Head of Finance

Role Overview

• Consolidated financial management across the Portable group, including five to seven trading entities, subsidiaries, and the integration of newly acquired businesses.
• Monthly reporting and forecasting to the CEO, SLT, and Board, with the analytical depth to drive decisions rather than just record outcomes.
• Cash and working capital management through a period of acquisition activity, integration cost, and revenue scaling.
• Statutory compliance and year-end in partnership with our external accountant, including ATO relationship management and audit-readiness.
• Financial support for the “buy-and-build” plan: preparing and analysing the numbers for due diligence, helping assess valuation and deal economics, and leading the finance integration once deals complete.
• Banking and facilities including managing the day-to-day banking relationship, facility and covenant compliance, and debt servicing, working with the CEO on the structuring of acquisition finance.
• Integration finance for acquired businesses: chart of accounts, financial reporting, working capital harmonisation, and the commercial check on whether each acquisition is delivering against its case.
• Operating economics in partnership with the Director of Delivery including studio margins, utilisation, sell rates, project economics.
• Pricing and commercial structure for major proposals, particularly non-standard and commercially complex deals.
• Senior Leadership Team membership as an operating leader, not just a finance head.
• Finance team leadership across our offshore finance operations and the external accountant relationship, with the discretion to reshape the function as the group grows.
• Coaching and commercial partnership with the Director of Delivery as they grow into full operating P&L ownership over the next 12 to 18 months.

Requirements

• Senior finance experience in a services, agency, consultancy, or professional services business — ideally $15M+ in revenue — as a financial controller, finance manager, finance director, or head of finance.
• Group consolidation, statutory reporting, and ATO experience in the Australian context.
• Commercial fluency — you can read a P&L for what it says about pricing, utilisation, margin, and team economics, not just compliance.
• Strong or emerging people leadership with the foundations in place to lead people directly and in a range of context
• Some exposure to M&A — diligence, completion accounts, or integration — or the commercial foundation and a clear appetite to grow into it.
• Confidence managing a banking relationship — facilities, covenants, and reporting — or the readiness to take it on.
• CA or CPA qualified, working toward it, or equivalent experience.
• A background in working in an agency or consulting environment and the dynamics that drive it
• Technical exposure to our industry and the type of work we deliver
• R&D Tax Incentive experience, particularly in software or AI.

Benefits

• We support a flexible working environment whether its from home or the office or a cafe
• We're a family-friendly company who offer parental leave and part-time arrangements to allow for things like pick-ups and drop-offs or sick children
• A feedback-friendly culture, where we make space for open and respectful sharing of feedback that helps us grow
• We support our team taking mental health days as personal leave that they don’t need to explain or have a medical certificate for
• Employee Assistance Program with The Mindroom for general wellbeing check-ins, assistance with career planning, or working through difficult or challenging circumstances
• Twice-yearly salary reviews with no minimum service period
• Our team can grow their career with our structured career pathways, generous professional development allowance and hands-on learning opportunities
• Ongoing leadership coaching and development for leaders in the business
• Indigenous cultural awareness training for our entire team
• We work on meaningful projects that seek to have a positive impact in the world
• Referral programs in place that can earn team members $1500 per successful referral