Costing Analyst

**About Us**

Workwear Group (WWG) is part of Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety a division of Wesfarmers, **a top 20 ASX listed company with over 100,000 employees.** Housed under the banner of Workwear Group, our three iconic brands - **KingGee**, **Hard Yakka** and **NNT** - have been in the business of delivering workwear since the late 1920's.

We are the trusted partner in workwear solutions, manufacturing over seven million units each year. What sets us apart is our continuous investment in innovation, market knowledge, pioneering ideas and sustainability practices.

We work as one team. We put our customers first and are passionate about what we do. Joining WWG is an opportunity to thrive in an inspiring, safe, and inclusive community.

**About the Role**

This role manages the Standard Costing process, analyzes product costs, and provides recommendations to maximize profit. You will prepare budgets, forecasts, and variance commentary, support reporting automation, and assist with cost analysis and corporate planning cycles. This role is crucial in improving margin management, streamlining processes, and enhancing overall financial performance.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Execute and manage the end-to-end Standard Costing process in Australia and potentially New Zealand.
- Analyze product costs, including impacts of sourcing initiatives and Product Price Variance (PPV), and make profit-maximizing recommendations.
- Analyze costing related to VA (Value Add) activities and recommend process improvements to enhance profit.
- Prepare budgets, forecasts, and actuals, including variance commentary for support office costs (Commercial, People, IT, etc.).
- Recommend actionable insights for PPV and standard costing processes to improve margin management and business processes.
- Support Management Pack presentation and automate reporting to reduce manual effort.
- Assist the FBP team with various cost analyses.
- Manage and consolidate monthly forecasts, budgets, and corporate planning cycles.
- Provide variance commentary and support for support office costs.
- Offer recommendations to simplify processes and improve profitability.

**Who we’re looking for**

At our company, we value not only our great brands but also the people and teams that drive our success. In addition to technical skills, we seek team members who possess the following personable qualities:

- Strong work ethic and are committed to showing up for a team
- Openness to receive coaching and embrace self reflection and self growth
- Accountability for your actions, and emotions, and actively venture beyond your comfort zone
- Embrace innovation, take calculated risks, and inspire others to think outside the box
- Ability to build meaningful relationships, we prioritise our customers. Balancing commercial goals with customer satisfaction is key
- Ethical standards and demonstrating honesty and integrity in all interactions is fundamental to our team culture.

**What we’re looking for**
- 5+ years in a similar role
- Tertiary qualification in accounting or similar preferred
- Prior experience with Reporting systems eg TM1, Hyperion
- CPA/CA preferred
- Strong process improvement mindset
- Strong excels skills, data migration and reporting

**What we offer**
- The chance to join a great team of like-minded, hard-working people who are passionate about achieving our vision and the growth objectives of the company.
- Flexible working environment, allowing for work from home day/s each week.
- A competitive salary package and suite of benefits and perks, including a 50% discount on our brands Hard Yakka, KingGee and NNT and 5% Wesfarmers discount for Kmart, Bunnings, Officeworks and more.
- A tailored career and development plan, plus reward and recognition programs. Whatever your goals we’re here to support you on that journey.
- Our Wellbeing program, Thrive, with activities designed to support the Financial Wellness of our team, Celebrate Diversity, ensure we Get Physical and maintain Healthy Minds, including challenges, yoga, meditation and access to our Employee Assistance Program.
- We Learn, a dedicated hub for all things learning and development.

We actively work on creating a safe and inclusive environment free of discrimination. At Workwear Group we aspire to build a culture where diversity is celebrated, where Team Members feel a sense of “I Belong” and are empowered to bring their whole selves to work.

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