Finance Manager

RJ Living is one of Australia’s fastest-growing furniture and homewares businesses, known for unique designs, strong customer focus, and clear growth plans. With showrooms in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, and a strong online presence, we are scaling fast. We are hiring a Finance Manager to strengthen our finance team and support the next phase of growth.

Reporting to the CFO, the Finance Manager will take ownership of RJ Living’s core finance processes. This is a hands-on role: you’ll prepare reports, build budgets and forecasts, and deliver analysis that supports decisions across the business.

Monthly Reporting

• With support from the bookkeeper, prepare and deliver monthly management reports for the CFO.

• Partner with the CFO and department heads to analyse performance against budget and forecast.

• Improve reporting processes, templates, and dashboards.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting process with the CFO and leadership team.

• Maintain rolling forecasts with scenario modelling to support decision-making.

• Provide variance analysis and recommendations for the CFO and leadership.

• Build and maintain robust three-way financial models (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) to forecast business performance and manage liquidity.

Data-Driven Projects

• Work with the CFO and teams across marketing, operations, and product to gather data and deliver analysis.

• Build financial models for investment cases, store performance, and category analysis.

• Develop dashboards and analytics in Power BI (or similar tools) to support a data-driven culture and provide real-time insights to leadership.

Controls & Compliance

• Maintain internal controls and ensure compliance with accounting standards and obligations.

• Manage external audit requirements, working with the CFO and external accountants.

• Ensure accurate and timely BAS preparation and lodgement, with strong working knowledge of GST concepts (including input-taxed, GST-free, and mixed supplies relevant to retail/e-commerce).

• Manage Workcover registrations, remuneration declarations, and renewals across all applicable states (VIC, NSW, QLD).

• Oversee payroll tax registrations and monthly/annual filings across relevant states, monitoring grouping provisions and threshold obligations as the business expands.

• Ensure compliance with Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting obligations, including finalisation and reconciliation with the ATO.

• Maintain oversight of other statutory and regulatory lodgements (e.g. FBT, PAYG withholding/instalments, ASIC company obligations) as required.

ERP Implementation

• Lead the finance workstream for RJ Living's transition from Xero and Cin7 to NetSuite (scheduled July 2027), ensuring a successful migration of financial data, processes, and controls.

• Act as the primary finance stakeholder and main point of contact for the NetSuite implementation, working closely with internal teams and external implementation partners.

• Design, document, and optimise finance processes within NetSuite, ensuring best-practice workflows, reporting, and internal controls.

• Support user testing (UAT), training, and post-implementation optimisation to maximise the value of the new ERP platform.

• Drive ongoing continuous improvement of finance systems, automation, and reporting capabilities as the business scales.

People & HR

• Act as RJ Living's internal HR lead, providing day-to-day advice and support to managers on people matters, policies, and HR best practice.

• Guide managers through recruitment, onboarding, performance management, remuneration reviews, disciplinary processes, and employee relations matters.

• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, Modern Awards, Fair Work requirements, and company policies.

• Maintain accurate employee records, employment documentation, and HR processes.

• Coordinate HR administration, including employment contracts, policy updates, and annual compliance requirements.

• Act as system owner for Tanda, ensuring employees are correctly onboarded, rostered, and set up in the platform, and that awards/pay conditions are configured accurately.

• Oversee the integration and reconciliation of payroll data between Tanda and Xero, ensuring accurate and timely pay runs.

• Maintain strong working knowledge of Modern Award interpretation, including overtime, penalty rates, allowances, and other pay conditions, to ensure correct application and compliance.

• Partner with managers to troubleshoot Tanda/payroll queries and continuously improve rostering and timesheet accuracy.

Skills & Experience

• Must be CA/CPA qualified with 5+ years’ experience.

• Must have background in Big 4 or mid-tier accounting firms in audit.

• Track record in reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.

• Strong background in three-way financial modelling.

• Strong Excel and modelling skills; Power BI or similar BI/data analytics tool experience highly valued.

• Analytical, detail-oriented, able to turn data into insights.

• Retail, consumer, or e-commerce experience a bonus.

• Clear communicator, able to work across teams and support the CFO.

• Direct exposure to the CFO and leadership team.

• Product discounts.

• Paid day off on your birthday.

• Competitive salary with incentives.

• Development opportunities.

• Chance to join a growing, design-led Australian business.