Finance Analyst - Costing

Job title : Finance Analyst - Costing
Location : Melbourne
Job type : Permanent or Full Time
Salary : $120,000
Contact name : Jonathon Prince
Contact email : jprince@sharpandcarter.com.au
Job reference : 1492845
The Position 
As a Finance Analyst - Costing, you will play a critical role in a high-performing team and will be responsible for a broad range of costing, reporting and analytical activities. You will also be engaging extensively with key operational stakeholders, providing advice, business partnering and commercial guidance to balance operational objectives with financial discipline.  Specifically, your duties will include:
  
  • Provide finance business partnering support to the operational stakeholders
  • Provide financial analysis to support cross-functional analysis
  • Support budget and forecast processes with cost input and reconciliation
  • Manage the Bill of Material (BoM)
  • Support the costing and pricing process to ensure assumptions are accurate
  • Complete review and analysis of proposed changes and supplier cost updates
  • Support the setting up and monitoring of the financial targets and program budgets
  • Support idea generation and tracking for cost/investment reduction to help achieve financial targets.
  • Analysing and presenting business cases to senior management involving design and sourcing changes.
  • Support financial reporting to Senior Management regarding financial status and variance explanations.
  • Support business decisions on vehicle content through Internal Rate of Return and profitability analysis
  • Material Planning and Logistics (freight, duty, taxes)
  • Ad hoc queries/projects from the business and Finance
   
The Candidate
To be successful in this role, you will have a commercial background, ideally within a large manufacturing or consumer goods business supporting various divisions. It is imperative you have advanced Excel (financial modelling) skills, accounting, analytical, communication skills and an interest in systems and AI will be advantageous.

The Organisational
This instantly recognisable large multi-national business has a strong balance sheet, impressive growth profile, and reputations as dynamic work environment. Known as market leader and with an innovative approach they have consistently delivered impressive performance results over the last five years and are well positioned to continue their current growth path as they consolidate revenue streams from their new operations outside of Australia.  

To Apply 
To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Jonathon Prince.