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About the Role
CMC Markets ANZ is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Financial Controller to join our Finance team. This role is responsible for delivering strong financial governance and control, while producing timely and insightful financial reporting and analysis to support strategic business decision-making. You will work closely with key stakeholders across the business, contributing to budgeting, forecasting, regulatory reporting, treasury management, and statutory compliance in a fast-paced financial services environment. You will also support the development and implementation of key business initiatives, working closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation. Reporting directly to the Head of Finance ANZ, this role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional collaboration across departments including FP&A, Tax, HR, Compliance, Risk, and Treasury. You will lead and develop a team of finance professionals across the ANZ region, including both locally based and offshore team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Due to the nature of the role and regulatory obligations within financial services, occasional work on public holidays may be required to meet critical reporting deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Manage budgeting, forecasting, and monthly management reporting for relevant ANZ entities, including variance analysis and commentary
- Deliver accurate financial, regulatory, and ad-hoc reporting to support business performance and strategic decision-making
- Maintain strong financial governance and controls, including balance sheet reconciliations and transaction accuracy across reporting systems
- Coordinate year-end statutory audits, prepare accounting and board papers, and support auditor and compliance requirements
- Oversee payroll, supplier, and client payment processes while working closely with HR, Tax, and Treasury teams
- Oversight of outsourced Accounts Payable operations, ensuring efficient and accurate service delivery
- Drive continuous improvement in internal reporting, financial processes, and control procedures across the Finance function
- Build strong stakeholder relationships across the business while ensuring compliance with all regulatory, financial reporting, and training obligations
Requirements
- CA / CPA qualified with 6-8 years post qualification experience, including experience in financial control and team leadership
- Financial Services experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in preparing accounting/board papers
- Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across the business and effectively support internal stakeholders
- Advanced Excel knowledge including scenario modelling
- Self-starter with a desire to learn and influence change
- Team management and development experience
Skills
- Financial governance and control
- Financial reporting and analysis
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Regulatory reporting
- Treasury management
- Statutory compliance
- Stakeholder management
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Transaction accuracy
- Audit coordination
- Board paper preparation
- Payroll oversight
- Supplier payment processes
- Client payment processes
- Accounts Payable operations
- Internal reporting improvement
- Financial process improvement
- Control procedure improvement
- Advanced Excel
- Scenario modelling
- Team leadership
- Team development
Location
- ANZ region
Work Type
- Five days in the office
Experience Level
- 6-8 years post qualification experience
Education Level
- CA / CPA qualified
Benefits
- Accrue 5 additional annual leave entitlements each year called My Days
- 5 extra annual leave days once you pass 12 months
- Birthday off
- Free annual charity day
- $0 Trades for staff & family trading accounts
- Continuous learning and development offering
- Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub
- Retailer discounts
- Free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee
- Culture club activities
About the Company
- CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience.
- Global leader in CFD trading and share investing.
- CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work.
- CMC Markets is one of the world’s first ever fin-tech companies and was launched in 1989 to break down the barriers of financial trading and make trading accessible to everyone.
- Our mission is to use our award-winning, Next Generation trading platform and unparalleled client service to empower millions of people to have the best trading experience out there.
- Our clients can trade on thousands of instruments using the best technology, supported by sophisticated charting, competitive pricing and automated execution.
- We're trusted by investors globally, but also by banks, brokers, funds and trading desks though our top-tier liquidity institutional offering, enabling these businesses to expand into new markets and increase revenue potential.
- We were recently listed on the FTSE250, and our business continues to go from strength to strength as we continue to invest in our technology and our people.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work.
- We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone