Associate Director, Finance

Job Description Summary

Due to an internal promotion, we have an opportunity for an Associate Director, Finance to take ownership of the finance control function across ANZ.

Job Description

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Job Description Summary:

The primary function of the Associate Director, Finance is to take ownership of the finance control function across ANZ. This is a broad role that blends technical depth with commercial impact, offering exposure to acquisitions, divestitures, and transformation projects. You'll lead a growing team (both local and offshore), drive improvements across finance operations, and act as the right-hand to the Finance Director.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead record to report, statutory compliance, governance & controls
• Oversee general accounting, revenue recognition, tax, audits, treasury & collections
• Drive process improvements and operational efficiency
• Lead and coach a developing finance team, providing structure and mentorship
• Partner across shared services and corporate functions in a complex matrix environment
• Play a key role in M&A activity
• Support and drive business operations and strategic planning activities such as ASR, Budget, Projections, and Mid-Month Forecasts, including developing and reviewing assumptions, reviewing targets, and supporting plans.
• Prepare and coordinate submissions for financial planning.
• Monitor, analyze, comment, and make recommendations on monthly, quarterly, and yearly actual financial performance versus Budget, Projection, and Prior Year, as well as on performance trends.
• Participate in the S&OP process and leverage S&OP data (in-market sales, trade sales, inventory data) to provide insights on business health and performance.
• Analyze in-market sales performance by channels, product lines, and territories/geographies.
• Identify risks and opportunities and provide recommendations to business leaders and marketers.
• Maintain and understand the opportunity funnel for the business pipeline to pursue opportunities and reconcile financial forecasts.
• Track risks and opportunities at overall, business, and country levels.
• Engage Business Leaders to capture additional opportunities, mitigate risks, and develop contingency plans.
• Improve pricing decisions by combining market information with financial information and establishing enhanced product profitability analysis capabilities.
• Analyze external market trends and scenario modeling to consider future outcomes.
• Provide analytics and decision support for monthly performance reviews, strategic and operational initiatives, and Projection/ASR/Budget reviews with Region and Countries.
• Responsible for projecting market trends and changes, analyzing business health and performance, identifying growth opportunities in countries, and creating dashboards to help leaders and teams visualize and apply data and pricing management.
• Work with Regional Business leaders & Business Development leader to identify new business development opportunities and develop strategies to expand current and new markets (organic and Licensing Acquisition & Partnership).
• Provide analytical support to develop pricing/portfolio strategy to achieve growth and profitability in the countries/region.
• Review Capital investments for strategic intent, business modeling, financial profitability/reasonableness before routing for approval.
• Support Finance Transformation, M&A integration, business, and Finance initiatives.
• Other ad-hoc Finance tasks as requested

Preferred Requirements:

• CA/CPA qualified with proven financial control & leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, and compliance frameworks
• Hands-on experience with revenue recognition
• Track record in businesses >$200M turnover
• Background working in product-based industries (FMCG, healthcare, or similar)
• Confident leader who can coach, build, and elevate a team
• Pragmatic problem solver with strong stakeholder management skills
• Proactive approach to issue resolution.
• Analytical, with excellent attention to detail.
• IT system skills.
• Results-oriented, with an ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Problem-solving and negotiation skills.
• Adopts a 'hands-on' and 'can do' approach to work.
• Strong work ethic.
• Adherence to all company policies and procedures

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Primary Work Location

AUS Sydney - North Ryde

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