Financial Controller

Flight Stairways is a well-recognised leader for manufacturing stairs and balustrades for the unit development construction industry. We’re known for the quality of not only our work, but also our being on time.

As we are about to start a new phase of growth, we are now seeking to add a strategic and focused Financial Controller to our team.

ABOUT US

Flight Stairways has earned an enviable position in the construction industry. We’re consistently profitable, and our self-funded growth has come primarily from repeat business and word of mouth. We’ve worked hard to achieve a strong position in our market and are building scalable foundations for expansion once again. 

Our talented team, design, manufacture and install stairs and balustrades to residential and commercial construction from manufacturing facility in Queanbeyan and distribute nationally. Flight Stairways is privately owned, 100% Australian, embracing Toyota training and principles, and an exciting place to grow your career.

Our innovative operations, great team and excellent business systems are supported by stable long-term leadership. Our specialised market sector knowledge has enabled us to build a solid recurring base of repeat business. We are currently looking to diversify our customer base. Our stairs are an essential part of the very increasing two storey housing market – as a result we’ve proven resistant to economic fluctuations.

We have a vertically integrated business, and we’re seeking a Financial Controller who has proven experience preferably in manufacturing enabling our vertically integrated organisation to scale-up.

ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CONTROLERS ROLE 

The Finance Controller (FC) will be charged with providing executive financial leadership for Flight Stairways’s strategic value driving program, overall business financial strategy and governance. 

This executive leadership role will identify, develop, communicate, and enable financial strategies to position Flight Stairways for National scalability and sustained growth aligned with the strategic direction of the organisation. Proactivity is a crucial part of this role which will suit someone looking to drive growth through financial levers. 

The successful person will possess sound knowledge and experience of corporate governance. They will also be expected to develop strong working relationships with those around them and other stakeholders and make a meaningful contribution to the development and execution of strategy across the organisation.  As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, Advisory Board and Management team, the demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues at every level of accountability throughout the organisation will be a key indicator of success in this role

This position reports directly to the CEO.

More specifically, you will:

• Have demonstrated success in leading finance operations with organisational revenue exceeding ~$20M.
• Ensure delivery of all aspects of transactional finance activities including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll.
• Be able to head up activities related to Acquisitions, Mergers or Divestments including due diligence, post merge/acquisition forecasting and modelling to ensure that the Value Creation Plan is executed
• Develop and execute financial advice and strategy to enable strategic objectives and provide commercial insights to the CEO or the board.
• Contribute to the Value Creation Plan through shaping new services, products, and geographical revenue streams, leveraging ROCE, undertaking major investments, and financing decisions and communicating with key stakeholders.
• Evaluate and manage investments, capital structure and funding initiatives, and maintain organizational resilience for the long term.
• Deliver timely, accurate and complete historical reporting.
• Engage with Executive and Management teams to provide financial forecasting and budgets.
• Identify and implement operational and administrative cost reduction synergies, and process enhancement.
• Build and lead high performing teams to achieve operational goals and empower direct reports to maintain accountability and entrepreneurial culture.
• Identify and enable strategies to continue Flight Stairways’s position to sustain scalability aligned with the strategic direction of the organisation.
• Ensure that all internal and external compliance relating to the organisation’s finances and statutory obligations are met accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensure data integrity and manage risks associated with cash, capital, resource deployment, accounting compliance, and strategy.

ABOUT YOU 

The successful candidate needs to have demonstrated experience, competencies and skills in:

• Qualifications and Certifications commensurate with role requirements: Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics. Professional certification ACA/CPA or similar
• Five or more years of experience in a Senior Leadership role involving finance in an organisation exceeding ~$20M annual revenue.
• Change management in a rapidly growing organisation and exceptional communication skills.
• Collaborative team player with positive agile mindset who enjoys building success in others.
• Integrity and transparency in all activities, and a demonstration of Flight Stairways’s Core Values
• Positive up-taker and supporter of strategic and creative ideas as presented by the CEO and ELT.
• Appetite for continued learning, personal and career development.
• Open minded with appetite for risk and focus on attention to detail.

THE REWARDS 

• In return for your hard work and dedication, you will receive a negotiated package depending on skills and experience.
• Enjoy a culture of confidence, trust and potential for flexible work arrangements.

TO APPLY

Please submit your resume and cover letter, specifically addressing the selection criteria below:

Strategic Planning: Can you describe your experience developing and executing successful strategic plans for an organisation? What metrics did you use to measure success?

Growth and scaling up: Outline your experience on an organisation that was required to scale up. What measures did you take to ensure that this was executed and financially sustainable?

Mergers & Acquisitions: Explain your role in past mergers or acquisitions, including what types of projects you have been integral to, outlining relevant processes and outcomes? 

Driving change to deliver continuous improvement: What analysis tools have you implemented as a catalyst for change processes in productivity and efficiency? What KPI’s did you utilise for rollout, monitoring, and maintenance of system changes.