General Manager, Finance – Australia & Aotearoa (NZ)

• Job title: General Manager, Finance – Australia & Aotearoa (NZ)
• Role type: Full time, permanent
• Reports to: APAC Board
• Location: Villawood, NSW (AU)
• Closing date: Sunday 30th August
• Ideal starting date: ASAP

Key Responsibilities

• Governance, Risk & Compliance: Own the internal control environment across AU & NZ. Manage relationships with tax authorities (ATO & Inland Revenue), auditors, banks, and insurers (ISR, Product Recall, Public Liability, Marine Cargo).
• Financial Integrity & Reporting: Oversee accurate, timely statutory, tax, and group reporting, including BAS/GST, FBT, transfer pricing, and payroll tax compliance.
• Treasury & Cash Flow: Direct the 12 week rolling cash flow forecast, manage banking relationships, foreign exchange exposure, and working capital across both markets.
• Systems Transformation: Act as the finance sponsor for continuous systems improvement automating manual processes and driving integrations between ERP, POS, and workforce management platforms.
• Strategic Advisory: Provide robust financial modelling and commercial insight to support new retail site decisions, capital investments, and cost reduction projects.
• Team Leadership & Payroll: Lead, coach, and develop a multi disciplinary finance team, ensuring strict compliance across payroll and industrial relations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualifications: CA or CPA qualified with substantial post qualification experience in a senior finance leadership role.
• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of AU & NZ accounting standards, statutory/taxation requirements, and payroll/IR compliance.
• Industry Experience: Proven experience within retail, manufacturing, or multi-entity group environments (ideally both).
• Systems Skills: Advanced Excel & financial modelling. Hands on experience with modern cloud ERP platforms (direct experience with Odoo, Xero, or Adaptive Insights is a major plus).
• Transformation Focus: Demonstrated track record of sponsoring finance system implementations, cutovers, and process automation.
• Leadership Style: A collaborative, grounded leader who is as comfortable walking the factory floor or visiting a retail shop as they are presenting in the boardroom.

Benefits

• 50% discount on LUSH products to keep you smelling and feeling fresh
• A welcome pack of LUSH products
• Paid day off for your birthday
• Profit-based bonus
• We’re 10% Employee Owned - all colleagues play a role in protecting our ethics, our independence, contributing ideas for the future, and share in the rewards of success when the company is doing well
• Company-sponsored Employee Assistance Program with free access to psychological, financial, legal and dietary advice