AddressAbout GEO:
We are a B2B SaaS business which was founded in New Zealand in 2009 with the dream to help tradies improve their lives and businesses with job management software that saves time and streamlines admin. Geo’s executive team work out of Sydney and this position, as part of the senior management team is located in Sydney.
We have customers in Australia, NZ, UK and the rest of the world. Our Sydney based team is spread across sales, marketing, finance, product and development with other development and support services in other parts of the
world.
GeoOp is a leading software platform used by over 10,000 tradies and home service businesses every day to manage their business. Our platform is smart, simple, and elegant and it helps our customers streamline operations, optimise workloads and improve cashflow by providing all the tools they need in one platform; quoting, job management, scheduling, invoicing and payments.
We value intelligence, attitude and ambition mixed with a very human way of working. We love our work and we love helping our customers every single day. We are seeking an ambitious, sharp mind to be the custodian of our
Finance operation while providing a strong commercial contribution to this growing business.
About the opportunity:
Reporting directly to the CEO, the core responsibilities of the Financial Controller will be to provide strong finance functional leadership, actively contribute to the development and execution of business strategy, and partner with business executives to deliver the growth ambitions. With an ultimate emphasis on enhancing shareholder value the Financial Controller will provide the financial leadership needed to plan and grow the company efficiently,
including developing budgets and providing accurate ongoing projections in support of the business strategy.
- Working as key member of the leadership team providing support to the CEO and Board relating to financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, business performance, risk, technology and other key strategic
and operational matters - Ensure financial and business practices are compliant and operating effectively and efficiently, including management of outsourced accounting team
- Managing external financial reporting obligations (bank, lender, investor, insurance broker, etc)
- Guiding the month end close, including ensuring the integrity of group results and provision of performance insights for management and board reporting
- Management of Group tax obligations including coordination of external advisors
- Managing in house and external legal requirements
- Management of Company Secretarial function
- Coordination of Research and Development Grant application process
- Management and oversight of regulatory obligations
- Demonstrate a passion for improvements in system and processes and drive these initiatives
The ideal person:
To be successful in this role you will have a professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA or equivalent) and a demonstrated track record in an organization with growth across international markets.
A flexible, proactive and self-starter attitude will be essential in combination with resilience and credibility. You will have good leadership skills with the ability to support operations and partner with the CEO and Board in a trusted
advisor capacity. Along with the ability to work to deadlines, you will be proactive with a passion for driving best practice and enjoy streamlining processes.
You may have had some experience in a public company, perhaps in a small SaaS business but your core accounting, audit and management support skills are a key requirement. You are keen to develop your career in a growing, dynamic, innovative and professionally operated business.
** Must have SAAS experience.
Life at Geo:
We’re a dynamic team with an established platform and a large customer base. We collaborate well, we communicate openly, we are transparent and agile and we work fast. We treasure good, smart people making a difference. We are practical, pragmatic, and we are really good at what we do. We laugh a lot and we debate with humour. We have fun and we celebrate our successes.
Our leaders have all participated in building successful software businesses and know how to return value to employees and shareholders. Remuneration will include base salary and the potential to participate in Geo’s LTI after a qualifying period.
You need to be a permanent Australian resident to apply. The role is preferably located in Sydney, and we enjoy a mix of working from home and working from a shared office space.
