Complex Commercial Exposure

Month-end support, Conduit between finance & global for inventory management.

Global FMCG business with an excellent reputation

North Sydney location with WFH options, $100K - $120K + Super

Company Background

Our client has a diverse product offering and an excellent reputation in their niche market. They are part of a much larger, multi-billion dollar global empire. While this gives them great financial backing and stability, here in Australia they still operate with an SME company culture and feel.

The business has a real emphasis on ‘team’, promoting its core values. They offer WFH, team-building events, lunch and the top level-stakeholders have an open-door policy. The impressive tenure in finance & across the wider business are testament to this.

The Role

This Financial Accountant role is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be involved in the business, rather than spending all their time in the monthly reporting cycles.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, your responsibilities will be 50/50 inventory management for Australia as well as Financial Accounting:

Supporting the finance team with period-end tasks including reconciliations, journals, and reporting for monthly, quarterly and annual close.

Internal control compliance including Internal Audit Best Practice, SOX. QTR Audit preparation and liaison with external auditors.

End-to-end inventory accounting, from item master management to cost reporting at both transfer pricing and management cost levels.

Ownership of item master data management in inventory management systems and finance ERP to ensure correct reporting of inventory source and local oncost.

Support the Forecasting and Work Plan processes by providing accurate financial insights and collaborating with relevant stakeholders.

Maintain a strong internal control environment, ensuring compliance with corporate policies and regulatory standards.

Partner with local and global business units including Global economics, IT and Finance teams to drive efficiency, ensure data integrity, and support continuous improvement in financial.

Your Background

To be considered for this Financial Accountant opportunity the client is looking for someone who has/is:

CA or CPA qualified or close.

Happy to consider a Big4 first-time mover, ideally someone with FMCG or similar type clients

Someone who is currently a Financial Accountant and has strong month-end experience. Balance sheet reconciliations, journals, and some inventory exposure ideally.

For either profile, it's essential you are an outgoing, confident communicator who enjoys working with stakeholders across the business!

Exceptional written & spoken English communication skills is key, as you will be dealing with people from their international offices globally.

They are a fantastic team of collaborative, hard-working, energetic, positive people. They are looking for someone of a similar calibre!

If you are keen to apply for this Financial Accountant role please apply below. For any further queries, you can contact Adele at Richard Lloyd on 02 8324 5647, quoting reference 9285.

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.