Management Accountant

Flexco; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

11 Recruitment is seeking a qualified accountant ready to step up to a Finance Manager role within a manufacturing business. Located in Norwest, Sydney, or Perth (Canning Vale) with travel between sites, the role starts hands-on and progresses to month-end reporting and management accounting.

You will manage payroll, AR/AP, BAS and payroll tax, and contribute to cost analysis and business partnering. A CPA/CA and manufacturing exposure are preferred.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Commerce or Finance.
• CPA or CA qualification preferred.
• 5+ years of experience after your degree, with at least 2 years in each role.
• Experience in manufacturing or costing concepts is desirable.
• ERP experience (Infor LN or Baan) is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Run the payroll end to end within two months, from clock data to employee payments, taxes and superannuation.
• Manage accounts receivable, accounts payable and employee expense management, including BAS and payroll tax returns.
• Run the month end process with journals, balance sheet reconciliations and internal management reports.
• Take on product costing: analyse margins, labour utilisation, production variances and department spend to identify improvements.

Skills

Financial accounting

Month-end reporting

Costing concepts

Payroll processing

Business partnering

Education

Degree in Accounting/Commerce/Finance

Tools

Infor LN

Baan

Job description

About our client

Our client is part of a privately held global group founded in 1907 and has operated in Australia since 1983. It designs, manufactures and supplies belt conveyor products and services that improve conveyor uptime, productivity and safety for the mining, industrial and agricultural markets across Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands.

Its Australian head office and manufacturing site is in Norwest, Sydney, where it also makes products for the wider global group. The business employs 81 people in Australia and is bringing a new manufacturing facility online in Perth, Western Australia. Leaders are encouraged to contribute across the business, and change and improvement are welcomed.

About the opportunity

This is a new role in a finance team of three, reporting to the Finance Manager, and a planned succession to the Finance Manager role. You will learn all finance aspects of the business side by side with the Finance Manager, who has 11 years with the company. The role starts hands-on and then develops into month end reporting and management accounting.

• Run the weekly payroll end to end without support within two months, from clock-on and clock-off data through to payment of employees, taxes and superannuation


• Run accounts receivable, accounts payable and employee expense management without support within three months, including the monthly BAS and payroll tax returns


• Run the month end process within six to twelve months, including journals, balance sheet reconciliations and the internal management reports


• Take on product costing: analysis of product margins, labour utilisation, production order variances and department spend to identify business improvements

You will work in Infor LN, Dayforce and Concur, and with production, engineering, sales and the leadership team. Alongside the day to day, you will support projects including B Corp certification and setting up the finance side of the new Western Australian manufacturing facility, with travel between Sydney and Perth. There are no direct reports at the start.

About you

You are a qualified accountant who wants to step up to a Finance Manager role, with an interest in how a manufacturing business works beyond compliance and reporting.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A degree in Accounting, Commerce or Finance


• CPA or CA qualification (preferred)


• 5 or more years of experience after your degree, with at least 2 years in each role


• Strong financial skills across the full cycle, from processing through to monthly reporting


• Experience in a manufacturing business, or at least exposure to costing concepts


• ERP experience (Infor LN or Baan is an advantage)


• Experience with payroll, employee expense management and local statutory reporting such as BAS and payroll tax


• A proactive, commercial approach as a business partner, and the ability to work independently


• A driver’s licence and willingness to travel between Sydney and Perth


• Willingness to complete a pre-employment medical and drug and alcohol testing

What’s on offer

A planned path to the Finance Manager role. The work is hands-on across financial and management accounting, with freedom to improve processes and to contribute to leadership discussions across the business.

The role is Monday to Friday, 8.00 am to 4.30 pm, plus reasonable additional hours. It is based in Norwest, Sydney, or in Canning Vale, Perth, for the right person. A candidate based in Perth does not need to relocate.