Management Accountant (Temp to Perm)

Charterhouse Partnership; Central Coast; On-site; AUD 111,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Charterhouse Partnership on the Central Coast is seeking a commercially minded Management Accountant / Finance Analyst for a 6-month contract, with potential to become permanent. You will partner with operations, study drivers of performance and provide financial insights to support commercial decisions.

The role emphasizes budgeting, forecasting, and proactive business partnering rather than traditional month-end tasks.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Management Accountant, Finance Analyst or Finance Business Partner.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience.
• Ability to interpret financial information and translate into commercial insights.
• Confident working with non-finance stakeholders, especially operations.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage budgets, forecasts and regular financial performance reporting.
• Deliver detailed variance analysis, identify drivers and explain movements against budget and forecast.
• Build relationships with operational stakeholders to understand performance, challenges and opportunities.
• Provide commercial analysis and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Work with operational managers to improve financial understanding and accountability across the business.
• Identify trends, risks and opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Support improvements to reporting, forecasting and processes.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Job description

Day rate: $600 - $700

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially minded Management Accountant / Finance Analyst to join an established business based on the Central Coast.

Initially offered as a 6-month contract with the view to becoming permanent, this role will suit someone who enjoys working closely with operational teams, understanding what drives business performance and using financial information to support better commercial decisions.

This is not a traditional, month-end focused Management Accountant role. The emphasis is on budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and genuine business partnering.

The Role

Working closely with the finance and operations teams, you will play an important role in improving financial visibility, challenging performance and providing meaningful insights to support operational decision-making.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and managing budgets, forecasts and regular financial performance reporting.
• Delivering detailed variance analysis, identifying key drivers and explaining movements against budget and forecast.
• Building strong relationships with operational stakeholders to understand business performance, challenges and opportunities.
• Providing commercial analysis and recommendations to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Working with operational managers to improve financial understanding and accountability across the business.
• Identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
• Supporting ongoing improvements to reporting, forecasting and financial processes.

About You

We are looking for someone who is technically capable but, just as importantly, enjoys getting out from behind their desk and building relationships across the business.

You will ideally bring:

• Previous experience as a Management Accountant, Finance Analyst or Finance Business Partner.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience.
• The ability to interpret financial information and translate it into meaningful commercial insights.
• Confidence working with non-finance stakeholders, particularly operational teams.
Strong Excel and analytical skills.
• A proactive, approachable personality with a genuine interest in understanding how a business