Partner with successful CEO, develop contemporary finance team to enhance commercial outcomes. Growth environment, innovation-led private business.

Drive the development of commercial maturity of the finance function
Support organic and acquisition-driven growth
Drive process improvement and efficiency initiatives to match high growth levels

Based in Melbourne’s South-East suburbs, with facilities across Australia, Steritechis the leading and trusted contract sterilisation and decontamination processor in the Asia-Pacific region, and one of the largest worldwide. Steritech is a customer and employee focused business that provides clients with unique opportunities to open their business to new markets through innovative, technically advanced solutions. Steritech is a business with a strongly embedded culture, espousing core values of Trust, Collaboration, Excellence, Family Values, and Continuous Improvement.

The business is now seeking a forward-thinking Chief Financial Officer, as it continues on a path of sustained organic growth. This position will report to the Chief Executive Officer with a remit to drive key initiatives within the finance function, and to support senior stakeholders with further growth targets and the strategic direction of the company.

Key responsibilities:

Support the CEO and other senior leaders with pragmatic and commercially robust advice
Deliver high quality long-term financial and strategic planning
Drive the establishment and refinement of forward-looking and data-driven insights, ensuring genuine contemporary finance business partnering capability.
Enable critical thinking and superior financial modelling and analysis to support strategic initiatives
Oversee a robust budgeting and forecasting process, through a lens of continuous improvement
Drive ongoing monitoring of business performance, adding influential and strategic commercial advice to the business as necessary
Manage the capital structure, debt, and funding strategies to support growth
Drive operational efficiency through judicious cost control, margin analysis, and pricing discussion
Oversee Steritech’s insurance portfolio to ensure adequate coverage, risk mitigation, and cost-effectiveness
Manage and enhance relationships with external auditors, tax advisors and regulatory bodies to deliver improved processes and outcomes for the business
Ensure compliance with all financial regulations, tax law, and internal controls, whilst fostering an environment of proactive risk management
Provide inspiring leadership and mentoring to direct and indirect reports, ensuring a culture of process excellence and continuous improvement is always maintained

Key requirements:

CA/CPA/CIMA/MBA qualified, you are an experienced CFO with excellent financial and management accounting knowledge and skills, aligned with outstanding commercial acumen
You have proven leadership ability with a track record of building, improving, and retaining high performing finance teams
With a track record of helping steer privately held businesses from small to medium scale, you bring a track record of success in growth environments
Prior experience in manufacturing, agriculture, or medical science/technology businesses is highly advantageous
A flexible and critical high-level thinker, you are a natural business partner and pragmatic problem solver
With excellent digital and data capability, you bring a sound degree of technological literacy
You are a strong and natural communicator with executive presence and the ability to interact in a highly effective manner with Boards/ELTs

To be considered for this outstanding role please click on Apply, and for further information please contact Gavin McDonald on 0405 287133.

Please note that any direct applications and approaches from third parties including recruitment agencies will be forward to Quinn Allan for consideration.

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