Description:
Reapit – Who are we?
Reapit is the original, end-to-end business technology provider for estate agencies of all sizes. We’ve been helping sales and lettings agents to build relationships and grow their businesses for more than 25 years. Our technology connects property professionals in Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand with buyers, sellers, tenants and landlords to power the relationships that change lives.
In Australia, Reapit stands as the preferred technology choice among the nation's leading estate agents and agencies. Tailored to the unique demands of the Australian property market, Reapit provides successful leaders with unparalleled tools across sales, property management, client relations, and data analytics, reinforcing their position at the pinnacle of real estate excellence.
What you’ll be doing
Reporting to the Group Chief Financial Officer, the Regional Finance Officer is responsible for leading the finance function throughout the Australia and New Zealand Region for Reapit. The ANZ region includes a Sales product family, comprised of Agentbox (acquired in 2018) and Agentpoint (acquired in 2021), and a Property Management product family, comprised of Console Group (acquired in 2022), and InspectRealEstate (acquired in 2023).
In this role you will have a secondary responsibility to the Vice President, GM – ANZ, who is a member of the Group Executive Leadership Team (XLT), to support the development and attainment of the business plan for ANZ, including meeting revenue growth and contribution margin targets. You will be a part of the ANZ Executive Leadership Team (ALT) and Group Finance Leadership Team (FLT).
You are responsible for all aspects of financial management, including regulatory and financial reporting, budget and forecasts preparation, and commercial risk management. You will support the Group Financial Controller in the development of internal control policies and procedures relating to ANZ.
Key accountabilities include, but aren't limited to, ANZ Financial Management, FP&A, and Commercial Business Partnering and more specifically;
- Commercial Strategy: Develop and implement commercial strategies aligned with organisational goals and meeting group financial guidance.
- Managing FP&A Cycle: Manage FP&A Analyst, coordinate, and direct the preparation of the annual budget and rolling quarterly financial reforecasts.
- Group FP&A Alignment: Work with Group FP&A Manager to ensure alignment with global FP&A processes and key deadlines
- Change Management: Support the Group Financial Controller in transitioning Accounts Receivable, Financial Accounting, and Control to a central team in South Africa.
- Interim Financial Operations Oversight: Manage invoicing, accounts receivable, payroll, and financial accounting processes for the ANZ region until effectively transitioned to the central team.
- Cost Reduction: Contribute to reducing the cost of the ANZ financial accounting and control function by facilitating the transfer of financial accounting duties to the shared service centre in South Africa.
Who we're looking for
At Reapit, we prioritise hiring individuals who share our values and possess the right attitudes and behaviours for success. Whilst some of the listed requirements may be important, don’t worry if you don’t meet all of them, we’d still like to hear from you.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance or accounting
- 10+ years of combined accounting, FP&A, or finance experience.
- 5+ years in leadership position with Financial Control and FP&A responsibilities.
- Deep knowledge of AASB & IFRS accounting principles and procedures
- Experience preparing and analysing financial reports/statements and lodging statutory accounts.
- Experience with general ledger functions and month end/year end close process.
- Experience with M&A on buy or sell side preferred.
- Post merger or acquisition integration experience preferred.
- CA qualification preferred.
- NetSuite experience preferred.
- Experience in matrix organisational structure critical.
- Experience in private equity or publicly listed company preferred.
- Experience in multinational businesses preferred.
Availability for International Collaboration:
Given the international scope of Reapit and the finance function, senior managers are required to work outside standard business hours to accommodate time zones of global teams. Specific expectations include:
- Night-Time Calls: Participation in evening calls to align with colleagues in South Africa and the UK, including weekly Finance Leadership calls and 1:1’s with key global stakeholders. Frequency and timing will depend on project priorities and business requirements.
- Flexibility: Availability to respond to urgent matters or join critical discussions outside regular working hours when necessary.
What your impact and success looks like
As a Regional Finance Officer we expect your success and impact in the early stages of your career with us to look something like this:
Within 1 month:
- Scheduled and completed introductory meetings with key stakeholders in the ALT, FLT, and XLT
- Evaluated the performance and skills of ANZ finance team members through one-on-one discussions and a preliminary skill matrix
- Complete a detailed review of the FY26 Business Plan and Budget to understand the business and provide a 2-page written summary of risk areas and a quick win recommendation.
Within 3 months:
- Partner with the Group Financial Controller to develop and co-present an action plan for the transition of a majority of the financial control workload to the shared service centre in South Africa.
- Identify 2-3 operational inefficiencies in financial processes, propose actionable solutions, and implement at least 1 improvement.
- Based on your initial budget risk review, identify 2-3 opportunities to increase revenue and reduce costs to mitigate risk, and implement at least 1 recommendation.
Within 6 months:
- Deliver FY26 Q1 Year To Go Forecast update with mitigation plans for any material risk areas.
- Successfully execute ANZ finance components of financial control action plan.
- Support successful implementation of ANZ inputs to new global quote and billing solution
Don't tick all the boxes? Neither do we
We care about our industry and want it to become a more inclusive and diverse place to work. So, we’re driven by hiring not only by experience and relevance for the role but by sharing our values and the right attitudes and behaviours for success. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity through attracting and retaining a complementary team of employees and building an inclusive environment for all. We feel we have an empowering environment where everyone is supported and respected, and we want you to feel this too. We welcome new ideas, thinking and approaches, whilst listening to all
our employees.