Management Accountant

We are seeking a highly motivated and commercially minded Management Accountant / Finance Analyst to join our finance team. This is a newly created role and will play an important role as we scale the business. This role will support financial planning, reporting, trade spend management, and commercial decision-making across the ANZ business.

The ideal candidate will have experience in FMCG and/or liquor industries, with exposure to managing financial processes associated with large retail customers across Australia. They will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, partnering with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure strong financial controls, accurate reporting, and data processing.

Reporting to the Head of Finance - Australia, this role is based out of our Sydney CBD Office. We operate with hybrid 3 days in the office.

Role Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare and deliver weekly, monthly, and ad hoc financial reports to support business performance management.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance reporting dashboards, models, and analytical tools.

Month-End Close & Financial Control

• Perform month-end close activities, including journal preparation and posting.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with accounting policies and internal controls.
• Support audit requirements and finance governance activities.

Trade Spend Management

• Support with trade spend accounting, tracking, forecasting, and reporting.
• Support to monitor promotional spend, customer rebates, discounts, and commercial agreements.
• Partner with Sales and Commercial teams to ensure trade investments are accurately recorded and efficiently managed.
• Provide insights into trade spend effectiveness and return on investment.

Deductions & Claims Management

• Review, reconcile, and process customer deductions and claims.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure timely recovery and clearance of outstanding claims balances.
• Identify process improvement opportunities to reduce deduction exposure and improve recovery rates.

Marketing spend support

• Review, reconcile, and track marketing expenditure.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify process improvement opportunities to track and report spend.

Accounts Payable & Invoice Processing

• Support invoice processing and payment workflows.
• Ensure accurate coding, approval, and allocation of expenses.
• Assist with resolving supplier and customer invoice queries.

Business Partnering & Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve financial processes and reporting capabilities.
• Support system enhancements, automation initiatives, and process improvements.

• Financial operations:
  • Oversee invoices processing, monthly receipt accruals, and maintain relevant purchase orders and contract register and reports
  • Support with order-to-cash (OTC) processes
  • Preparation of the monthly GST return
  • Preparation of weekly Excise return
  • Support with Container Deposit Scheme

Experience and Education

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce/Finance
• Qualified Accountant - CPA/CA or CIMA
• Minimum 3 years' experience post qualification

Experience:

• Experience in Global FMCG fast paced environments. Liquor experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with:
  • Month-end close processes
  • Journal preparation and posting
  • Balance sheet reconciliations
  • Financial reporting and analysis
  • Invoice processing and financial administration
  • Customer deductions and claims management
  • Trade spend accounting and reporting
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficiency in data analysis tools: Intermediate-Advanced Excel, ERP Modelling, PowerBI
• Ability to embrace and drive change within the business
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects at one time, in a fast paced environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong knowledge of Financial Planning concepts
• Experience with financial modelling and forecasting
• Strong relationships with key stakeholders across Finance, Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain teams.
• Continuous identification of process improvement and automation mindset

Systems

• Prior experience working within large ERP systems such as QAD desirable but not essential.

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