Manager - Finance Business Partnering - R&D

Cochlear's mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a world full of sound. We aim to transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss and innovate to connect people with future technologies. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people's lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to experience a lifetime of hearing.

The Opportunity

Cochlear has an opportunity for a Manager - Finance Business Partnering - R&D, based in our corporate office in Macquarie, Sydney. In this role, you'll have an opportunity to work closely with the Director Business Partnering R&D to provide financial business partnership to the Research and Development business and other units within the organization.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to execute strategic initiatives, enhance financial accountability, and improve financial acumen across the organization.
• Assist in setting financial targets, developing profitable financial plans, and conducting financial appraisals of strategic plans to support business objectives.
• Prepare and deliver accurate, compliant, and timely financial information, including monthly management accounts, forecasts, budgets, and statutory reports.
• Maintain an effective control environment by ensuring compliance with financial policies, conducting audits, and safeguarding data integrity.
• Drive process enhancements, including the use of technologies, to optimize financial operations and reporting capabilities.
• Monitor and adjust business priorities and costs in alignment with changes in funding capacity, ensuring efficient resource allocation.
• Interact confidently with a diverse range of stakeholders, including senior management, project managers, and subject matter experts, facilitating effective communication and collaboration.

What makes this opportunity unique?

This role offers significant development value as it serves as a key business partner within an organization with a clear growth plan. The position provides opportunities for interactions with senior management across global operations, fostering valuable cross-functional exposure and networking. Additionally, the role involves building and enhancing a new capability within a challenging and dynamic environment, allowing the incumbent to contribute to the organization's strategic evolution while developing their own skills and expertise.

About You. As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

Required Skills

• Professional accounting qualifications or studying towards (eg - Chartered, CPA or CIMA)
• 5-10 years commercial experience in a multinational organisation
• Strong financial and business analysis skills in complex operating environments
• Successful FP&A track record including budgeting/forecasts, management reports and analytics
• Working understanding of project accounting environment
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing policy, procedures and process governance
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Confident dealing with a range of stakeholders (SVP's, project managers, subject matter experts)
• Strong in Microsoft Excel, attention to detail and advanced financial modelling
• Good working knowledge of MS Powerpoint and Word
• Experience in Tier 1 systems including ERP (Oracle or similar), BI (Hyperion or similar)

Desired Skills

• Experience in medical device manufacturing
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles

How we recognise your contribution

We want Cochlear to be a place where our people truly enjoy coming to work. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported.  Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.

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If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.

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How we recognise your contribution

At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.

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