Ops Finance Partner: Costing & Growth (On-site Melbourne)

Sharp & Carter; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter is assisting a well-established PE-backed products business in Melbourne to appoint a Commercial Finance Partner for the operations side. You will close with the senior operations leader and cross-functional teams to understand cost drivers and opportunities.

The role offers a platform to shape costing, operational reporting and performance insights, with scope to influence the business partner function and build credibility across the organisation.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA qualification and professional accounting background.
• Experience in a product-based business such as FMCG, wholesale, distribution or supply chain preferable.

Responsibilities

• Partner the senior operations leader and their team across sourcing, engineering, warehousing and supply chain.
• Own standard costing, ensuring product costs are accurate and used to drive decisions.
• Build understanding of how product flows from sourcing to warehouse to customer.
• Provide insight into cost drivers, efficiency and operational performance, turning it into action.
• Support procurement and sourcing decisions with clear financial analysis.
• Improve operational reporting by replacing manual processes with smarter, reliable ones.
• Contribute to building out S&OP with the Sales Finance Business Partner.
• Translate financial detail into practical advice for operations stakeholders.

Skills

CA/CPA

Management accounting

Cost accounting

FP&A

Business partnering

Operations partnering

Inventory costing

Excel

Continuous improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Education

CA or CPA qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

Sharp & Carter is assisting a well-established PE-backed products business in Melbourne to appoint a Commercial Finance Partner for the operations side. You will close with the senior operations leader and cross-functional teams to understand cost drivers and opportunities.

The role offers a platform to shape costing, operational reporting and performance insights, with scope to influence the business partner function and build credibility across the organisation.