Financial Controller

🔥 12 hours ago

🇦🇺 Australia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⛔️ Financial Controller

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GRIDSIGHT

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2020

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

⚡ Energy

Consulting • Logistics • Energy

GRIDSIGHT is a company that provides advanced analytics and data solutions for optimizing energy networks, particularly focusing on distributed energy resources (DER) and low-voltage network performance. The company offers features such as real-time analytics, automated reports, AI data predictions, and dynamic operating envelopes to help industry leaders improve grid visibility and performance. Their tools are designed to enhance the accuracy of network data, manage voltage and thermal constraints, and maximize DER hosting capacity. GRIDSIGHT's solutions are tailored to empower engineering, marketing, and design teams to efficiently manage energy network operations through data-driven insights. Their technology facilitates the proactive identification of network issues and the verification of installed capacity, ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

📋 Description

• Own the integrity, reliability and scalability of Gridsight’s finance function • Run the accounting engine end to end and build systems and controls for scaling across entities and jurisdictions • Own month-end and year-end close, consolidations, reconciliations and management reporting across all entities • Maintain the general ledger, balance sheet and financial statements with documentation and audit trails • Establish and apply accounting policies for revenue recognition, capitalisation and other material judgements • Produce reporting for the VP of Operations, executive team, Board and investors • Own accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, collections, payroll, expenses, banking and treasury • Monitor cash, working capital and runway across entities and currencies • Ensure tax, statutory, payroll and regulatory obligations are met • Lead audit preparation and manage auditors, tax advisers, banks, payroll providers and other external partners • Coordinate transfer pricing, the R&D Tax Incentive and other compliance requirements • Design controls, approval frameworks and operating rhythms • Own the finance systems roadmap and build a source of truth across accounting, billing, payroll, expenses and reporting • Automate repetitive work using modern tools, including AI where useful • Document processes and remove key-person dependencies • Partner with the VP of Operations on budgeting, forecasting, Board reporting, fundraising support and scenario planning • Work with functional leaders on budgets, performance and financial decision-making • Translate financial results into insights, risks and recommended actions • Lead and develop the internal finance team and outsourced partners

🎯 Requirements

• CA, CPA or equivalent qualification, with strong technical accounting judgement • Experience owning a full accounting function, including close, reporting, audit, tax and operational finance • Experience in a high-growth technology business, ideally with multi-entity, multi-currency and international operations • Practical understanding of SaaS, enterprise software or other complex contract-based revenue models • Builder’s mindset, with experience improving systems, controls and processes • Strong commercial judgement and ability to explain financial issues clearly to non-finance leaders • High-ownership, low-ego working style and willingness to move between detailed execution and broader business partnership • Big 4 or mid-tier audit experience, ERP implementation, or experience supporting a fundraise is valuable but not essential