Manufacturing Finance Lead – FMCG & ERP Champion

Daniels Donuts; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Daniel's Donuts is seeking a commercially minded Finance Manager to become the financial heartbeat of our Western Suburbs manufacturing operations in Melbourne. You will partner with production and procurement to drive cost control, pricing decisions and capital project evaluations, including DCFs and NPVs.

Lead the finance side of our ERP journey (Odoo), build strong cross-functional partnerships, and deliver actionable insights that improve profitability while maintaining robust controls and

Qualifications

• Finance professional with manufacturing/FMCG experience.
• Experience in product costing and standard costing.
• Strong management reporting and financial control.
• Ability to translate data into commercial insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost accounting, BOM, ERP discipline and month-end close.
• Turn manufacturing data into commercial insights for decisions.
• Evaluate capital projects using DCFs, NPVs and payback.
• Support pricing, new product development and customer profitability.
• Lead ERP journey with Odoo and collaborate with ops teams.

Skills

Management reporting

Financial control

Product costing

Inventory management

Commercial modelling

Business partnering

Stakeholder comms

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Tools

ERP systems (Odoo)

Job description

Daniel's Donuts is seeking a commercially minded Finance Manager to become the financial heartbeat of our Western Suburbs manufacturing operations in Melbourne. You will partner with production and procurement to drive cost control, pricing decisions and capital project evaluations, including DCFs and NPVs.

Lead the finance side of our ERP journey (Odoo), build strong cross-functional partnerships, and deliver actionable insights that improve profitability while maintaining robust controls and