Inventory & Cost Controller

Lawson Elliott Recruitment; New South Wales; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

Lawson Elliott Recruitment in Sydney's Western Suburbs is seeking an Inventory-Cost Controller for a newly created role. You will partner with finance and procurement to drive cost accuracy, pricing and stock efficiency in a fast-paced product environment.

You must be CA/CPA qualified and comfortable engaging with non-finance stakeholders to optimise labour and inventory costs across FMCG, Retail or Manufacturing settings.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualified with experience in cost/inventory accounting.
• Experience in fast-paced, product-based environments (FMCG, Retail, Manufacturing).
• Ability to work autonomously and engage with non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong costing and inventory analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Inventory valuation - assigning cost values to products.
• Reviewing and analysing ongoing labour cost.
• Cost analysis of inventory.
• Cost analysis of projects.
• Monitoring usage of stock and conducting regular stock takes.
• Working closely with procurement, warehousing, logistics etc.

Skills

Cost accounting

Inventory accounting

Autonomy

Stakeholder engagement

Education

CA/CPA qualified

Job description

Lawson Elliott Recruitment – Sydney Western Suburbs NSW

Global business experiencing high growth

Autonomous role within a dynamic finance team

$110k - $120k + Super

This impressive, global organisation are going through an exciting period of growth across all sectors due to their innovative and inspiring way of working. With a market cap in excess of $20bn they are dominating their competition and continuing to go from strength to strength. Operating in a diverse field, they have a strong customer first set of values that sets them apart from competitors.

The Inventory-Cost Controller is a newly created role, working across the finance and procurement teams and reporting directly into the CFO, duties will include:

• Inventory valuation - assigning cost values to products
• Reviewing and analysing ongoing labour cost
• Cost analysis of inventory
• Cost analysis of projects
• Monitoring usage of stock and conducting regular stock takes
• Working closely with various operational teams across the business - procurement, warehousing, logistics etc

The successful candidate will be CA/CPA qualified and have prior experience working in a fast paced, product based environment (FMCG, Retail, Manufacturing etc). You will have a strong background in cost accounting and/or inventory accounting, a self motivator and able to work autonomously, and be comfortable regularly engaging with non-finance stakeholders.