Assistant Financial Controller chez OFX

OFX is a leading financial operations company providing businesses and accounting firms with real-time financial control and visibility to do business anywhere in the world. With an innovative platform and 24/7 human support, OFX automates and simplifies doing business across borders, reducing risk and eliminating routine operational tasks. Offering global business accounts, payments to 180 countries in 30+ currencies and currency risk management solutions to simplify global payments. OFX further enhances business operations by providing corporate cards with spend management, bill payments, vendor management, and integrations with popular accounting and HRIS software, to help achieve better business solutions so accounting firms and businesses thrive.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offices globally, in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. OFX has been a trusted innovator in global money movement for over 25 years.

Purpose of Your Role

The Assistant Financial Controller will report directly to the Group Financial Controller and play a key supporting role in the leadership of the global controllership function. This position is critical to ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting, the maintenance of strong internal controls, and the continuous improvement of finance operations across a global ASX-listed business. The Assistant Financial Controller will directly manage Regional Controllership resources across time zones (including APAC, North America and EMEA), ensuring alignment to global accounting policies and processes.

What You’ll Do

• Support the Group Financial Controller in overseeing the global controllership function.  Manage the day-to-day operations including financial accounting, direct and indirect tax, regulatory and statutory reporting activities across locations.
• Manage and support regional finance team members, ensuring clarity of deliverables and effective communication. Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous development.
• Manage and monitor the monthly close process across global entities, ensuring compliance with internal deadlines, reporting standards, and internal control requirements.
• Review and ensure accuracy of journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting prepared by regional teams, including the monthly revenue accounting process (Auto GL) and transfer pricing.
• Provide payment approval authority for accounts payable and payroll disbursements, as required.
• Assist with the preparation of half-year and full-year financial statements for the Group, and manage the preparation of subsidiary financial statements, ensuring compliance with AASB and IFRS standards.
• Coordinate with external auditors during interim and year-end audits, preparing supporting schedules and documentation.
• Manage the timely and accurate completion of global Direct (Corporate) and Indirect tax (GST, VAT, WHT, etc.) deliverables, in coordination with external advisors and internal stakeholders.
• Assist the Technical Accounting Manager in the development, implementation, and documentation of accounting policies and procedures.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of finance operations.
• Support the preparation of reports and presentations for the Audit and Risk Committee and other stakeholders.

What you bring

Qualifications

• CPA or CA qualified
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• 10+ years’ experience in financial accounting or controllership roles, ideally in an ASX-listed or multinational environment
• Prior leadership or management experience, including oversight of remote or regional finance teams
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards (AASB/IFRS) and reporting requirements
• Prior experience supporting external audits and statutory reporting processes
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong systems skills, including Excel and ERP systems (MS Office suite proficiency)
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders across departments and regions
• A proactive approach to problem solving and a mindset of continuous improvement
• Team-oriented with an interest in mentoring and developing junior staff

What it's like working at OFX

We’re OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we’re not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We’re committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with the times so that we can continue to inspire confidence every day and through every transaction.

We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally, to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers. We're curious self-starters who love learning and sharing our knowledge with others. We embrace change and use our initiative and resilience to overcome challenges.

• Always keep learning. We offer a wide range of learning and career development opportunities to help every OFXer build their capacity and career, with leadership training, secondments, internal mobility and access to a large library of online learning.
• Make a difference. Through our Make a Difference program, we encourage OFXers to give back to causes and communities that are important to them. We celebrate this with an annual volunteer day, which OFXers can use together or individually, as well as matched giving and the opportunity to nominate charity of choice every quarter.
• Reward and recognition. We recognise a job well done. OFXers are encouraged to celebrate their peers’ effort, technical expertise or support through a range of global and regional channels and awards, including quarterly and annual awards, milestones and shout outs.
• Showing our social side. Our Good Vibes employee-led committees around the globe organize events to help keep our employees engaged inside and outside the office. Whether it’s a wellbeing activity, end of year celebration, or a monthly team get-together, our team wants you to feel welcome!
• Benefits that mean something. We offer a range of fantastic benefits, including primary and secondary gender neutral carer parental leave (16 weeks) or birthday leave, you'll feel well-supported at OFX.
• A great work environment. Enjoy work-life balance and flexibility with our hybrid work model, in an inclusive, diverse and non-hierarchal culture.

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At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success. If you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process, please email us at [email protected].

We encourage you to apply if this role aligns with your career aspirations.