Finance Manager - Battery Recycling

Finance Manager - Battery Recycling

Company: Hiremii Location: Perth WA Work type: Full-time Work type: Onsite

Renewable Metals is at the forefront of battery recycling innovation, utilising next-generation cleantech to recover over 95% of key battery metals. Supported by leading climate-tech investors and government grants, including ARENA, we are developing a demonstration plant in Kewdale and a commercial-scale plant in NSW.

We are seeking a Finance Manager to join our scaling deep-tech business. This is a hands-on role focused on owning the financial execution for our demonstration plant and advancing our engineering and R&D programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own cost allocation across plant operations, engineering builds, and R&D programmes, ensuring accuracy and audit readiness.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, quarterly shareholder reports, and board packs, reconciled against budget.
• Build and manage the annual budget in collaboration with functional heads and senior leadership.
• Manage grant compliance reporting, milestone tracking, and financial acquittals across multiple government funding programmes.
• Coordinate the annual external audit end-to-end, preparing workpapers and managing close-out with auditors.
• Support R&D tax incentive preparation in coordination with external advisors.
• Process payments through the banking platform and work with the bookkeeper for correct attribution to suppliers, contracts, and invoices.
• Maintain accounting software project setup for accurate cost allocation across grants and projects.
• Manage the accounts payable process, including Precoro purchase order administration.
• Coordinate annual insurance renewals and prepare insurance adequacy summaries for board review.
• Track capital and project costs, including work-in-progress and the capitalise-versus-expense boundary for the engineering programme.
• Prepare cash flow and earnings forecasts for internal review and strategic planning.

Candidate Profile:

• CA or CPA qualified with 5–7 years' finance experience in scaling businesses.
• Demonstrated expertise in cost accounting across operational, capital/project, and R&D activities, with a strong understanding of capitalise-versus-expense boundaries.
• Proven hands-on experience preparing management accounts and financial statements in a growth environment.
• Track record managing external audits end-to-end and working effectively with external accounting firms.
• Experience with grant reporting, government-funding compliance, and financial acquittals.
• Background in resources/minerals processing, engineering, or construction projects, or grant-funded deep-tech sectors is desirable.
• Proficiency with Xero or similar SME accounting systems; familiarity with Precoro or similar procurement platforms is advantageous.
• An execution-first mindset with the ability to build and run finance systems independently.
• Commercially literate with a strong understanding of the business context behind financial data.
• Highly organised and precise, capable of managing multiple reporting deadlines without error.
• Collaborative communicator who works effectively with external providers and non-finance stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments where scope evolves.

Application Instructions:

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.