Business Finance Lead

**DESCRIPTION **OF THE ROLE**:
**Business Finance Lead / Senior Financial Planning & Analysis**

Austin is a leading global provider of innovative engineering mining solutions and products. Austin (ASX:ANG) is a leading designer, builder, and sustainer (on and off mine site) of customised mining solutions for the world's largest mining companies. Headquartered in Perth, Australia, Austin provides our partners across six continents, innovative and market-leading end-to-end mining solutions. From our facilities in Australia, Indonesia, Africa, Canada, America, Chile. Austin delivers a global and local presence in the world's principal mining regions delivering high-quality, cost-effective solutions, delivered on time and backed by a life of product support.

**Your future role**

Austin-Mainetec has an exciting permanent full-time employment opportunity for an experienced qualified Accountant at our purpose-built manufacturing facility in Mackay, QLD. The BU Finance Lead / Senior Financial Planning & Analysis is accountable to the BU General Manager (GM) for improving and maintaining transparent, accurate and complete financial month end process, reporting and analysis, planning and budgeting, forecasting, order book pipelines.

The role will actively contribute and collaborate with the GM in all matters of Operational Financial management. In doing so, is the primary interface with Group Finance for all Operations Finance matters whilst working closely with the Global Operations Head of Financial Planning & Analysis.

**Role duties**
- Maintaining a strict and robust control environment, in line with Austin's Global Policies.
- Overseeing accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll.
- Reviewing general journals.
- Managing project costing, job profitability reviews and revenue pipeline / order book management
- Detailed first review of all outgoing bank payments.
- Responsible for the review of weekly cash information including: Cash balances report; Day by day cash flows for the next week; Weekly cash forecast for next 12 weeks; Cash flow forecast prepared on time and accurate to ensure self-sustaining cash management.
- Managing balance sheet reconciliation process and state-based taxation requirements.
- Responsible for the submission of month end financial reports with a high level of accuracy
- Preparation of written reports and appendices that accompany month end financial reports.
- Lead the business units' budget and reforecast process by collating information from key business development, operations, finance, procurement, and management and compiling the templates provided.
- Project management of this process to enable adherence to set timeframes.
- Overarching quality control review of outputs of the budget and reforecast model at a P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow level.
- Providing strategic assistance to General Manager and Leadership team.
- Managing the inputs in the division's budget and reforecast information to the group.
- Oversight of audit process for the business unit.
- Evaluate, improve and implement process improvements within the finance function and wider business.
- Support the construct and implementation of a new global ERP.
- Carry out specific assignments as directed by the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis.

**MANDATORY **QUALIFICATIONS & LICENCES**:

- 5 years' experience managing financial systems, management and financial accounting, profit & loss, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, cash/working capital management, FX, auditing, tender costing / pricing etc.
- 5 years' experience managing Finance teams and interfaces across multiple and global manufacturing BU's.

**SKILLS **& EXPERTISE**:

- Previous experience in Pronto desirable.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate and assist others by sharing knowledge and experience.
- Proven ability to work independently while being able to build collaborative relationships to develop, maintain and strengthen partnerships with customers, clients, and colleagues.
- Proven time management skills, with demonstrated ability to prioritise workload meet deadlines, and forward plan to ensure work and information is complete and commitments are fulfilled.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively and independently solve problems whilst ensuring service standards are not compromised.
- Commitment to personal responsibility, accountable for actions taken and a high attention to detail.
- Competitive salary and employee support
- Supportive, dynamic, professional, and evolving company
- Employee benefit scheme with amazing discounts at major retailers etc.
- Growth and career opportunities working in a global organisation

At Austin Mainetec our people are valued as vital members of our diverse and expanding workforce. We provide a supportive and inclusive team environment, where learning and development are encouraged and p