Finance Business Partner

LOCATION:

Western Sydney - free parking available on-site.

SALARY:

Excellent base salary of up to $140k + Super + Bonus.

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Our client is an Australian market leader and are recognised as one of the largest players in their sector. Known for their premium high quality brands, this organisation offers a diverse range of products and services which are well recognised throughout Australia. Over the coming years, this organisation has a strategic focus on continued growth, expansion and acquisitions.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing finance team, where your finance experience, commercial acumen and business partnering skills will drive the business to its next phase of growth. As the finance expert, you will closely partner closely operations, manufacturing and finance, providing insights and recommendations that will drive the commercial ambitions of the business.

Your deep understanding of business drivers, together with strong commercial acumen, relationship building, financial modelling, influencing and communication skills will enable you to speak up and provide a persistent challenge to senior management, enabling business growth.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to an experienced and elite CFO and working closely with the senior leadership team including the CEO, your key responsibilities will include:

Cost Management and Analysis

• Planning, studying and collecting data to determine the cost of relevant inputs such as raw materials, contract costs, labour, direct and indirect overheads and manufacturing processes;
• Analysing changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods or services provided to determine effect on cost;
• Developing and maintaining standard costs of products and service, review of production accounting results and production variances, and reporting of variances in accordance to Company policies and procedures;
• Analysing actual manufacturing/ service costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production/service costs;
• Providing analysis on cost of product quality and assessing warranty provision;
• Supporting new product introduction by providing product/project costing analysis and estimates;
• Identifying the causes and opportunities for cost savings; and
• Assisting in various ad hoc analysis requests from the Operations team.

Inventory Control

• Identifying slow moving and obsolete inventory and ensuring to ensure that adequate provisions are maintained and inventories are booked at the lower of cost or net realisable value;
• Ensuring that inventory records are complete and accurate;
• Monitoring cycle count programs outcome (and conducting physical inventories where required) and reviewing stock take results and adjustments;
• Maintaining the cost accounting and inventory modules and the relevant cost and inventory controls in the ERP system

Budget and Monthly Management Reporting

• Completing month end tasks including preparation of all inventory, warranty, and service related GL reconciliations;
• Presentations to various working groups including supply chain and procurement;
• Works closely with the FP&A team in the cost control activities and monitoring of actual performance against budget/forecast;
• Assisting with half year and year-end reporting requirements and other ad hoc reporting requests; and
• Supporting external audit and review process.

Cost Systems, Data and Process Management

• Maintaining the cost accounting and inventory modules and the relevant cost and inventory controls in the ERP system;
• Maintaining the integrity of standard costs and price list master data, and product line data in the ERP system; and
• Maintaining the standard cost accounting policy and ensuring its continuing relevance and currency to the growing requirements of the business.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

You are ideally a qualified accountant (CA/CPA) with at least 2-5 years' experience in a finance business partner, cost accountant, management accountant, commercial analyst or similar commercial finance role. Prior experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred as well as knowledge of cost accounting with strong analytical, variance reporting and cost modelling skills.

In addition, you will have:

• Strong commercial finance acumen with a proven track record of actively driving commercial agendas across the business.
• Demonstrated financial modelling experience.
• Highly developed written & verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively manage a wide range of key stakeholders.
• Pro-active and customer focused mind set.
• The ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities.
• Superior stakeholder management, including advanced influencing and negotiation skills.

CULTURE:

Culture fit is key. Our client values its growth focused, innovative and disruptive flair. The Finance Business Partner needs to be able to drive change in the context of culture and win the immediate credibility, trust and confidence of the Finance Manager, CFO, the finance team and the executive management team.

In addition, you are:

• A confident, resilient finance partner, able to handle complex and challenging situations with diplomacy;
• Exude a passion for excellence and continuous improvement that is inspiring and contagious;
• High energy levels and a 'hands on', can do attitude;
• Proactive, driven, results orientated and reliable;
• Demonstrate an outcome orientation, capable of both 'hands-on' and broader oversight roles in a complex and demanding environment.

BENEFITS AND PERKS:

A highly regarded market leader with strong presence across Australia, this organisation is a prominent brand with instant recognition. Passionate about innovation, high performance and service, with a huge customer base and triple digit revenues and EBIT, this organisation has experienced hyper growth and through this have created a culture of collaboration, fun and entrepreneurship. This organisation will provide the right entrepreneurial finance leader, the opportunity to be instrumental in growing shareholder wealth and enterprise value.

In addition, other benefits include:

• Outstanding opportunity to partner with a highly successful, caring and authentic CFO and prove yourself in a successful fast growth organisation;
• High impact position – you will be heavily exposed and work closely with the executive leadership team including the business unit leaders and CEO;
• Autonomy to build, own and drive the function;
• Genuine focus on flexibility, family and work life balance;
• Highly strategic and commercial role with longer term future development pathways;
• Fast track and accelerate your career with a hyper growth globally listed organisation;
• The destiny is in your hands. Unlimited opportunity to make a true difference;
• Work with an organisation that truly lives and breathes their values in all that they do;
• Be part of a winning team, genuine positive culture working for a company with a meaningful purpose;
• Huge brand presence both locally and globally;
• A workplace that's strongly focused on customer experience and on the well-being and happiness of its staff.

APPLY:

If you are ready to RECODE your career, please apply clicking the link and send your resume in word format. For a confidential discussion, please reach out to
Richard Skaf
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