Financial Controller

Gridsight
Sydney, Melbourne
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingEducation: certificationSkills: ["Commercial judgement","Communication","Ownership","Process improvement","Team leadership"]

Own the integrity, reliability, and scalability of the finance function, running the accounting engine end to end. Lead month-end/year-end close, consolidations, reconciliations, and decision-useful management reporting. Manage cash, working capital, AP/AR, billing, payroll, and compliance across jurisdictions while building finance controls, systems, and automation. Partner with the VP of Operations on budgeting, forecasting, board reporting, fundraising support, and scenario planning, and lead the finance team and external partners.

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Financial Controller

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Job Summary

Own the integrity, reliability, and scalability of the finance function, running the accounting engine end to end. Lead month-end/year-end close, consolidations, reconciliations, and decision-useful management reporting. Manage cash, working capital, AP/AR, billing, payroll, and compliance across jurisdictions while building finance controls, systems, and automation. Partner with the VP of Operations on budgeting, forecasting, board reporting, fundraising support, and scenario planning, and lead the finance team and external partners.
Location: Sydney, Melbourne
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own month-end and year-end close, consolidations, reconciliations, and management reporting across all entities.
  • •Maintain the integrity of the general ledger, balance sheet, and financial statements, including documentation and audit trails.
  • •Run finance operations including accounts payable/receivable, billing, collections, payroll, expenses, banking, and treasury.
  • •Ensure tax, statutory, payroll, and regulatory obligations are met across every jurisdiction; coordinate audits and external partners.
  • •Build finance systems, controls, approval frameworks, and automation to scale; partner on budgeting, forecasting, board reporting, fundraising support, and scenario planning, and lead the finance team.

Key Requirements

  • •CA, CPA, or equivalent qualification with strong technical accounting judgement.
  • •Experience owning a full accounting function, including close, reporting, audit, tax, and operational finance.
  • •Experience in a high-growth technology business, ideally with multi-entity, multi-currency, and international operations.
  • •Practical understanding of SaaS or other complex contract-based revenue models.
  • •Builder’s mindset and strong commercial judgement, with the ability to explain financial issues clearly to non-finance leaders.
Experience:High-growth technologyMulti-entityMulti-currencySaaSInternational operations
Education:Certification / Diploma
Skills:Commercial judgementCommunicationOwnershipProcess improvementTeam leadership
Certifications:CACPA
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AIERP

Company Brief

Gridsight
Develops AI-powered inspection and analytics for electricity networks using aerial imagery and computer vision to detect defects, prioritize repairs, and improve grid reliability for utilities and asset managers.
Industry: Utilities
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