About the Organisation

Join a high growth private equity owned industrial company with a market leading position built on innovation excellence. This organisation is transforming its sector through speed to market with solutions that enhance the operating success of its customers. Lead by an experienced management team, they have reached a critical scale where they need to establish an FP&A function to lead commercial support across the company.

About the Role

• Establish and lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting to support business growth (including longer term hiring a team)
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports, including P&L, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
• Partner with the CFO on financial strategy, risk management, and investment decisions including due diligence on bolt-on acquisitions as they arise
• Provide insights and recommendations to improve financial performance and operational efficiency
• Optimise and support the organisation’s ERP systems and financial tools
• Strategic Planning, including regular communication with business unit leaders to form forecast/budget assumptions and concise summary reporting for senior management.
• Support new growth initiatives through business case and ROI analysis, tracking of progress against initiatives, and hindsight of results and learnings
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to help drive business strategy through ad-hoc modeling and analysis
• Advance current processes through technology, automation, and process improvement

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
• Professional certification such as CPA or CA
• Strong financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis expertise
• Experience in an industrial/manufacturing business with multiple sites across Australia
• Highly motivated, entrepreneurial, able to multi-task and take initiative
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross functionally in a dynamic environment
• Expertise in applying a broad range of analytical techniques to identify business issues, risks and opportunities
• Experience in extracting insights from large amounts / disparate sources of data
• Ability to assist non-financial partners in interpreting complex analyses

Why You’ll Love This Opportunity

• Establish an FP&A function from the ground up in an organisation that thrives on innovation
• Enjoy a dynamic, growth-focused culture that values insights and continuous improvement
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement