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Job description

Finance Operations Manager – Manufacturing | FMCG

Job title : Finance Manager & Controller Location : VIC Other

  • Highly successful business | Oversee 3 manufacturing sites
  • Suited to a finance professional with a passion for partnering with Operations
  • An opportunity to join a growing finance team

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Operations Manager wanting to expand their skills and gain exposure in an operationally focused role. This is a rare opportunity to join a highly successful multinational organisation.

The company is known for having a strong collaborative team culture and are looking for someone to help drive the performance of the finance team. This is an opportunity for someone wanting a broad and challenging position in a fast-paced and fun working environment.

The Challenge

Reporting to the GM Finance your key responsibilities will include:

  • Lead, coach and develop a distributed team of site-based finance business partners and cost accountants, setting clear expectations and a consistent standard of reporting and analysisacross the network. 
  • Foster a culture of cost consciousness, continuous improvement and financial discipline across
    the manufacturing business.
  • Build the financial capability of non-finance operational leaders (Site Managers, Operations Managers, Production Supervisors) through training, tools and ongoing coaching.
  • Partner with Operations and Supply Chain leaders to identify, quantify and track cost-out and
    productivity initiatives across the plant network.
  • Provide financial analysis and challenge on manufacturing overheads, labour costs, energy and consumables spend, and other site operating costs.
  • Analyse and report on plant-level gross margin, contribution and unit economics, identifying drivers of variance to budget and prior periods.
  • Act as the trusted finance business partner to Operation Manager, providing insight and challenge that supports better operational decision-making.
  • Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting (rolling forecast/latest estimate) processes for the manufacturing network, in partnership with site finance and operational leaders.

The Expertise

Please consider expressing interest in this position if you possess the following:

  • CPA/CA Qualification 
  • Several years’ experience of working within a relevant Site accounting position, ideally overseeing multiple sites.
  • Leadership experience
  • Strong communication and personable skills and the ability to build trust and influence key stakeholders

The Next Step

If this position will enhance your career and you would like further details on the client, the role, remuneration or a copy of the position description, please call Mike Lys for a confidential discussion on 0477 016 453.  
Or alternatively please apply per the link below.

 
ThompsonCook | We Only Do Accounting 

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ThompsonCook - the most respected accounting search firm in Australia.

Melbourne

Level 6, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000

0427 465 934

Sydney

Level 3, 50 Pitt Street, Sydney 2000

0429 927 270