Financial Control Manager

• Play a pivotal role uplifting Zip’s Finance risk and control environment
• Partner with teams across Finance, Tech and Operations to strengthen key financial reporting controls
• Hybrid working from our Sydney HQ in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment

Write your story with a career at Zip

Join Zip’s Finance team, a trusted partner to the business and a key enabler of our growth. We are a values-driven function that thrives on curiosity, collaboration and continuous improvement. Together, we power commercial decision making, strengthen Zip’s control environment and ensure our financial outcomes reflect accuracy, transparency and impact.As our Financial Control Manager, you will use your technical expertise and problem-solving mindset to uplift processes, strengthen internal controls and contribute to Zip’s journey toward SOX compliance. You’ll collaborate with teams across FP&A, Treasury, Credit Risk, Group Finance, Product and our external auditors, playing a meaningful role in enhancing the quality, predictability and reliability of Zip’s financial reporting.

What you’ll own

• Contributing to the month end close process while uplifting and embedding strong financial controls
• Supporting reporting processes and delivering timely, accurate information for internal and external stakeholders
• Playing a key role in uplifting processes and controls to SOX standard, including process documentation, building RACMs and addressing control deficiencies
• Embedding a strong risk management culture with high-quality documentation and clarity of processes
• Writing and reviewing technical accounting memos, with exposure to IFRS 9, 15 and 38
• Collaborating with teams across the business to strengthen upstream controls and improve information flows into Finance
• Owning elements of legal entity monitoring and contributing to statutory and Group audit processes
• Supporting half year and full year reporting alongside the Group Financial Control team
• Providing insight and input into budgeting, forecasting and business partnering activities
• Supporting projects across the business, including new product initiatives and system implementations
• Delivering ad-hoc analysis and problem solving as required

What you’ll bring to the team

• 7 plus years of relevant finance and accounting experience within financial control or a Big 4 environment
• CA or CPA qualification
• Deep understanding of financial reporting standards, with experience in IFRS 9 and 15
• A track record of uplifting processes and improving controls
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently across the business
• Comfort operating in environments of ambiguity and change
• A high attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset
• A mindset that embraces AI and new tools to adapt, learn and grow.
• 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 a wellbeing allowance, free access for you and family to Sonder, discounted private health insurance and great rates on ClassPass
• 2 days paid volunteering leave, 2 days study leave and 2 days religious or cultural leave per year
• Fee-free Zip products and discounts with Zip merchant partners
• Team social events, epic offices, free breakfast daily and weekly free lunches in Sydney and Melbourne
• Access to the Flare Benefits Hub and Novated Leasing

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 would support you to 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.

Operating in two core markets – Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and the US – Zip offers access to 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.

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