Finance Manager

at  Smiths Detection

Company Description
Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection’s threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place.
Smiths Detection, part of Smiths Group is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security.
Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,000 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security.
This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the-art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day.
Job Description
The Finance Manager South Asia will lead the Australia finance team with full responsibility for the financial stewardship of the accounting, financial operations and financial controls over the legal entities in Australia and New Zealand, including production of the financial reports, maintenance of the accounting records, controls and budgets in order to ensure that the reported results comply with company policies and international financial reporting standards.
The Financial Manager is the most senior finance person on site in Australia and, as such, is the interface with the Australia management team. The Finance Manager will have overall accountability for the integrity of group and statutory reporting for Australia and New Zealand, all financial and management reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, and will work closely with the FP&A and Commercial Finance team, led out of Singapore under a matrix structure, to ensure strong communication with the business and strong financial analysis over programmes. As a Business Partner, this position will ensure appropriate business control and manage performance analysis against budgets / forecasts providing regular updates to the senior and local management and support commercial decision making through preparation of financials analysis on actuals performance, with forecasting and budgeting also forming part of this role. This role will also be responsible for managing local statutory accounts, local/income tax and VAT filing, other reporting requirements and cash management including dividend and intra group loan.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experienced CPA or CA Qualified with significant experience of professional accounting and previous experience in a manager role
• Demonstrates the required functional and/or technical knowledge and skills to achieve both compliance and quality, confident in IFRS
• Strategic & analytical expertise to generate & recommend options/decision in complex market environment and solve problems
• Proactive, highly motivated, results driven to persistently pursue and achieve business and financial objectives
• Effective and collaborative communicator, experienced with global and multicultural teams and with ability to build strong working relationships
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills
• Experience of working on ERP, SAP preferred
• Willing and able to identify and support change and continuous improvement in own and wider business environment.
  Additional Information
  Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective.

JOIN US AND WORK FOR A WORLD-LEADER, WITH THE BENEFITS AND TRAINING TO REWARD YOUR DEDICATION AND SKILLS. BE PART OF A TEAM WHERE WE ARE MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
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