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# Finance Manager at Procreate

- **Company:** Procreate
- **Location:** Hobart
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/procreate/61c8099e-f731-4598-98e8-5045b48753d5

## Job description

We are looking for a Finance Manager to lead and manage the Finance Team and its associated responsibilities to ensure the organization is compliant with statutory laws and tax regulators. This role is responsible for delivering on all financial reporting to the executive team and Founders to ensure they are always armed with full transparency regarding the business’ financial position to make sound strategic decisions.

## The Role

This role reports to the CEO. You’ll lead the Finance team and take responsibility for financial reporting, compliance, accounting operations and internal governance. You’ll provide day-to-day direction, ensuring financial processes are robust, reliable and aligned with the needs of the business. You will provide leadership and support to direct reports on deliverables and upcoming accounting priorities.

## What you'll do

- Lead and support the Finance team, providing clear direction, guidance and day-to-day operational oversight.
- Contribute to a consistent Procreate culture and foster a positive, collaborative team environment.
- Ensure all financial reporting is accurate, timely and aligned with business needs.
- Deliver monthly reporting against budget and provide insight to support decision-making.
- Prepare financial statements and annual reports.
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, tax obligations and reporting standards.
- Manage relationships with external stakeholders including auditors, the ATO, ASIC and banking partners.
- Approve Accounts Payable payments and oversee cashflow and banking activities.
- Troubleshoot accounting and taxation issues, presenting solutions where required.
- Oversee financial systems (including Xero) to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data.
- Identify opportunities for efficiency, cost management and process improvement.
- Support the development and delivery of the annual budget in partnership with key stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain internal financial policies, controls and governance frameworks.
- Ensure financial processes align with audit requirements and best practice standards.
- Support teams across the business to understand and adhere to financial policies and processes.

Required Skills

- Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, with CA or CPA certification and up-to-date CPD.
- Significant experience in a financial leadership role within a business environment.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including statutory and consolidated reporting.
- A solid understanding of Australian taxation rules and regulatory requirements.
- Experience delivering clear, accurate financial reporting to senior stakeholders.
- Proficiency with financial systems including Xero, and strong Excel capability.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A structured, methodical approach to problem solving and financial management.

What to expect in the first 6–12 months

- Complete the Procreate onboarding process and get to know your colleagues.
- Build a strong understanding of our financial systems, processes and reporting requirements.
- Establish clear visibility across financial operations and reporting.
- Strengthen internal controls, policies and compliance processes.
- Contribute to budgeting, planning and financial strategy discussions.
- Provide consistent, reliable reporting to support executive decision-making.

We want to hear from you Our recruitment process is designed to give you the opportunity to show us what you’re capable of, beyond just your CV. We’d love to hear how you see yourself contributing to Procreate in this role.

Please note, we’re looking for full-time and on-site employees for our Hobart office.

## About Procreate

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Procreate develops powerful, intuitive digital illustration and animation apps for iPad and iPhone, used by millions of creatives worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped; self-funded since 2011, no outside investors)
- **Headquarters**: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (also has an office in Sydney)
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: James Cuda (CEO & Co-founder) – other co-founders not publicly named

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Creative software / digital art tools
- Target customers: B2C – professional artists, studios, and beginners; also used in education
- Mission: “Amplify human creativity” and “make tools to amplify your creativity”

## Products & Services
- **[Procreate](https://procreate.com/procreate)**: Award-winning iPad illustration app with a custom 64-bit painting engine. One-time purchase, ranked #1 paid app on the App Store for seven years straight.
- **[Procreate Dreams](https://procreate.com/dreams)**: iPad animation app for creating frame-by-frame and keyframe animations, launched in 2023.
- **[Procreate Pocket](https://procreate.com/pocket)**: Mobile version of Procreate for iPhone, optimized for on-the-go sketching.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (company is bootstrapped and independent).
- **Key Metric**: Total funding = $0 (self-funded). Annual revenue not disclosed; as the top paid app, revenue is primarily from App Store sales.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: None (no outside investors). Partnerships include Apple (three Apple Design Awards, featured in Apple events).
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 128 employees (+49.5% YoY as of 2026); 10 open positions; workforce distributed across 35 countries; consistent #1 paid app status for over 7 years.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Fierce independence**: No investor pressure allows long-term bets on technology and design.
- **Custom graphics engine**: Proprietary 64-bit painting engine delivers industry-leading performance on iOS.
- **Intuitive design**: Focus on simplicity and performance that appeals to both beginners and professionals.
- **Brand loyalty**: Strong community and reputation as the gold standard for mobile digital art.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue investing in ambitious roadmap for Procreate and Procreate Dreams, with an emphasis on rendering performance and new creative capabilities.
- Expanding the engineering team (hiring Senior Software Engineers – Swift, Rendering, Systems; iOS Engineers).
- Maintaining a small-team, collaborative culture while scaling headcount carefully.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Artist-driven, supportive, and autonomy-focused. “We see ourselves as artists and support each other in our craft.”
- **Work model**: Most roles are on-site in Hobart or Sydney, but the company has employees in 35 countries (some remote/distributed). Relocation support is offered for candidates moving to Australia.
- **Perks**: Relocation assistance (flights, lump-sum allowance, short-term accommodation), private health insurance for employee and family.
- **Engineering environment**: Work on products used by millions, with a focus on Swift, Metal, and custom GPU technologies. Small teams, close collaboration with technical leadership.
- **Recruitment process**: Three conversational rounds (Talent Acquisition, Team Lead, Executive). No coding tests mentioned; emphasis on culture fit and motivation.

## Sources
1. [procreate.com/who-we-are](https://procreate.com/who-we-are)
2. [jobs.lever.co/procreate](https://jobs.lever.co/procreate)
3. [procreate.careers](https://procreate.careers/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/procreate-art](https://linkedin.com/company/procreate-art)

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