Financial Controller

Ignite is one of the fastest growing businesses within the Flight Centre network. This is expected to continue, and with the Sales Centre also expected to grow over the coming years this has opened up an opportunity for someone to take on the role of Financial Controller for Ignite Travel Group.

Reporting directly into the Finance Director, you will have the opportunity to lead and develop a team that owns and controls all areas of finance for the business.

You will be responsible for the financial well-being of Ignite Travel Group, addressing financial control and risk mitigation as well as providing process improvements that work towards supporting the Ignite businesses.

This is a full-time (5 days per week) role suited to someone looking for a challenge in an exciting business that is focused on scalable growth.

To be successful in this role you will be required to assist the Finance Director and business in the areas of:

• Day-to-day finance, managing accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll
• Balance Sheet reconciliations, Cash Management including refunds/credits and forecasting, tax requirements (GST/FBT), month end accounting and reporting
• Ensure company and statutory accounting standards and obligations are met
• Timely reporting to Head Office for all month-end and reporting period requirements
• Lead, Manage, & mentor team including review of team structure, roles and responsibilities
• Productivity improvements within the team

You are an energetic customer centric finance professional with a passion for leading a shared services function and optimising processes. You will have a strong finance background and be able to liaise with all levels of management. You’re someone who is genuinely passionate about interpreting high volumes of data to providing options to improve processes, you have the ability to lead a team, be proactive and manage deadlines as well as think outside of the box to solve complex problemsUniversity level qualification and 5+ years in finance, ideally CA/CPA qualified

• Highly motivated, self-starter with ability to manage to strict deadlines and effectively respond to changing priorities
• Ability to work under pressure and balance with a healthy work life balance
• Ability to drill down and understand underlying facts
• Ability to work in different time zones and in a virtual team environment
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and the confidence to utilise own experience and initiative to drive change
• Ability to critically appraise information and form own conclusions
• Proactive with ability to identify and resolve issues and present recommendations to senior management