Experienced Finance Manager providing key financial services across the organisation
01st July, 2025
About Us
Advanced Design Technology (ADT) is a progressive, privately owned Australian company specialising in the design, development, manufacture of complex electronic systems. We excel at building advanced innovative solutions for sensitive and harsh environments where the cutting edge of technology brings game changing capability to our customers.
To support a rapidly expanding business, we are seeking a Finance Manager with demonstrated experience in financial operations. You will have responsibility for significant interactions across the organisation, and will be a trusted advisor to the ADT Leadership team and Managing Director. This position is permanent and based in Fyshwick, Canberra.
Key Responsibilities
The Finance Manager will play a vital role in providing financial services across the organisation and will be responsible for:
Financial Management & Reporting
- Manage purchasing, accounts payable, and accounts receivable functions, including quality assurance, invoice preparation, payment processing, and matching payments to invoices.
- Prepare journals and reconciliations as required.
- Prepare and deliver accurate periodic and ad-hoc financial reports, including support for year-end financial statements.
- Provide financial information and reports to internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure timely delivery of management reports.
01st July, 2025
About Us
Advanced Design Technology (ADT) is a progressive, privately owned Australian company specialising in the design, development, manufacture of complex electronic systems. We excel at building advanced innovative solutions for sensitive and harsh environments where the cutting edge of technology brings game changing capability to our customers.
To support a rapidly expanding business, we are seeking a Finance Manager with demonstrated experience in financial operations. You will have responsibility for significant interactions across the organisation, and will be a trusted advisor to the ADT Leadership team and Managing Director. This position is permanent and based in Fyshwick, Canberra.
Key Responsibilities
The Finance Manager will play a vital role in providing financial services across the organisation and will be responsible for:
Financial Management & Reporting
- Manage purchasing, accounts payable, and accounts receivable functions, including quality assurance, invoice preparation, payment processing, and matching payments to invoices.
- Prepare journals and reconciliations as required.
- Prepare and deliver accurate periodic and ad-hoc financial reports, including support for year-end financial statements.
- Provide financial information and reports to internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure timely delivery of management reports.
Budgeting & Strategic Financial Advice
- Develop and coordinate annual operating, capital, and program budgets, including reporting and resource allocation.
- Provide specialist and strategic advice to the Managing Director and ADT Executive Team on financial risks, performance, and complex financial management issues.
- Support the development of project tenders.
- Deliver effective financial processes, programs, and policies aligned with strategic outcomes, including development and monitoring of KPIs.
Payroll & Compliance
- Manage and oversee payroll functions, including processing salaries, and finalising employee departures.
- Maintain financial, accounting, administrative, and personnel services to meet legislative requirements.
- Collate information on market salaries to inform performance management reviews, including salary reviews.
Financial Analysis & Systems
- Conduct financial modelling (e.g., sales projections, break-even analysis, cash flow analysis).
- Analyse pricing and product/service decisions, including actual costings and G&A costs.
- Maintain and refine internal accounting systems, based on the organisations ERP system.
Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Lead a culture of innovation to support organisational growth and maturity.
Perform other business service functions and ad hoc duties as reasonably required.
To be successful you will need
- Awareness of complex corporate structure.
- Demonstrated ability to manage purchasing and accounts payable functions;
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of GST;
- Demonstrated ability and experience in financial reporting and the provision of relevant information to stakeholders;
- Demonstrated experience with financial management systems, including Xero and Dynamics 365;
- Ability to work independently and with initiative to deliver quality outcomes against established priorities, practices and methodologies.
- Confidence to make decisions, with direction from more senior staff, on tasks assignments with considerable complexity and sensitivity.
- Ability to make decisions using good judgement, expertise and knowledge, ensuring that decisions are governed by the application of best practice principles and the organisation's operating instructions and procedures.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with a range of audiences, including at the Executive level.
- Self-management skills to plan own work tasks and priorities that align with your and the organisation's priorities.
- Experience using Microsoft Suite of products, including MS Teams, Excel, and other Office 365 applications.
- Awareness of the digital environment and an understanding of how to engage with clients in a digital first manner.
- To efficiently use digital workplace tools to solve problems, be productive, connect and collaborate with others.
Mandatory
In order to apply for this position, the candidate must have the right to live and work in Australia. Applicants must have or be eligible to hold and maintain a minimum of an NV1 Australian Government Security Clearance.Apply For Job
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