Assistant Financial Controller, ANZ

• Lead, manage and drive month end close for Zip ANZ
• Partner with ANZ and Group business leaders and external stakeholders
• Enjoy hybrid working from our beautiful Sydney CBD office

Write your story with a career at Zip

You’ll take on a broad role requiring a mix of technical and leadership skills, and offering you the opportunity to make a significant impact in a complex, fast-paced fintech with millions of customers across Australia and New Zealand. Reporting into ANZ Financial Controller, you will lead the team to deliver timely and accurate results to stakeholders.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a finance professional to work closely with the broader Finance team,  business leaders and support us as we continuously improve systems and processes, and help set Zip up for the next phase of growth.

Interesting problems you’ll get to solve

• Lead and manage the month end close process with a particular focus on uplifting controls and driving efficiencies 
• Support reporting processes and deliver timely and accurate information to both internal and external Stakeholders 
• Empower and develop your team of 5, ensuring the development of technical and soft skills  
• Help to embed a strong culture of risk management within the team including an understanding of processes and controls and high-quality documentation
• Write and review memos for technical accounting issues, with a focus on IFRS 9, 15 and 38
• Write and review policy and process documents
• Work with the business to ensure appropriate upstream controls and timely and accurate information flows to finance
• Support the audit and half year review process of the Group and local statutory audits.
• Assist the Group Financial Control team, where applicable including contributing to the half year and full year financial reporting
• Support the budgeting and forecasting process.
• Produce analysis and insights for senior management, including the global exec team and the Board.
• Provide input and support on projects across the business including new products and system implementations
• Provide ad-hoc support and analysis, as required.

What you’ll bring to the team

• 7+ years relevant finance and accounting experience.
• CA/CPA qualified.
• Experience working in financial control within financial services and/or experience in a big 4 accounting firm (Manager level and above) with a strong understanding of IFRS 9 and 15
• Experience as a leader of teams 
• A track record of improving processes and controls 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent relationship skills and ability to collaborate across the business, including with remote workers and international teams 
• Comfortable with ambiguity and an ever-changing environment.
• Attention to detail.
• Desire to continually improve, including challenging the status quo and making changes to internal control processes.
• An aptitude for identifying and managing risks. Whether you are a People Manager or an Individual Contributor, we are all leaders at Zip, therefore effective risk management is important to how we run our business and part of all our roles.
• Our values in your DNA: Customer First, Own It, Stronger Together and Change the Game

What you’ll get in return

As we write this next exciting chapter in our story, we will continue to move at pace and embrace change. For you, this might mean opportunities to learn new skills with hands-on experience, broader responsibilities, or the buzz of seeing your work impact customers faster.  

Zip is a place where you’ll get out exactly what you put in. When you join the team, we'll do our best to make sure you can be yourself and surround yourself with smart, friendly colleagues and leaders who have your back, so that you can make the big things happen.

Zipsters tell us these are just some of the best things about working here. You’ll also receive:

• 25 days paid leave annually, including birthday leave and quarterly wellbeing days
• 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers, and 4 weeks for supporting carers
• Family support policies including miscarriage bereavement leave and domestic violence leave
• Mental health and wellness initiatives, including $299 annual wellbeing allowance, free access for you and family members to our Wellbeing platform Sonder, discounted private health insurance, and great rates on fitness sessions through ClassPass
• 2 days paid volunteering leave per year
• Fee-free Zip products, and discounts with Zip merchant partners (AU) 
• Team social events, epic offices, free breakfast daily, and weekly free lunches (Sydney and Melbourne) 

Be a part of a team that reflects the diversity of our customers

We pride ourselves on being a workplace that provides equal opportunities to people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, veteran status, and everything else that makes you unique.

Equally, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive. Please let us know If there are any adjustments that need to be made to ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

And finally…get to know us

Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) is a digital financial services company, offering innovative, people-centred products that bring customers and merchants together.

Operating in two core markets - Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and the US, Zip offers point-of-sale credit and digital payment services, connecting millions of customers with its global network of tens of thousands of merchants.

We’re proud to be a values-led business and our values - Customer First, Own it, Stronger Together and Change the Game - guide us in everything we do.