Financial Controller (m/w/d)

Smart Energy is one of Australia's fastest-growing clean-tech and home-electrification companies - helping Aussie households transition to smarter, cleaner, more sustainable energy solutions. As we continue to scale nationally, we're searching for a commercially driven Financial Controller to elevate our financial capability and support our next stage of growth. 🌏📈

This is a rare opportunity to step into a high-visibility, high-impact role where your insights directly influence strategic decisions, business performance, and long-term transformation.

Why You'll Love This Role 💡

• Shape the financial backbone of a rapidly expanding national organisation
• Work directly with senior leadership and influence strategic decision-making
• Drive process improvement, automation, and innovation across the finance function
• Lead meaningful change that supports our mission to decarbonise Australian homes

The Opportunity

As the Financial Controller you will be responsible for conducting independent financial reviews and audits, evaluating internal control systems, ensuring strict compliance with Australian Accounting Standards, statutory regulations, and corporate governance requirements. The role provides independent assurance, identifies financial risks, and advises executive management on audit compliance, reporting accuracy, and risk mitigation 🧠💼

This role suits someone with a strong technical foundation who thrives in fast-paced, growth-focused environments and loves driving improvement and innovation.

What You'll Be Doing 📊

Strategic and Business Alignment

• Facilitate external and internal audits
• Improve visibility of financial reporting deadlines across the business to enhance planning and accountability
• Distribute a Quarterly Finance Digest to communicate key financial updates, business insights, and ongoing initiatives.

Financial Reporting and Compliance

• Conduct independent evaluations of financial records and reporting systems to ensure compliance with Australian Accounting Standards (AASB), Corporations Act, and statutory regulations.
• Calculate and raise accruals, provisions, and other journal entries required for accurate end-of-month (EOM) processing.
• Produce and fully reconcile monthly Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss statements to ensure accurate and complete reporting.
• Assist the Finance Manager in preparing monthly results packs for CFO and Director review, highlighting key financial insights and variances.
• Manage statutory reporting obligations and ensure all deadlines are met for each entity within the group.
• Lead financial investigations, internal control audits, and risk assessment reviews, presenting detailed audit reports and recommendations to senior management and governing bodies.
• Provide independent assurance regarding the accuracy of financial statements, disclosures, and risk management frameworks across group entities.
• Liaise with external accountants across jurisdictions to ensure accurate and timely lodgement of all taxation obligations, including BAS, PAYGW, PAYG, Payroll Tax, and Superannuation (in coordination with the HR Manager).
• Respond promptly and effectively to external financial information requests as needed.

Financial Process Optimisation

• Drive standardisation, efficiency, and best practices across financial processes including invoicing, PO compliance, accruals, and reporting documentation.
• Lead initiatives that leverage automation, offshoring, and AI technologies to improve accuracy and reduce manual effort.
• Maintain and oversee a robust reporting calendar aligned with team capacity and cross-functional business needs.
• Ensure ongoing improvement in financial accuracy, tax compliance, internal controls, and reporting quality.

Commercial Support and Business Partnering

• Share regular insights on DSO and cashflow with internal stakeholders to support improved working capital management.
• Communicate key profitability drivers and opportunities for margin improvement with Finance and business teams.
• Serve as a customer-focused financial partner, enabling stronger decision-making across internal and external stakeholders.
• Champion innovation and growth, driving adoption of new technologies, automation tools, and scalable financial practices.
• Support and oversee post-acquisition integration activities, ensuring alignment of reporting structures and compliance frameworks.

To be a front running candidate ⭐

• Bachelor of Commerce
• CA, CPA, or relevant professional accounting/auditing body membership
• Minimum 6 years of relevant full-time post-qualification experience in financial auditing and reporting (in alignment with visa nomination requirements)
• Experience with Xero and Salesforce (preferred)
• Strong leadership and team development skills
• High attention to detail & accuracy
• Excellent analytical and commercial acumen
• Proactive, improvement-focused mindset
• Outstanding communication & stakeholder engagement abilities

$125,000 - $125,000 a year

$125,000 + Superannuation

Why Join Smart Energy?

Smart Energy is not just another workplace. We're a dynamic, fun and high performing team that values innovative thinking and strategic action. This is a chance to do more than manage the numbers. As our Financial Controller, you'll help shape the decisions behind a growing national business, working with a team that values your expertise, backs your ideas and enjoys what it's building together.

You'll also be part of a culture that knows how to celebrate its people:

• ⚡A young, driven, and truly collaborative environment where everyone grows together.
• ⚡Incredible Annual Christmas Party held in either Byron or Sydney
• ⚡Progression Pathways and ongoing support and training.
• ⚡Fantastic team culture (Friday drinks and pub lunches included)
• ⚡ Annual Incentive trips to Bali for high performers
• ⚡ Monthly MVPS and prizes
• ⚡ Subsidised gym membership at Social Remedy in the Industrial Estate