Finance Controller

Finance Controller

We love what we do! At Aspen Surgical we live our values of Customer Focus, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovative Spirit, and Integrity every day. This caring dedication creates and builds exceptional products that drive the industry standard making a real and lasting impact on people’s lives around the world. We strive to be the best, while providing the tools, resources, and support needed to set our team members up for success.  Do you want to be appreciated for your hard work? Be a member of a dynamic, fast-growing organization? Strong business orientation for guiding companies? Then we have a position for you!

This position will be Melbourne in our Cheltenham office/hybrid. Working closely with local Managing Director and team as well as the Corporate Controller based in the United States.

In This Position, You Will Have the Opportunity to:

• Financial Analysis: Provide insightful P&L analysis to support operational decision-making.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Partner with internal stakeholders to prepare the annual budget.
• Management Reporting: Prepare monthly management accounts with comprehensive variance analysis and commentary.
• Processing biweekly payroll.
• Weekly collation and publication of debtors, creditors, and cash flow reports.
• Accounts Payable and Receivable reconciliation and management.
• Responsibility for financial impact monthly and stock take reconciliations.
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations and key performance indicator reporting.
• Preparation of supporting BAS/FBT schedules and submission.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory law, finance, and tax regulations.
• Measuring company performance against external and internal benchmarks.
• Identifying areas to improve business efficiencies and reduce costs.
• Team Management including mentoring and staff development.
• Working closely with the Executive Leadership team to deliver reports, analysis findings, potential risk areas and forecast opportunities.

What You Need to Succeed in This Position:

• Minimum 6-8 years of accounting experience
• Bachelors or Masters qualifications in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration or Business Law.
• Professional accounting qualifications such as CA or CPA desirable.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
• Ability to work well under minimal supervision with experience in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment being an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills and highly developed time management ability.
• In-depth knowledge of tax regulations and compliance requirements.
• Experience in inventory management systems preferred (Unleashed).
• Experience with creating financial statements.
• Intermediate to advanced computer software skills, ERP including Excel and other accounting packages (e.g. Xero, Power BI, IFS).