Manufacturing Management Accountant: Cost & Performance

Perigon Group; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Perigon Group is seeking a commercially minded Management Accountant to partner with operational and commercial stakeholders. The role focuses on analysing manufacturing performance, costs and margins, translating data into actionable insights for business decisions.

You will connect operational activity with financial outcomes, examining throughput, waste, inventory accuracy and cost-to-serve to understand profitability. Strong Excel and BI experience are valued.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in management accounting, commercial finance or a similar position.
• Exposure to manufacturing, FMCG, wholesale or another product-based environment is desirable.
• Strong costing and management accounting experience.
• Understanding of inventory, margins and operational performance.
• Strong Excel and data analysis capability.
• Confidence working with ERP and financial reporting systems.
• Experience with Power BI or other BI tools would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing manufacturing costs, margins and operational performance.
• Understanding key drivers including throughput, yield, labour efficiency and overhead recovery.
• Reviewing product and customer profitability and explaining key movements.
• Analyzing sales, gross margin, operating costs, inventory and working capital.
• Working closely with operational stakeholders to understand plant performance.
• Investigating variances and identifying the underlying causes behind results.
• Providing insight to support pricing, product mix, inventory and cost decisions.
• Preparing management reporting and clear performance commentary.
• Identifying trends, risks and opportunities across financial and operational data.
• Supporting improvements to reporting, systems and finance processes.
• Contributing to better use of data and BI tools across the finance function.

Skills

Management accounting

Commercial finance

Excel

Data analysis

Power BI

ERP systems

Analytical skills

Communication

Tools

Power BI

ERP systems

Financial reporting systems

Job description

Perigon Group is seeking a commercially minded Management Accountant to partner with operational and commercial stakeholders. The role focuses on analysing manufacturing performance, costs and margins, translating data into actionable insights for business decisions.

You will connect operational activity with financial outcomes, examining throughput, waste, inventory accuracy and cost-to-serve to understand profitability. Strong Excel and BI experience are valued.