Pricing & Commercial Analytics Lead (Management Accountant)

Topcut; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Cut Foods, a leading Australian food business, seeks a commercially minded Management Accountant / Pricing Analyst to own pricing frameworks and provide financial insights across national operations. You will partner with Sales, Procurement and Operations to drive margin improvement, budgeting and forecasting, and capital project analysis.

The role reports to the CFO in a high-impact, data-driven finance team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in management accounting, commercial analysis, pricing, FP&A or similar.
• Understanding of management accounting principles, financial reporting and performance analysis.
• Experience with month-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Strong commercial acumen to understand drivers of revenue, cost and profitability.
• Experience building and maintaining financial models and analysis tools.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to work with large datasets.
• Excellent communication skills to explain insights to non-finance stakeholders.
• Proactive, independent worker with ability to manage competing priorities.
• Relevant qualifications in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or Business; CA/CPA is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts, financial reports and performance analyses.
• Analyse results against budget/forecast to identify drivers, trends and variances.
• Lead variance commentary translating results into commercial insights.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasts and financial plans.
• Partner with Sales, Procurement and Operations to improve performance.
• Monitor KPIs and provide regular reporting to leadership.
• Support month-end processes, accruals, journals and reconciliations.
• Develop financial forecasts and scenario modelling for planning.
• Provide financial analysis for capital expenditure and strategic initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve margins and pricing governance.
• Own and improve national pricing framework.
• Analyse market movements and pricing trends to support decisions.
• Develop product costing, pricing and margin models across categories.
• Analyze product, customer and channel profitability.
• Support customer pricing reviews and tenders.
• Create financial models for pricing impact assessments.
• Deliver pricing and margin reporting to executives.

Skills

Management accounting

Pricing/FP&A

Financial modeling

Excel

Stakeholder management

Education

Accounting/Finance/Commerce degree

Tools

ERP systems

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Top Cut Foods, a leading Australian food business, seeks a commercially minded Management Accountant / Pricing Analyst to own pricing frameworks and provide financial insights across national operations. You will partner with Sales, Procurement and Operations to drive margin improvement, budgeting and forecasting, and capital project analysis.

The role reports to the CFO in a high-impact, data-driven finance team.