We're Hiring: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Brisbane | Equity on Offer | AI-First Platform | M&A at Scale
This is not a traditional CFO role.
Valont is building one of Australia's most ambitious, AI-first professional services platforms, bringing together accounting, finance, legal, HR, IT, marketing and advisory services to help SME businesses reach their full potential — and we're looking for a commercial, strategic CFO to help architect the next phase of growth.
If you're excited by scaling platforms, executing M&A, building financial operating systems from first principles, and partnering closely with founders and investors — keep reading.
About Valont
Valont is redefining how SMEs work with accounting, finance, legal, HR, IT and advisory services, not as individual services but as a fully integrated service offering providing real-time advisory and insights 24/7.
We're part of Wattlestone, a Brisbane-based private investment firm, and we follow a buy-build-hold strategy:
* Acquire great service businesses
* Integrate them onto our proprietary AI operating platform
* Scale advisory, automation and insight — fast and intelligently
Our ambition?
To build one of Australia's most valuable next-generation professional services groups, underpinned by strong unit economics, disciplined capital allocation and real-time financial intelligence.
The Opportunity
This is a foundational CFO role, reporting directly to the CEO. You'll operate as:
* A strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team
* A commercial leader across the Valont group
* The architect of our financial operating system
* A key driver of M&A execution, integration and value creation
This goes well beyond statutory finance. You'll help design how Valont scales — financially, operationally and strategically.
What Success Looks Like (12–18 months)
* A group-wide financial operating system that scales seamlessly across acquisitions
* Real-time, insight-driven reporting for leadership, boards and investors
* Strong capital discipline embedded across every growth initiative
* Multiple acquisitions led from diligence through integration
* Finance transformed from a function into a value-creation engine
Who We're Looking For:
10–15+ years in senior finance / CFO roles
* Experience in high-growth, PE-backed, startup or scale-up environments
* Strong exposure to M&A, multi-entity groups and commercial finance
* Confidence partnering with founders, boards and investors
* Commercially sharp (not just technically strong)
* Comfortable with ambiguity and building from first principles
* Data-driven, systems-oriented and forward-looking
* Excited by AI, automation and re-imagining how finance works
* Low ego, high energy, and motivated by building something enduring
Why Join Valont?
* Shape a category-defining professional services platform
* Direct exposure to strategy, M&A and enterprise value creation
* Competitive remuneration plus equity participation
* Work with ambitious, commercially minded leaders