Financial Analyst

About Azelis

• As a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, we are committed to creating value for principals and customers whilst providing a great work environment and career opportunities.
• Azelis has 3,000+ employees across 57 countries worldwide. We work with around 2,300 principals to provide a diverse range of innovative products/services to 51,000+ customers with 35,000 products.
• Our knowledgeable teams of industry, market and technical experts are each dedicated to a specific market within Life Sciences and Industrial Chemicals.
• Azelis Australia currently has an exciting opportunity to join our Finance Team, in a critical business partnership and operational hands-on role covering report and analysis, budgeting and other finance functions.

The Mission

The Financial Analyst is responsible for providing customized report and analysis, reliable tracking and follow up as per various business requirements, assisting the Finance Controller in completion of month end, budget and forecast, preparing timely and accurate reports and analysis for management reporting and OPEX analysis, preparing BAS, GST, PAYG and FBT calculation, follow up the Gross Working Capital improvement actions and supporting the annual audit process.

Reporting Line & Location

The Financial Analyst reports directly to the Financial Controller. This role is based in Sydney, Australia.

Main Accountabilities/Responsibilities

Business support:

• Provide support to business team on customized report or analysis as requested
• On boarding and refreshing training on Azelis tools and data base to business team
• Support co-ordinate the master data clean up to ensure accurate sales/GP1 report data
• Support CSR /Tennaxia report update and reconciliation
• Maintain VPS manual adjustment log
• Assist the financial controller on other ad hoc project/analysis
• Sales and Margin analysis
• Weekly GP1 monitoring and follow up if correction is necessary
• Customer evolution and lost customer analysis
• Landing cost and Distribution cost variance analysis;

Gross Working Capital monitoring and follow up:

• Inventory N3M Risk forecast and commentary update
• Assist in supplier payment term analysis and follow up, complete credit application for new vendors
• Reporting and OPEX analysis
• Assist in Month End Deck slide preparation and update
• IFRS 16 module monthly review - contracts and payments
• Assist in Overhead cost monitoring.

Budget and forecasting

• Assist in annual budget exercise, prepare sales/GP1 template and collect and consolidate data from all market segments. Assist in completing the budget deck slides
• Update full year Rolling forecast monthly to help monitor the full year performance

Tax and Audit:

• Monthly BAS preparation, including GST, PAYG and withholding tax
• Assist annual FBT worksheet preparation.
• Assist in providing audit information / reports as required in annual audit

Qualification & Skills

• University graduate majoring in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• At least 3 years' experience in financial planning and analysis role from FMCG, Manufacturing or transportation/logistic industry, or 2 years' experience from Big 4 audit firms
• Excellent English both in verbal and written communication
• Experience in main stream BI and Reporting tools
• Advanced Excel, Office, Power BI is a plus
• Knowledge of accounting software packages
• Understanding of Australia taxation laws and implementation

The requirements of the job will develop and change due to the needs of the business and you will be expected to adapt to these changes. This list is not absolute and you will be expected to carry out any tasks and duties for which you are trained.