Based in Melbourne's South East, our client is an ASX listed FMCG organisation who is currently enjoying a period of substantial growth and expansion. After significant success both domestically and internationally, they are now looking for a high calibre Commercial Finance Manager to join the team to join for an initial 6 months. 

The role:
Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for: 

• Completion of month end closing tasks within requested timeframes including the following:
  • Post month end journals to ensure the accuracy of the monthly reporting
  • Completion of monthly balance sheet reconciliations ensuring all open items from previous months are cleared
  • Monthly GR/IR clearing and investigate open entries from previous months to ensure accuracy
• Preparation of monthly & weekly payroll and scheduling payment on a timely basis.
• Management of FX deals and ensuring hedges are settled correctly or rolled forward as appropriate
• Understanding of the different trade spend & rebate categories and application to customer sales and terms of trade
• Work with AR controller to ensure rebate deductions on customer invoices are correct.
• Ensuring that all queries from auditors relating to half year review and year end audit are satisfied and supporting documentation has been provided.
• Working with third party providers for overseas entities to ensure accuracy of accounting ledgers
• Ensure that bank reconciliations are completed

The successful applicant will be: 

• Bachelor of Commerce or Business (majoring in Accounting & Finance)
• CPA/CA qualified
• Min. 7-10 years' experience in a large corporate environment (ASX, multinational business)
• Significant experience with ERP systems (SAP by design preferred or similar eg, Netsuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle)
• Excellent excel skills and ability to build excel templates for month end reporting

To discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact Danielle Bower at dbower@sharpandcarter.com.au