About the Role

Reporting to the Director, Finance, the Head of Financial Control plays a key leadership role overseeing financial management, compliance, and procurement. This position is responsible for driving financial strategy, risk management, and long-term planning, while ensuring statutory compliance and enhancing financial systems and processes.

Leading the Financial Control Team, this role provides strategic and operational support to the organisation, fostering a high-performance culture and delivering timely, accurate reporting to support effective decision-making.

The Head of Financial Control works collaboratively with senior leadership, leads change initiatives, and supports day-to-day financial operations, ensuring deliverables are met on time. A strong focus on cash management and forecasting underpins the role’s contribution to achieving Arts Centre Melbourne’s long-term financial sustainability. 

Applications are open to current ACM team members only.

Full time ongoing position. Band 5.3.27 $146,307.00 per annum plus superannuation.

Your Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Professional accounting qualification e.g. ACA, CPA etc.
• Extensive post qualification experience within a complex business
• Demonstrated experience of overseeing the development and enhancement of financial systems, including interfaced systems – delivering finance transformation
• Excellent knowledge of financial concepts and principles, and proven experience in identifying and resolving underlying issues
• Demonstrated experience in tax reporting (BAS, PAYG) essential, and demonstrated experience of Government reporting desirable
• Experience of overseeing compliance with Standing Directions of the Minister for Finance, including the frameworks of the Victorian Government Purchasing Board (VGPB) would be highly desirable
• Knowledge of data management, data cubes, multi-data-source planning, corporate performance management and business intelligence systems essential
• Ability to translate complex data and financial information into meaningful insights for a wide range of non-finance stakeholders
• Advanced systems capabilities and knowledge of Microsoft products, particularly Excel and its analytical capabilities, as well as a suite of organisation and collaboration tools essential
• Experience using systems, tools and programs currently in use by ACM
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Extensive experience in leading, empowering and developing subject matter experts to lead their teams with confidence and autonomy

For further detail about this position, please read  Position Description - Head of Financial Control.docx

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Arts Centre Melbourne welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, Disabled and Deaf people, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of all ages.

We seek to provide workplace adjustments at all relevant stages of the recruitment process such as alternative formats, or other access supports. You can specify in the application form if you require any adjustments or please ask us at any stage. If you need to contact us about making workplace adjustments during the recruitment process, please send an email to peopleassist@artscentremelbourne.com.au

Please submit your resume together with a cover letter by 11:55pm, Tuesday 29th April 2025.

Early applications are encouraged as suitable candidates may be invited to attend an interview prior to the closing date.

Employment at Arts Centre Melbourne is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check.

Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia. Arts Centre Melbourne is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.