Financial Controller | Property Funds & Asset Management | Sydney

Looking for a Financial Controller role where you get to build, not just maintain?

About April Group 

April Group is a property funds and asset management business with a portfolio weighted towards commercial office assets. We’ve grown quickly over the past 18 months, and our portfolio and transaction pipeline are continuing to build. That growth means real opportunity for someone who wants to shape how finance works here as we scale.

The role 

Reporting directly to our Chief Financial & Operating Officer, you’ll lead the day-to-day finance function and own the integrity of our financial control environment across the corporate entity, our managed funds and the underlying property assets. It’s a hands-on technical role with genuine leadership responsibility: you’ll lead a small finance team and lift process, documentation and controls as we grow.

What you’ll own

• Month-end close and monthly management reporting across corporate, fund and asset entities, with commentary that adds insight, not just numbers
• Fund accounting, including trust accounting, distributions and investor reporting
• Property accounting, including outgoings, recoveries and asset-level reporting
• Statutory reporting, external audit and all tax obligations, working with our external advisers
• Treasury, cash flow forecasting and debt facility administration, including covenant reporting
• The annual budget, rolling forecasts and scenario analysis to support leadership decisions
• Finance systems and process improvement, building ways of working that don’t depend on any one person
• Financial support on acquisitions, disposals and capital transactions

What you’ll bring

• CA or CPA qualification with substantial post-qualification experience, including time as a Financial Controller or senior finance manager
• Funds management accounting experience, including trust accounting, distributions and investor reporting
• Strong technical accounting and current knowledge of Australian Accounting Standards
• Proven ownership of month-end, statutory reporting and external audit
• Experience leading and developing a small team
• A track record of improving systems, processes and controls
• The ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance people, and the confidence to raise issues early

Property accounting experience (particularly commercial office), unlisted property funds or AFSL environment experience, and exposure to acquisitions or capital raising will all be highly regarded. So will experience in a growing business where the structure is still being built.

Why April Group

• Direct access to the CFO and founder, with real influence over how the business operates
• A chance to put your stamp on a finance function at an important stage of growth
• Exposure across the full spectrum of funds, property and transaction work
• Leadership support through a structured performance framework and a dedicated People & Culture partner