Financial Controller / Finance Manager

• Construction & Property Development | Heidelberg| Office-based
• Salary negotiable based on experience
• A newly created role. Genuine autonomy. The opportunity to make it your own.

We're exclusively recruiting for a growing, privately owned construction and property development group seeking an experienced, hands-on finance professional to take ownership of its finance function.

Working directly with the owner and General Manager, you'll help shape how finance operates as the group expands to 10 entities. You'll have the scope to establish processes, improve reporting and bring your own ideas to a business where your contribution will be visible.

• Make the role your own: shape the systems, processes and reporting that support the next stage of growth.
• Be involved across the project lifecycle: from purchase and funding through construction and sale.
• Work directly with decision-makers: partner with the owner and GM, with genuine autonomy and accountability.

About the role:

This privately owned, Melbourne-based construction and property development group is growing, with an active acquisition set to expand the business to 10 entities.

The team is small and close-knit, with a flat structure, a collaborative approach and a hands-on culture. This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys working in an owner-led business, takes initiative and follows things through.

About the role

This newly created position combines financial leadership with day-to-day delivery. Reporting directly to the owner and working closely with the General Manager, you'll be the finance expert at the centre of the business.

You'll move confidently between the detail and the bigger picture: keeping accounts accurate, managing competing deadlines and identifying what needs attention before it becomes urgent.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing accounts across multiple related entities, including intercompany transactions, reconciliations and loans.
• Preparing timely monthly reports, cash flow forecasts and budgets that support commercial decisions.
• Monitoring construction job costs, development budgets, project funding, property loans and profitability.
• Supporting projects from acquisition and funding through to construction, costing, contract-related financial matters and sale.
• Working with external accountants and advisers on transaction structuring, tax planning and compliance.
• Establishing and improving financial controls, systems and processes as the business grows.
• Using automation and practical AI tools to streamline administration, improve reporting and increase efficiency.

You'll have room to bring your ideas and make improvements, alongside the responsibility to keep day-to-day finance running reliably.

About you:

You're an experienced, hands-on accountant with direct experience in construction or property development. You understand project-driven cash flow, funding requirements and the importance of reliable financial information when several deadlines are moving at once.

You take ownership, ask the right questions and act on what needs to be done. You're comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with a small team.

You'll bring:

• CA or CPA qualification and a degree in accounting or finance.
• Experience managing accounts across multiple entities, including intercompany balances and loans.
• A strong understanding of construction job costing or property development budgets, funding and project profitability.
• The ability to prioritise competing deadlines, anticipate issues and follow through without constant direction.
• Confidence working directly with an owner and GM, explaining the numbers clearly and raising issues early.
• Strong Excel and accounting systems skills, with practical confidence using AI and automation tools.
• A willingness to handle the detail yourself while shaping the broader finance function.
• Sound judgement, integrity and a practical, commercially minded approach.

You may already be a Financial Controller or Finance Manager, or a Senior Accountant or Group Accountant ready for broader ownership. Your relevant industry experience, judgement and ability to deliver matter more than your current title.

This role is based in the company's Melbourne offices. A police check forms part of the recruitment process.

Interested?

If you're looking for genuine autonomy, direct involvement in business decisions and the opportunity to build a finance function as the group grows, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply with your CV and a brief note describing a finance system or process you personally improved, what you changed and the result.

For a confidential discussion, contact Georgie at Georgie@femedgesolutions.com.