Finance Manager

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

Finance Manager

Location: Sydney

Job specification

Reporting to the Financial Controller to assist to manage, control and oversee the superannuation Business.

• Prepare and monitor AFSL financial requirements including NTA, SLF, cash projections etc.
• Coordinate and perform month-end closing with the GSC team and resolve issues timely to ensure accuracy and smooth process
• Handle ad-hoc projects.
• Review and oversee Balance sheet reconciliation/Management accounts, including maintenance of fixed asset registers, accounting for intangibles and capitalised development costs, management of receivables and payables.
• Manage monthly and quarterly internal reporting to track ongoing financial compliance.
• Ensure compliance with Statutory requirements including tax, GST.
• You will be responsible for ensuring accurate revenue recognition, streamlining invoicing processes, analysing monthly revenue, ensuring appropriate accruals (where required).
• Preparing and assisting in presenting reports to FP&A global teams.
• Assist in dealing with the external auditor and other professional parties and completion of annual financial statements.
• Assisting in preparation of board reports.
• Streamlining & improving processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness, and collaborating with stakeholders to issue invoices in time.
• Assisting in responding to queries from other parts of the Business (where required).
• Participate in ad hoc assignments or other projects.

Skills Required:

• Degree holder in Accounting /Finance and other related business discipline.
• Working knowledge of the AFSL, Corporations Act, ASIC Act, and applicable regulatory guides.
• C.A., C.P.A., or equivalent qualification with post qualification experience.
• Experience of dealing with teams across the Globe with demonstrated ability to adhere to tight deadlines and work under pressure.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Excel
• Proven experience and understanding of accruals, revenue recognition, AR activities and financial reporting to delivery accurate and meaningful results

What you will get in return:

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;
• Training and development opportunities

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit https://theapexgroup.com/csr-policy/

“Personal data provided by job applicant(s) will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated strictly confidential. Such personal data can be accessed by different Apex stakeholders within and out of country for the consideration of the job application hereunder. Application made by the job applicant(s) constitutes the irrevocable consent of the job applicant for her/his personal data to be used by Apex stakeholders within or outside country for the purpose of this recruitment.”

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices.

Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies.

Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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