Associate Finance Manager

About the role

Fonoa is scaling rapidly across product, markets, revenue, and headcount — operating across multiple legal entities, currencies, and jurisdictions. To support this, we are expanding the Finance function with an Associate Finance Manager who can take genuine ownership of the execution engine that keeps close, control, and compliance running across the Group.

This role would suit someone already qualified, already delivering in a multi-entity environment, and ready for meaningful ownership. You will own month-end and operational execution end-to-end, run balance sheet and payroll integrity across the Group.

What you will be doing

Accounting Operations (60%)

• Own execution of monthly and quarterly close — preparation of management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany, and month-on-month variance analysis. Support month-end and quarter-end commentary for stakeholders

• Own Group balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations and multi-currency accounting

• Own payroll accounting across the Group's different employment models, including employees, contractors, and EOR arrangements

• Own intercompany accounting end-to-end — transactions, recharges, reconciliations, monthly eliminations, and FX residual clearance

• Partner with the Finance Manager on consolidation and Group reporting deliverables, feeding entity-level close into the Group timetable

• Drive close calendar discipline across owned entities, holding the line on quality and timing

Compliance & Controls (25%)

• Own preparation of annual statutory financial statements for assigned entities, from working papers through to signed accounts, including liaison with external advisors and auditors

• Support with external audit of group entities — including walkthroughs, schedules, and audit queries

• Own indirect tax compliance (VAT, GST) across the Group

• Support coordination with external tax advisors for direct tax matters

• Contribute to the Group internal control framework and maintain process documentation for owned areas

Process, Systems & Team (10%)

• Contribute to and support ad-hoc tooling projects, from selection through to steady-state close integration

• Drive continuous improvement within the finance tool stack including NetSuite workflows, saved searches, and reporting configuration

• Guide and review Finance Associates execution across owned areas, setting the quality bar and contributing to development

• Scope and deliver automation and efficiency improvements as transaction volume and entity complexity grow

Strategic Partnership (5%)

• Partner with FP&A on monthly actuals handover, variance analysis, and data integrity for budget-vs-actuals reporting

• Support finance inputs into cross-functional projects including new entity setup, systems implementations, and M&A integration

• Contribute financial perspective to procurement, vendor selection, and spend control decisions across the business

Who We're Looking For

Required:

• ACA, ACCA, or equivalent qualification (fully qualified)

• 4+ years of post-qualified accounting experience, ideally in SaaS, technology, or multi-entity environments

• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of close for legal entities in a multi-entity, multi-currency Group

• Direct experience preparing statutory financial statements through to audit sign-off

• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, applied in practice

• NetSuite or similar ERP experience, with comfort configuring and optimising the system

• Proven ability to operate as a senior operational counterpart to a manager — driving outcomes to conclusion without close supervision

• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational discipline

Preferred:

• Big 4 training background

• SaaS experience (ASC 606 / IFRS 15 exposure)

• Prior experience coordinating statutory audits across multiple jurisdictions

• Experience with payroll accounting across multi-jurisdictional or EOR-based employment models

• Systems-thinking and automation mindset with demonstrated process improvements

• Experience in high-growth, Series C/D-stage companies

• Track record of mentoring junior team members

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