Group Finance Manager

Challenger Limited is an ASX-listed investment management firm managing $128.2 billion in assets (as at 31 December 2025). Life with us is fast moving and always exciting. Together we’re driving to deliver our vision to provide our customers with financial security for a better retirement.

We achieve this goal by providing a work environment where people from diverse backgrounds, with a range of skills and experiences can contribute and succeed.

The Group Finance Manager is a 6‑month contract role within Group Financial Control during the year-end reporting cycle, and the right candidate will have a strong possibility of securing a permanent role.

This role is a good fit for:

• A seasoned industry finance professional at manager level or above, with hands-on experience in group reporting, technical accounting and consolidation within an ASX-listed or similarly complex environment; or

• A Senior Manager (or equivalent) / first-time mover from Big 4 firm, bringing strong statutory reporting and audit experience.

The role sits within an experienced team responsible for consolidated financial reporting across the enterprise, as well as Challenger’s corporate entities and a portfolio of structured vehicles. It will suit an experienced finance professional who is comfortable operating in a listed or similarly complex environment and can build effective relationships across the business.

About the Role

As Group Finance Manager, your immediate priority will be taking a lead role with the team to deliver the Group Annual Financial Report including:

• Preparation and review of the Group Annual Report and "Left Hand Notes"

• Managing disclosures, notes and supporting analysis

• Managing the corporate entity audit processes

• Driving month-end discipline across the reporting period in partnership with the broader team

Beyond reporting, the role also involves:

• Supporting group consolidation across multiple entities and structures

• Providing technical accounting input for strategic transactions including acquisitions, business arrangements and other corporate matters.

• Partnering with other finance and business performance teams to provide clear, actionable and practical advice.

• Supporting the ongoing changes within the Group ad be a role model for junior members of the team.

Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted partner across Finance and the broader business

• Translate technical accounting into clear, practical advice for stakeholders

• Confidently manage upwards, keeping senior stakeholders informed and escalating risks where needed

Transactions & Change

• Contribute to M&A and corporate transactions

• Support onboarding of new entities, trusts and structures into Group Finance

• Supporting implementation of new accounting standards (e.g. AASB 18)

Finance Systems & Reporting

• Work across finance systems (e.g. Workiva, Workday)

• Support reporting structures, tagging, entity set up and continuous improvement initiatives.

About you

This role is best suited to a seasoned finance professional who is comfortable working in a complex, multi-entity environment.

You will bring:

• Deep experience in ASX-listed environments or audit experience covering large, consolidated groups

• Strong financial reporting and technical accounting capability

• Strong experience with annual reporting and other statutory reporting cycles

• Comfortable working with large and complex data sets

• The ability to communicate clearly and work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders.

• A growth mindset with a willingness and capability to learn new things in a dynamic and exciting environment where no two days are the same.

• Sound judgement and the confidence to take initiative to solve problems and escalate issues where appropriate

• Knowledge of Workday financial systems and Workiva (highly regarded but not essential)

Qualifications

You’ll be CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent) with at least 4+ years' post-qualification experience.

Why Challenger?

Working at Challenger means being part of a connected team that enjoys what they do. We’re small enough to move quickly, and big enough to make meaningful change.

We support your growth and development, offer flexibility, and value the unique contributions people bring.

We provide access to a range of exclusive employee benefits that will support you both personally and professionally and a hybrid work environment.

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Challenger's employee value proposition guides how we work: Grow and realise your potential, supporting each other, stronger together and making things happen. Our culture encourages curiosity, considered thinking and meaningful contribution, with opportunities to build a broad and rewarding career.

We are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace where people of all backgrounds, identities and ways of thinking can thrive, and promoting flexible working to support work-life balance. 

Challenger is proud to be a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, a Family Friendly Workplace and recognised as a Bronze Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), the national benchmark for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion.

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