Financial Controller - Professional Services

Financial Controller - Professional Services

Company Background

Richard Lloyd is assisting with the recruitment of a Financial Controller for a prestigious, award‑winning professional services firm.

As an employee‑owned Australian company, our client has built a team of exceptional talent, carefully selected in alignment with their strong core values. Recognised as leaders in their field, they offer a wealth of expertise across multiple disciplines.

This Financial Controller role presents an exciting opportunity to join a people‑focused culture, where the successful candidate will have the chance to make a significant impact while collaborating with highly skilled and driven colleagues.

With a current annual revenue of approximately $100m, our client is poised for continued growth and is seeking a dynamic Financial Controller with a collaborative mindset to support and drive their next phase of success.

The Role

Reporting directly to the CFO, as the Financial Controller, you will play a key leadership role within the finance team. Your duties will include (but not be limited to):

• Lead and manage the financial control function, including oversight of transactional finance (including payroll) and month-end responsibilities
• Deliver timely and accurate month-end reporting
• Assistance with drafting of Board, E.L.T. and FRMG Reports 
• Assist with changes in budgeting and variance analysis processes, reporting formats, etc.
• Oversee tax compliance, audit preparation and treasury, including cash flow forecasting
• Contribute to ongoing firm projects as required, including data lake implementation and associated reporting tools, payroll system post implementation issue resolution and changes to finance processes following upgrade to Practice Management System
• Mentor and support the finance team of 6 during a period of significant change
• Work closely with the CFO to improve processes and increase finance’s strategic influence across the business

Your Background

To be considered for this role, you must possess the following skills and attributes:

• Immediately available to start from 21st July 2025 
• Be professionally qualified (e.g. CA, ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent)
• Professional services experience is highly regarded
• Commercially minded with strong hands-on financial control experience

If you are keen to apply for this temporary Financial Controller role, please contact Ryan Lawler at Richard Lloyd on 02 8324 5645, quoting reference 9420 or click on 'apply now' below.

Please submit your CV in Word format and note that due to the high volume of responses we receive only suitable candidates will be contacted.