Finance leadership
Offshore finance managers and financial controllers for Australian businesses.
Recruit for reporting, planning, controls and team coordination while keeping business authority and regulated sign-off where they belong.
Leadership span
Role scope
Capability that fits the controls you already use.
We recruit for the work, systems, communication style and experience you define. You interview the shortlisted candidates and decide who joins your team. The successful person works full-time for your business rather than moving between unrelated client task queues.
Typical responsibilities
- Coordinate month-end and management reporting
- Support budgets, forecasts and cash-flow visibility
- Maintain control schedules and escalation pathways
- Coordinate a client finance team and improve processes
- Prepare analysis for accountable business decision-makers
A good role brief
Define success before recruitment starts.
Candidate quality depends on a clear brief. We will help separate the essential capabilities from preferences, map decision rights and identify the practical working conditions.
Useful signals to include
- The size and maturity of the finance function
- Reporting deadlines and board or management requirements
- The role’s people-leadership and review responsibilities
- Systems, entities, currencies and transaction complexity
- Required qualifications, industry knowledge and Australian experience
Professional qualifications and software experience are candidate-specific. They are confirmed during recruitment; we do not imply that every candidate holds the same credentials.
Responsibility boundary
Preparation and analysis stay connected to accountable review.
The role’s authority is agreed with you. Financial decisions, banking authority, statutory approval and regulated services are not assumed. Candidate credentials and prior Australian experience are verified individually.
Operating rhythm
What the role carries through the month.
Every business runs its own calendar. This is the shape the role usually takes, and a useful starting point for the conversation about what yours needs.
| When | What the role carries |
|---|---|
| Weekly | Clear the reconciliation and exception queue, unblock the team and confirm what is ready for your approval. |
| Month-end | Run the close timetable, review schedules and journals prepared by others, and assemble the reporting pack. |
| Quarterly | Refresh forecasts, review control schedules and prepare the analysis behind budget conversations. |
| Annually | Prepare audit schedules, support the statutory timetable and coordinate responses to reviewer queries. |
| Continuously | Document process, raise risk early and keep the escalation path to your Australian decision-makers short. |
Systems and credentials
Recruit for your stack, verify the individual.
Experience across NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Reckon and ADP Payroll exists within the wider team, and Australian payroll workflows including STP Phase 1 and 2 are familiar territory. What matters is the person you interview, not the list.
Professional credentials, including CPA, CA, CMA, bookkeeping and payroll certifications, Xero and MYOB certifications, are candidate-specific. We verify them during recruitment and show you the evidence before you decide. We do not claim that every employee holds every qualification, and where you need a specific certification we can agree training toward it.
Commonly relevant here
- Larger ledgers in NetSuite, Oracle or SAP
- Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks or Reckon in an SME finance function
- Consolidation, reporting and planning layers already in use
- The approval and delegation workflow your business runs today
Related paths
Build around the work, not a generic position title.
Questions and answers
Practical details
Can a Jade finance manager approve payments or sign off statutory accounts?
No. Banking authority, statutory approval and regulated sign-off stay with accountable client personnel. The role prepares, coordinates, reviews the work of others and escalates. The authority boundary is agreed in writing before onboarding.
Will the person hold a CPA or CA qualification?
Credentials are candidate-specific and verified during recruitment. The wider team includes CPA, CA and CMA holders, but no qualification is claimed for every employee. Tell us what the role requires and it becomes a selection criterion.
Can they manage other members of our offshore team?
Yes, where that is the agreed scope. Teams of four or more also receive a dedicated Jade client/project manager, and smaller teams may request shared management. Structure and commercial terms are set out in the proposal.
Next step
Define the role with Jade.
Tell us what the person needs to own, prepare and escalate. We will help turn it into a recruitment brief.