Finance System Reporting Lead

Lactalis-Mainland Dairy; City of Yarra; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Team-focused workplace culture

Job summary

Lactalis-Mainland Dairy is seeking a Finance System Reporting Lead at their Richmond office in Australia. This role involves owning and administering core finance systems, ensuring accurate financial outputs, and supporting management reporting and decision-making processes. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Accounting or Finance, strong experience in finance systems, and hands-on knowledge of SAP tools. The position offers competitive pay, career development, and flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• A degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline, with CA/CPA (or equivalent) preferred.
• Strong experience supporting management reporting, allocations, forecasting and close processes within complex finance systems.
• Hands on knowledge of SAP ECC/S/4, Central Finance and planning or forecasting tools (FICO/COPA experience highly regarded).
• Well developed analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to translate financial data into clear insights.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, multinational environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and administer core finance systems ensuring stability, accuracy and strong data governance.
• Manage allocation, settlement and close cycle processes to support management reporting and decision making.
• Partner closely with Finance, FP&A, IT and offshore Hub teams to resolve system issues.
• Deliver monthly management reporting, insights and analysis on revenue, cost and margin performance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, audit requirements and continuous improvement across finance systems.

Job description

Mainland Dairy, the business formerly known as Fonterra’s global Consumer and associated businesses, is now part of the Lactalis Group and known as Lactalis-Mainland Dairy.

Lactalis is a French family-owned business founded in Laval in 1933. Today, it is the world’s leading dairy group, present in 50 countries employing around 85,500 people. It is home to some of the world’s best known global and international dairy brands, including Président, Galbani and Parmalat, and local brands including Pauls, OAK, and Cracker Barrel in Australia.

Lactalis-Mainland Dairy is a team of more than 4,300 employees, operating 16 manufacturing sites across Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. We make well-loved brands including Perfect Italiano, Mainland, and Western Star.

Our passionate and talented team is committed to nurturing the future, unlocking new opportunities, and fostering innovation in nutrition and food.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Finance System Compliance Specialist, the Finance System Reporting Lead is responsible for the ownership, stability and integrity of finance systems and system driven reporting across the organisation.

This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring accurate, timely and reliable financial outputs across management reporting, allocations, forecasting and consolidation. Acting as a key link between Finance, IT and business stakeholders, you will support month end and planning cycles while enabling effective decision making through high quality system reporting and insights.

A core element of the role involves close collaboration with offshore Hub teams, Group and Regional FP&A, ensuring accuracy of Hub prepared reports and alignment during ongoing management reporting system transition.

In this role, you will:

• Own and administer core finance systems (SAP ECC/S/4, Central Finance and planning/forecasting tools), ensuring stability, accuracy and strong data governance
• Manage allocation, settlement and close cycle processes (actuals and forecast) to support management reporting and decision making
• Partner closely with Finance, FP&A, IT and offshore Hub teams to resolve system issues, support transitions and ensure high quality reporting outputs
• Deliver monthly management reporting, insights and analysis on revenue, cost and margin performance
• Support budgeting, forecasting, audit requirements and continuous improvement across finance systems and reporting processes

About You

You are a finance system–focused professional who enjoys working at the intersection of systems, data and commercial insight. You bring a collaborative mindset, strong technical capability and the confidence to work with stakeholders across Finance, IT and the wider business.

To succeed in this role, you’ll ideally bring:

• A degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline, with CA/CPA (or equivalent) preferred
• Strong experience supporting management reporting, allocations, forecasting and close processes within complex finance systems
• Hands on knowledge of SAP ECC/S/4, Central Finance and planning or forecasting tools (FICO/COPA experience highly regarded)
• Well developed analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to translate financial data into clear insights
• Strong communication skills and the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, multinational environment

What We Offer

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Career development and internal opportunities across a global business
• A team focused workplace in a fantastic culture where your work has real impact
• A strong commitment to quality, innovation and sustainability
• Flexible work arrangements where possible

Based at our Richmond office, this role offers excellent career development and internal mobility pathways as well as flexible ways of working and a hybrid structure, that allows you the balance of in-office collaboration and working from home to suit your lifestyle.

Please note that applicants must have full working rights for Australia to be considered.