Finance Manager

Client Overview

We are a scaling beverage business operating in Australia and the UK, selling through major retailers, distributors and DTC channels. We are moving toward a simplified global operating model.

Job Overview

You will run the operational finance engine of the business: rebuild financial systems and forecasting models, own cashflow, implement budgeting and month-end discipline, manage outsourced bookkeepers, and provide commercial insights that drive profitability.

Job Highlights

• Paid Hours per Week: 20
• Schedule: Flexible within clients business hours | Australian Eastern Time
• Work Arrangement: Work from home
• Contract: Independent Contractor

Side note: Since this is a permanent work-from-home position and an “Independent Contractor” arrangement, the candidates must have their own computer and internet connection. They will handle their own benefits and taxes. The professional fees are on hourly rates and the rate depends on your performance in the application process.

Key Responsibilities:

Global Finance System & Process Ownership

• Implement a unified finance operating model across AU & UK.
• Improve and capture key finance processes for Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay and Inventory-to-COGS to ensure financial integrity end-to-end.
• Standardise our ways of working across Australia and UK regions
• Integrate Xero, inventory platforms, Shopify/Amazon and 3PL/fulfilment into one reliable source of truth.
• Build finance SOPs and dashboards to remove manual, ad-hoc reporting.

Cashflow Leadership (Short & Long Term)

• Rebuild the integrated AU/UK weekly operational cashflow model.
• Rebuild the monthly 12–36 month cashflow model for long-term budgeting and capital raising.
• Provide clear visibility of runway, risks and opportunities to leadership.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Discipline

• Lead annual budgets and quarterly reforecasts.
• Apply scenario modelling across retail, DTC, pricing, trade spend and FX.
• Implement cost controls and ensure full visibility of every dollar spent to ensure we are running a tight ship

Month-End & Reporting

• Own the global month-end close.

Deliver monthly reporting packs including:

• Entity/channel P&L
• SKU margin & contribution
• Inventory & COGS
• Trade spend effectiveness
• Cashflow & runway
• Present insights and recommended actions

Reconciliations & Financial Hygiene

• Ensure full reconciliations across:

Banks / gateways (Shopify/Amazon/PayPal/Stripe) / inventory / 3PL/fulfilment

• Maintain a clean balance sheet.
• Review bookkeeping outputs, ledger coding and allocations.
• Oversee AP/AR discipline and VAT/BAS compliance.

S&OP Financial Leadership

• Support in implementing global S&OP process including demand forecasting, inventory run-rates, purchasing and supply plans.
• Ensure operational decisions align with cash, margin and working capital guardrails.

Requirements

• 5+ years in Finance Manager / FP&A / operational finance roles.
• Proven ability to build systems and models, not just operate them.
• Multi-entity or cross-market experience (AU/UK ideal).
• Advanced Excel/Sheets modelling.
• Experience with Xero and ecommerce/retail financial data.

Strong knowledge of:

• cashflow planning
• COGS & landed cost
• SKU economics
• Ecommerce economics
• trade spend

Independent Contractor Perks

• Permanent work from home
• Immediate hiring

Reminder:

• Kindly apply directly to the link provided; you will be redirected to BruntWork’s Career Site. Complete the initial requirements, including the voice recording, prescreening assessment, and technical check of your computer/device.

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