Chief Financial Officer

Nunawading VIC Chief Financial Officer Beacon Lighting Group | ASX Listed | Melbourne A rare opportunity to help shape the next chapter of an iconic Australian retail business. Beacon Lighting Group is looking for an exceptional Chief Financial Officer to join our Executive Leadership Team and play a critical role in shaping the future of our business. For more than 50 years, Beacon Lighting has been a trusted name in Australian homes. Today, we are an ASX-listed retail and international organisation with a strong store network, growing Trade and Commercial channels, online operations, international interests and an ambitious agenda for continued growth. This is a rare opportunity to join a well-established Australian business at an important point in its evolution. About the Opportunity Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Board, the CFO will be a key strategic partner across the Group, combining strong financial stewardship with commercial leadership, enterprise thinking and a genuine focus on creating long-term value. The CFO will lead the Group's financial strategy and performance across its Australian and international operations, providing clear commercial insight and constructive challenge to support sound decision-making. Key areas of responsibility include: • Partnering with the CEO, Board and Executive Management Team on Group strategy, annual business planning, budgets, forecasts and the long-term financial outlook. • Leading financial planning, forecasting, reporting, treasury, cash flow, capital allocation and working capital. • Ensuring accurate, timely and decision-useful management and statutory reporting across the Group. • Maintaining a strong financial control, governance, audit and risk environment in an ASX-listed organisation. • Providing clear and forward-looking reporting to the Board and Audit & Risk Committee and supporting market, shareholder and investor communications. • Maintaining trusted relationships with external auditors, banks, insurers, advisers and other key stakeholders. • Providing financial governance across the Group's Australian and international entities, including tax, transfer pricing, intercompany arrangements and foreign exchange. • Acting as an enterprise executive and commercial partner across retail, trade, digital, property, supply chain and emerging business operations. • Leading the continued transformation of Finance through automation, AI, integrated systems, data and improved reporting. • Overseeing the General Manager – Supply Chain across inventory, logistics, working capital, cost, resilience and continuous improvement. • Building and developing a high-performing Finance team with clear accountability, capability, succession and development. About You You will be an accomplished senior finance executive with significant experience operating in a complex, commercially focused organisation. You will bring: • Proven experience as a CFO or senior finance executive within an ASX-listed or similarly complex organisation. • Strong retail, consumer, multi-site or distribution experience. • CA, CPA or equivalent recognised professional accounting qualification. • Experience within an ASX-listed or similarly regulated organisation, including Board, Audit & Risk Committee and external audit engagement. • Strong retail, consumer or other complex commercial experience, with a sound understanding of sales, margin, inventory, working capital, property, supply chain and customer economics. • Experience across multi-entity and international operations, including taxation, foreign exchange and cross-border financial governance. • Demonstrated capability across budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, capital allocation, treasury and cash management. • A track record of translating financial information into clear commercial decisions and identifying opportunities to improve performance and returns. • Experience leading finance transformation, systems, automation, data and reporting improvement. • The ability to influence and constructively challenge the CEO, Board and senior leadership team while building strong, trusted relationships. • High integrity, sound judgement, resilience and a genuine commitment to developing people and building high-performing teams. Why Beacon? This is an opportunity to take a key executive leadership role within a successful and highly recognised Australian business and contribute directly to the Group's strategy, performance and long-term value creation. The CFO will have genuine enterprise-wide influence, working closely with the CEO, Board and Executive Management Team across the decisions that shape the Group's future. At Beacon, our culture is built around being caring, respectful, responsible, ethical, successful and a team player. We expect our leaders to role-model these values and bring energy, accountability and integrity to everything they do. If you are an experienced commercial CFO looking for the opportunity to make a genuine enterprise-wide impact, we would love to hear from you. Applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.