Chief Financial Strategist

The Senior Financial Leader will oversee the financial operations for a media and entertainment group, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and strategic alignment in the industry.

• Manage accounts receivable, including quote preparation, invoicing, and payment reminders for entity-specific revenue streams.
• Oversee accounts payable, managing purchase orders and payout scheduling for each entity.
• Perform reconciliations for entity transactions, ensuring accuracy of entity-level financial records.
• Record entity-specific transactions and adjust P/L and B/S movements, adhering to AASB standards.
• Implement authorisation controls for entity expenses, managing expense processes via Budgetly.
• Oversee authorisation controls for entity payments, approving vendor and contractor payments for each entity.
• Establish financial controls for entity-specific purchase orders and approvals, overseeing procurement for all entities.
• Prepare quarterly BAS and annual returns for each entity, ensuring entity compliance with local tax obligations.
• Provide financial insights for entity decision-making, preparing entity-level P/L, B/S, and cash flow statements.
• Implement entity-specific revenue recognition rules, ensuring compliance with AASB 15.
• Develop and approve budgets for each entity, tracking and analysing entity-specific budget variances.
• Prepare financial forecasts for each entity, conducting scenario analysis for entity cash flow needs.
• Manage schedules for entity-specific tangible and intangible assets, ensuring compliance with AASB 138.
• Oversee entity-specific payroll processing, superannuation, and PAYG compliance, managing payroll cadence for each entity.
• Administer entity-specific commission and bonus schedules, obtaining sign-off for entity-level bonus structures.
• Track revenue and costs for entity-specific projects, managing deferred revenue and project profitability for each entity.
• Value and amortise entity-specific IP assets, tracking royalty income/expenses for each entity (if required).
• Manage payments to entity-specific vendors, freelancers, and talent, ensuring PAYG and superannuation compliance for entity contractors.
• Manage eliminations for group consolidation, overseeing intercompany loans, service agreements, and cost allocations.
• Prepare group-level financial reports, consolidating financials across all entities.
• Manage cash pooling and liquidity across the group, overseeing FX management for cross-border transactions and optimising group working capital.
• Establish arm's length pricing for inter-company transactions, maintaining documentation for tax compliance.
• Develop group tax strategies, managing dividend repatriation and group tax filings.
• Draft and maintain agreements for shared services, allocating costs and ensuring group tax compliance.
• Prepare group-level cash flow forecasts, analysing cash needs across entities for events and campaigns.
• Identify and mitigate group financial risks, implementing group-wide financial policies.
• Evaluate group debt vs. equity financing, managing dividend policies for client shareholders.
• Monitor and report on group debt facilities, managing interest and principal payments.
• Manage group consolidation and tax advisory projects, supporting ad-hoc group financial initiatives.
• Coordinate external audits for all entities, preparing group audit schedules and reconciling inter-company balances.
• Conduct financial due diligence for group acquisitions, integrating new entities into group financial systems.
• Prepare group financial reports for shareholders, board, and external stakeholders, managing investor relations for group funding needs.
• Build group-level 3-way forecasts, M&A models, and financial charts, supporting group strategic initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA or CA certification required.
• Minimum of 7 years in financial management.
• At least 3 years of experience working within a multi-entity group structure.
• Experience in media, entertainment, or event-based industries preferred.
• Proven expertise in inter-company transactions, group consolidation, and Australian tax compliance.

• Advanced proficiency in Xero or similar ERP systems.
• Familiarity with expense management tools.
• Strong skills in Excel or Google Sheets, particularly for group-level modelling and forecasting.

• Strategic thinker with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder and cross-entity collaboration.
• Ability to manage complex priorities across multiple entities.

• Deep understanding of AASB standards, OECD transfer pricing guidelines, and ATO regulations.
• Familiarity with project-based accounting and intellectual property (IP) valuation in the media and entertainment sectors.