Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

ThompsonCook; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 162,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

ThompsonCook in Melbourne is seeking an FP&A Manager to lead divisional budgeting, forecasting and P&L analysis across manufacturing and project costing. You will shape forecasting models, drive commercial insights and partner with operational leaders to improve profitability.

Reporting to the Finance Director, this role requires BOM and product costing experience, strong Excel, Power BI and SQL skills, and a commercially minded, hands-on approach in a large multinational environment.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualified with FP&A or management accounting experience.
• Strong FP&A, commercial finance or management accounting background.

Responsibilities

• Own divisional budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and P&L analysis.
• Analyse revenue, costs, margins and key operational performance drivers.
• Work with BOMs, product costing and manufacturing cost analysis to improve cost visibility and profitability.
• Support project accounting, cost tracking and analysis of project performance against budget.
• Strengthen reporting, forecasting models, data quality and financial processes.
• Use Power BI and SQL to improve reporting automation and turn complex data into insights.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

P&L analysis

Education

CA/CPA qualified

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Job description

FP&A Manager $180k + super + 10% STI

Commercial FP&A | Manufacturing & Project Costing | Divisional P&L Ownership

• Opportunity to shape forecasting, reporting and commercial decision-making
• BOM and project accounting experience essential
• Hybrid | South-East Melbourne | Large multinational

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a division of a large, established multinational, generating approximately $80m in revenue across Australia and New Zealand. The business operates across multiple manufacturing sites and product categories. While well established, there is genuine scope to strengthen financial processes, improve visibility of performance drivers and build more robust forecasting and reporting capability. This role will suit a commercially minded FP&A professional who enjoys getting into the detail, understanding how products and projects perform, and turning analysis into meaningful commercial improvements.

The Challenge

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will partner with State Managers, General Managers and operational stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand to improve financial visibility, challenge performance and support better decision-making. Key responsibilities include:

• Own divisional budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and P&L analysis.
• Analyse revenue, costs, margins and key operational performance drivers.
• Work with Bills of Materials (BOMs), product costing and manufacturing cost analysis to improve cost visibility and profitability.
• Support project accounting, project cost tracking and analysis of project performance against budget.
• Strengthen reporting, forecasting models, data quality and financial processes.
• Use Power BI and SQL to improve reporting automation and turn complex operational data into actionable insights.
• Partner with operational leaders to identify opportunities to improve performance and profitability.

The Expertise

• CA/CPA qualified with strong FP&A, commercial finance or management accounting experience.
• Manufacturing experience is essential, ideally within a product-based, project-oriented environment.
• BOM experience is essential, including understanding or analysing Bills of Materials, product costing and manufacturing cost drivers.
• Project accounting experience is essential, including project costing, cost tracking, budgeting and profitability analysis.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, material and labour costs, manufacturing variances and margin analysis.
• Proven budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and P&L analysis capability.
• Commercially minded, hands-on and naturally curious, with the confidence to challenge the numbers and influence operational stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills; Power BI and SQL experience highly regarded.

The Next Step

ThompsonCook | We Only Do Accounting | Focused on Melbourne and Sydney