Client showcase

How we recruiter a Financial Controller

About the client

Our client is an integrated manganese and silicon metals company. They are engaged in the business of mining and trading ores, as well as the smelting and marketing of processed ferroalloys.

  • Location - West Perth, WA
  • Industry - mining and metals
  • Size - 350 employees

We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.

About the client

Video job advertisement

Social media algorithms prioritise video content over still images, so we produce video advertisements for all vacancies to enhance our candidate sourcing efforts.

By leveraging this unique and highly effective approach, we aim to connect with the right candidates at the right time.

We share our videos on LinkedIn, and Facebook, posting them 10-20 times based on relevance. Typically, our videos receive over 1,000 views within the first 24 hours.



Job advertisement

We continually refresh, rewrite, and reformat our job advertisements to ensure we receive high-quality applications. Our strategy is proactive, with approximately 20 advertisements posted for each permanent job. These advertisements are shared across:

  • Job boards - Seek, Adzuna, Glassdoor, Indeed and Jora
  • Social media - LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
  • 11 Recruitment's website

On average, our advertisements receive over 100 applications and significantly outperform the market benchmark for Seek, shown in this graph.


Financial Controller

  • Permanent full-time role offering attractive salary
  • Key role supporting the CFO
  • Strong team-based culture

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is an integrated manganese mining business and has an established history of over 20 years in the industry. They are also listed on the ASX and capture value across the entire process chain through operations in Australia and other countries.


ABOUT THE ROLE

Our client is looking to strengthen their senior leadership team with the addition of a passionate and inspirational Financial Controller. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will lead an established finance team who are passionate and motivated to drive the business forward.

The duties for this role will include:

  • Leading / managing the transactional finance team
  • Preparing statutory reporting
  • Coordinating, preparing and executing internal and external audits and reviews
  • Supporting and managing month-end and year-end processes
  • Conducting monthly operational and financial reporting
  • Conducting half and full-year reconciliations - impairment assessments, revenue adjustments
  • Conducting financial data analysis and reporting on KPIs
  • Managing day-to-day financial transactions, including quality control and data integrity
  • Maintaining and reviewing cash flow
  • Internal control - enforcing, implementing and improving
  • Providing operational financial support to the various department heads
  • Assessing and implementing new accounting standards
  • Assisting the CFO with preparation and management of tax, budgeting, forecasting, and royalty-related matters

ABOUT YOU

This role will suit an experienced Financial Controller who has a sound understanding of financial management, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and reporting.

The successful candidate will have:

  • CA / CPA qualification
  • Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
  • Demonstrated experience in ownership of statutory reporting
  • Leadership / management experience

Assessment Matrix design

Our custom-designed, in-house software generates an Assessment Matrix, serving as the blueprint for our recruitment process. This process includes screening, interviews, document verification, skills testing, personality profiling, and reference checks.

The Assessment Matrix marks the stage at which each criterion is addressed, with the most critical criteria being checked multiple times throughout the recruitment process.


Selection criteria

Screen

Interview

Docs.

Profiling

Refs.

Education






CA / CPA qualification



Experience






Ownership of statutory reporting



Transactional finance team management



Audit / review coordination, preparation and execution



Month / year-end process management



Monthly operational and financial reporting



Half / full-year reconciliations



Quality control / data integrity



Cash flow maintenance and review



Implementation and assessment of new accounting standards



Stable work history



Other






Microsoft Excel - intermediate





Work from home





Verify LinkedIn vs CV



Accept expected salary range ($150k)



Previous warning of termination?



Behaviour






Dominance - 60%




Influence - 45%




Steadiness - 39%




Compliance - 47%




Forms signed






Health / police check





Signed document - tell the truth





Docs verified






Driver’s licence




Citizen AU / NZ or PR





DISC profiling

Just like people, jobs have their own behavioral profiles based on duties, environment, and communication. For every job vacancy, we create a profile that allows us to match an applicant's behavior to the specific role.

We utilise the DISC assessment, which examines the following attributes:

  • Dominance - accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence
  • Influence - persuading others, openness, dependability
  • Steadiness - cooperation, sincerity, dependability
  • Compliance - quality, accuracy, expertise

DISC profile - Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Shortlisted candidates

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C


Results

Our aim is to produce a strong shortlist by sourcing widely. We measure every stage in our recruitment process to ensure we meet this key objective.

Our service comes with an extended 18-month replacement guarantee. This guarantee means our interests are mutually aligned - to recruit high achievers who will excel and stay.


Video views

1,008


Applications received

82


Interviewed by 11 Recruitment

6


Shortlisted

4


Interviewed by client

4


Hired

1


Christian Madsen | Managing Director

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