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UCC Coffee ANZ is part of UCC Japan - one of Asia's most respected coffee companies. With integrated operations spanning supply, manufacturing, service, and sales, we operate at scale in a commercially dynamic and operationally complex environment, supporting market leading brands and products across food & beverage, convenience, QSR, retail and café channels. Our commitment to quality, innovation, and continuous improvement underpins our position as a market leader in coffee solutions across Australia and New Zealand.
We are seeking an accomplished and commercially grounded Financial Controller to lead the finance control function across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. This role reports to the Finance & IT Director and is responsible for financial operations, statutory reporting, payroll, internal controls, and the delivery of critical reporting to senior leadership and shareholders. This is a key leadership appointment, requiring the ability to maintain control across multiple financial disciplines while ensuring clarity, discipline, and credibility in stakeholder and shareholder engagement.
Key Areas Of Focus
* Shareholder & Executive Reporting: Lead the preparation and delivery of concise, outcome-oriented financial reports to UCC Japan and executive stakeholders. Ensure alignment with group standards while communicating key insights with clarity and precision.
* Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a skilled finance team. Drive accountability, performance, and a culture of continuous improvement.
* Internal Controls & Governance: Uphold and continuously refine a robust internal control environment, ensuring full compliance with tax, audit, and regulatory obligations across jurisdictions, and alignment with both corporate policies and statutory frameworks.
* Payroll Oversight: Oversee payroll operations across ANZ, including the successful implementation and integration of a new payroll platform from September, with full compliance and process integrity. Expansion to Singapore will follow as part of the broader rollout.
* Financial Operations: Manage month-end, year-end, and statutory close processes across all business entities. Drive timeliness, accuracy, and financial transparency.
* Systems & Reporting Tools: Drive improvements and projects relating to finance systems and reporting platforms to improve data visibility, strengthen financial control, and support informed, timely decision-making at all levels of the business.
Your Style
* Clear and confident communicator - Able to translate complexity into succinct, actionable insight for senior stakeholders and global shareholders
* Highly structured and disciplined - Brings order to ambiguity, prioritises effectively, and delivers consistently across competing workstreams
* Strong sense of ownership - Operates with autonomy and accountability, taking full responsibility for outcomes and timelines
* Stakeholder maturity - Builds trust and influence with credibility and professionalism across internal and external stakeholders
* Composed under pressure - Brings calm, assurance, and sound judgement in high-visibility, time-sensitive situations
Your Background & Experience
* CA or CPA qualified, with substantial experience in senior financial control or corporate finance leadership roles
* Demonstrated success operating within complex, multi-entity environments - ideally within FMCG, manufacturing, or distribution sectors
* Deep technical capability across financial operations, statutory compliance, internal controls, and external reporting
* Proficient in enterprise financial systems (JDE/E1 or equivalent ERP), with strong working knowledge of payroll and reporting platforms
* High standards of professional accountability, with a continuous improvement mindset and strong attention to detail
* Proven leadership experience - capable of building capability, driving team engagement, and embedding a high-performance culture
Our Recruitment Process
We will be managing this recruitment ourselves so please no agencies. We ask that candidates apply directly via the job link as we will not be accepting applications via email or LinkedIn.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with a longlist finalised within two weeks of the advert going live. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend interviews at our North Strathfield office with our Finance & IT Director and P&C Business Partner in mid to late August. Shortlisted candidates will then meet with our Chief Executive Officer, and preferred candidates will complete psychometric assessment and reference checks.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Director
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Accounting/Auditing and Finance
* Industries
Food and Beverage Services
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