JOB: National Finance Manager – Clublinks Pty Ltd
Own the numbers. Lead the team. Keep the engine room humming.
At Clublinks, we create happiness — for our clients, our communities and our people. Clublinks is a leisure and community management leader, holding contract rights with local government, private enterprise and tertiary institutions to manage and grow their facilities and communities. We are passionate and agile with an incredibly strong record of meeting and exceeding our clients’ objectives and financial results.
Adopting company values of “Stand Out”, “Be Awesome”, “Speak Up” and “Get *#it Done” we are not afraid to be different and provide innovative solutions to deliver success. Our 1,000 plus team are based at our sites across VIC, NSW, WA and QLD, with our head office in Melbourne.
We’re looking for a National Finance Manager to lead our finance function day to day and keep the engine room running across our network of sites.
The role
Reporting to the Chief Corporate Services Officer, you’ll lead a team of 9 (4 direct reports) and own the operational side of finance — budgeting, cash flow, controls, compliance and reporting. The big opportunity is streamlining practices: applying the same standards and discipline across every department and site, backed by smarter processes and better use of technology. You’ll partner with our Strategic Finance Lead, who owns long-term planning and modelling, while you make sure it gets delivered on the ground.
Your focus will include:
- Leading the national finance function and developing the team
- Embedding strong financial controls across the business
- Reporting and analysis – deliver monthly, quarterly and annual management accounts, budgets and forecasts, and analyse revenue, costs, cash flow and performance against budget.
- Oversee and manage cash flow, banking, bank guarantees, accounts payable and receivable, receipting, payments and reconciliations.
- Ensuring taxation and statutory obligations are met including – FBT, PAYG, GST, payroll tax, super and WorkCover
- Managing auditor and tax agent relationships
- Systems and continuous improvement – driving continuous improvement across the function, harnessing technology to build efficiencies, improve finance systems, workflows and dashboards
The perks
- Free golf, gym & aquatics membership across our managed sites (fair use applies)
- Hybrid work flexibility
- Onsite childcare, gym, café, and free parking
- A fun, values-driven culture
- A hands-on leadership role at the heart of how the business runs
About you
You’re a confident, down-to-earth finance leader who gets things done right — and keeps them that way. You bring:
- A proactive, energetic and ambitious mindset
- Proven experience leading budgeting, cash flow, consolidations and financial controls in a large entity, multi-site business
- Experience in large entity businesses
- Experience leading and developing a finance team
- A track record of standardising practices across a large, distributed team
- Strong knowledge of Australian statutory and tax obligations
- A continuous-improvement mindset and comfort using technology to cut out manual work
- Hands-on experience with Xero and integrating point-of-sale data
- Confidence partnering with auditors, tax agents and senior stakeholders
- CPA/CA qualified with 5+ years’ experience in a senior finance leadership role
- A current police check, or willingness to obtain one
If you’re ready to lead a finance function that underpins the business, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply via Seek with your resume and a cover letter telling us why this role appeals. Interviews start the week of Monday 28 September, or earlier — so don’t delay.
