Financial Controller
Hansen TechnologiesDescription
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A 6 MONTH FTC
Who Are We
Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN) is a global software and services provider, serving energy, water/utilities, and telecommunications industries. With customers in 80+ countries, we foster collaboration across 26 global offices. From 5G advancements to renewable energy transitions, we empower customers to overcome challenges, innovate, and drive new business models.
At Hansen, we are also embedding AI enablement across our operations. From automating workflows and enhancing service delivery, to driving innovation in customer solutions, AI is shaping the next chapter of how we support our clients. With a focus on operational excellence and innovation, Hansen is using AI not just as a tool, but as a strategic enabler to deliver smarter, faster, and more resilient solutions for the future.
This is a 6 month FTC, hybrid role based in Hammersmith.
Why This Role Matters
The Financial Controller has primary responsibility for the financial reporting activities across designated legal entities. This includes month end, half year and year end internal reporting, monthly and annual statutory filing obligations ensuring compliance with IFRS and relevant local regulatory frameworks. This is a hands-on role and ensures robust operational accounting standards, ensures compliance with internal control frameworks, supports effective cashflow management,
drives stakeholder engagement and efficient external audit processes. As a partner to global finance teams, the Financial Controller enhances the accuracy, transparency, and integrity of financial reporting while proactively identifying risks, implementing.
What You’ll Do
Financial Reporting & Control
- Drive the preparation and first-level review of month-end, half year and year end close reporting across multiple entities, providing insightful variance
- commentary and ensuring timely, accurate delivery of internal and external submissions, including annual financial statements and other statutory filing obligations.
- Demonstrate day-to-day operational knowledge of IFRS, applying technical standards in routine accounting transactions to ensure compliance and high-quality financial reporting.
- Hands on responsibility for day‑to‑day general ledger operations, including preparing and posting journals, performing account reconciliations and investigating variances.
- Hands on entity level budgeting and forecasting process with robust, insightful commentary that clearly articulates key drivers, trends, and risks.
- Maintain strong internal controls, ensure adherence to control requirements and proactively address deficiencies.
- Support accounts payable queries and drive general ledger accuracy including journal processing, reconciliations and month-end close activities.
- Drive process standardisation and strengthen accounting policies.
Audit & Compliance
- Act as primary lead for external audits, efficiently managing timelines, requests and stakeholder communication.
- Multi-Entity & Multi-Currency Reporting
- Hands-on ownership of timely and efficient reporting across multiple entities and currencies, including the intercompany recharge process, FX movements, and key reconciliations
Business Partnering
- Collaborate with regional and local leaders to provide financial insights that drive cost discipline, working capital improvements and resource allocation. Treasury, Cash & Dividends
- Forecast and manage liquidity across multiple entities and currencies.
- Support group-level cash repatriation strategies, ensuring compliance with regulatory and tax requirements.
Problem-Solving & Continuous Improvement
- Anticipate issues and risks across reporting processes.
- Recommend and implement process improvements and automation.
- Tax Compliance
- Prepare accurate VAT returns, monthly filing, and supporting reconciliations.
- Prepare monthly corporate income tax provision and quarterly advance
- payments computation.
- Support the global tax team with the annual tax filing process with exposure to transfer pricing requirements and supporting data.
Duties & responsibilities of your role may change from time to time to meet the needs & requirements of the business.
What You Bring
- Professional Qualification: ACA / ACCA / CA (or equivalent).
- Experience: 6–8 years post-qualification, solid hands-on experience in financial reporting or controllership roles.
- Technical Skills: Working knowledge of IFRS, ability to proactively research and interpret technical guidance to ensure accurate and compliant day to day reporting.
- Operational Accounting: Hands-on experience with month-end, half year and year end reporting, with strict adherence to reporting deadlines.
- Controls & Compliance: Solid understanding of internal controls, with the ability to uphold and enforce compliance.
- Problem-Solving: High-level issue resolution, risk anticipation and mitigation.
- Organisation & Delivery: Multi-country experience with demonstrable ability to manage multiple deliverables across several entities.
- Systems Expertise: Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERPs (e.g.Microsoft Dynamics 365) and reporting tools.
You’re someone who is:
- Detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to accuracy and high standards.
- Proactive and self-motivated, Able to hit the ground running from day one.
- Analytical, with a practical solution driven approach.
- Clear and confident in your communication, adapting your style to different audiences.
- Collaborative, building effective relationships across teams.
- Resilient and adaptable, comfortable managing competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
- High integrity and professional judgement, maintaining confidentiality and upholding policies and controls.
- Continuous improvement minded, always looking to streamline processes and strengthen controls.
- Commercially aware, linking financial outcomes to business drivers for insightful, value-adding commentary.
Why Join Us?
At Hansen, you’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative global team. Our culture is built around values such as People and Family, Treat It Like It’s Your Own, Focused and Committed, and One United Team. We look for people who are curious, respectful, engaged, and keen to work across geographies with talented teams.
If you are passionate about talent sourcing, candidate engagement, and supporting a high-quality recruitment process, we’d love to hear from you.
Contact Us
If you possess the desired skills and enthusiasm, please “Apply Now” via the link or visit our career page.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Visit our website at hansencx.com for more information.
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