Lead, Optimise, and Grow with AMETS
AMETS is seeking a dynamic and experienced Business Manager to lead our financial, administrative, HR, and client support functions. This pivotal hands on role driving operational excellence, financial performance, and sustainable business growth — empowering our CEO and leadership team to deliver exceptional client service.
About the Role
As Business Manager, you'll take charge of all core business operations, ensuring our systems, people, and processes work seamlessly together. This is a remote leadership position, ideal for a proactive professional with strong ethics, financial acumen, strategic insight, and hands-on operational experience.
You'll oversee a small, high-performing team across administration, accounts, marketing, and client support — fostering efficiency, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Management (MYOB AccountRight)
- Manage end-to-end financial operations — including payroll, BAS, budgets, reconciliations, and forecasting.
- Deliver accurate month-end and management reports within deadlines.
- Ensure compliance with trust fund, taxation, and insurance obligations.
- Maintain strong cash flow.
Operations & Administration
- Oversee daily workflow and drive efficiency improvements.
- Maintain compliant and up-to-date policies, procedures, and renewals.
- Oversee supplier and consultant management including IT, negotiate contracts, monitor performance.
- Co-ordinate with leadership team to support operation structure, optimise productivity, mitigate cost and risk.
HR Coordination & Leadership
- Coordinate onboarding, maintain HR compliance, and support workforce planning.
- Coach and develop staff for high performance.
- Foster a solutions-focused, performance oriented, friendly and professional culture
Client Relations & Marketing
- Uphold qualified client relationships through accuracy, responsiveness, and care.
- Support marketing initiatives, proposals, and tender submissions.
Compliance, Risk & Systems
- Ensure compliance with WHS, privacy, and quality management standards (ISO experience preferred).
- Manage risk proactively and maintain accurate document control.
Strategic Insight & Leadership Support
- Provide operational and financial insights to the CEO, analysing financial performance and troubleshoot variances
- Contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
About You
You're an experienced business or finance professional who thrives in a leadership role with variety and autonomy. You balance detail-oriented precision with big-picture thinking and have a talent for bringing structure, insight, and efficiency to every area of a business.
You will have:
- Accounting qualification (Diploma or Degree)
- Minimum 5 years' experience in financial and operational management, including cost-control initiatives
- Strong experience with financial reporting and management
- Advanced MYOB AccountRight expertise and experience
- Advanced excel / business intelligence skills
- Experience with CRMs and databases
- Experience managing trust funds
- Proven HR coordination
- Proven leadership of high performance teams
- Knowledge of ISO or quality management systems
- Strong analytical, communication, interpersonal, negotiation and client service skills
- Australian citizenship is required for this position
Desirable:
- Experience in Mining, exploration or compliance services environment.
- Exposure to IT/Systems, process improvement.
Why Join AMETS?
- Flexible, fully remote role – work from anywhere in Australia
- Team-oriented, values-driven team
- Leadership impact – report directly to the CEO
- Career growth – drive strategic and operational improvements
- Attractive salary and work-life balance
If you're a results-focused Business Manager looking to shape the future of a growing professional services firm, apply now and lead AMETS toward its next stage of success. To be considered for this role, you must submit a one page cover letter with your resume to Leanne Brock, hr@amets.com.au.