tasks equitably and monitor performance
- Develop team capability, identify talent and build succession depth
Requirements
What you’ll need- Tertiary qualifications in accounting with CA or CPA
- 8–10+ years' relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience in a senior financial accounting or controller role
- Experience in a multi-entity or private equity-backed environment
- Strong technical knowledge of AASB accounting standards, including consolidation, financial instrument recognition and statutory reporting
- Strong knowledge of accounting and finance regulatory, compliance and reporting requirements
- Experience managing finance teams in a complex, multi-entity or compliance-intensive environment with an M&A growth strategy
- Track record of building collaborative, outcomes-focused relationships across diverse teams
- Self-motivated approach with a focus on continuous improvement
- Excellent Excel and financial systems skills
- Big 4 or mid-tier public practice background (bonus)
- Power BI or other data visualisation tools experience (bonus)
- Experience using Pronto ERP or a comparable mid-market ERP in a multi-entity environment (bonus)
- CA or CPA qualification
- Blue Card required for paid employment in Dental in QLD
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary
- Career development and progression opportunities
- Flexibility to work from Sydney, Melbourne or East Maitland
- Hybrid working
- Exposure to a national healthcare organisation across a multi-entity, PE-backed structure
- Collaborative and supportive finance team
- Blue Card for paid employment at no cost to the employee, if required to work in Dental in QLD