Finance Manager

Finance Manager - FMCG

Company Background

Our client is a growing FMCG business with over 50 years of business in Australia and a huge international distribution network. They are headquartered in the USA and proudly represent household brands across the world. It’s a very stable business in uncertain times! No matter what global events we have endured in the last 5 years, they have continued on a path of growth.

Working with an exceptional CFO,  not only will you have a top-calibre mentor, you will also enjoy an array of generous staff benefits, while honing your technical accounting skills in a complex environment. 

The Role

This role manages the operational accounting team. Tasks will include:

• Staff management of the operational finance team. This is a relatively lean team, so the expectation is for someone happy to be ‘hands-on’.
• Responsible for compliance and regulatory requirements including SOX audit and US GAAP.
• Preparation and thorough review of management reports including P&L statement, cashflow forecasting, and balance sheet.
• Working closely with the leadership team and business unit managers. Setting revenue targets and resource planning to coordinate the annual budget.
• Monthly forecasts, variance analysis and commentary.
• Statutory reporting in accordance with all relevant AASB & IFRS standards.
• Managing working capital.
• Assist with the management of group treasury function to ensure that liquidity and foreign currency risk are managed. 
• Maintaining the cost standards, maintaining master data, analysing production costs, and inventory management.
•  Working with external tax advisors, preparing documentation for the Company’s Annual tax return.

Your Background

This is a key role to the successful management of the Australian business. The CFO is looking for candidates with the following backgrounds:

Essential Criteria/non-negotiables:

• CA or CPA fully qualified.
• Strong FMCG, Pharmaceutical or similar industry backgrounds.      Comprehensive understanding of distribution channels, rebates, supply chain, stock & inventory etc.
• Staff management experience of at least 3-4 people.
• US GAAP/SOX reporting experience.
• Experience working in a smaller finance team, perhaps a USA subsidiary with the ability to still be ‘hands-on’ when it comes to the coordination of month-end reporting.

Desirable criteria

The CFO will look most favourably on candidates who also have:

• SAP system experience
• Have trained in a Big4 CA firm, and will also mostly likely be CA qualified.

If you are keen to apply for this Finance Manager role, please contact Adele at Richard Lloyd on 02 8324 5647, quoting reference 9161 or click on 'apply now' below.

Please submit your CV in Word format and note that due to the high volume of responses we receive only suitable candidates will be contacted.