About the Role
We are seeking a skilled Management Accountant to join our team. As a key member of our Finance function, you will play a pivotal role in providing timely, accurate, and insightful financial information to positively influence decision making.
Key Responsibilities
* Preparing monthly financial statements and board reports for the business, providing meaningful analysis, insights, and performance commentary.
* To proactively identify, develop, lead, deliver and implement finance improvement initiatives and projects across Fertilisers to achieve the Finance vision.
* Take accountability for inventory and cost of sales, monitoring, managing, and maintaining bill of materials to ensure accuracy of product costing and inventory measurement.
* Provide analysis and identify opportunities to optimise working capital and capital employed throughout the year to enable the business to positively contribute to Wesfarmers objective 'to deliver a satisfactory return to shareholders.'
* Provide insightful commentary that links financial performance of key business drivers and strategies.
* Operating as a strategic business partner by providing financial acumen and support to business strategy formulation and execution.
* Manage the forecasting, budgeting, and corporate planning processes.
* Ensure appropriate level of governance and controls exist to mitigate financial and operational risks.
Requirements
You will need:
* Tertiary qualifications in a business-related discipline.
* Membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia, or equivalent qualifications.
* Well-developed commercial acumen, with the ability to understand the key drivers of business performance and awareness of industry trends and issues.
* High level influencing and negotiation skills.
* An analytical mind with ability to problem solve, identify trends, and proactively address upcoming issues / opportunities.
* Experience in planning and reporting in a large commercial corporate environment is highly regarded, with experience in agriculture, manufacturing or chemical processing desirable.
* Continuous improvement and innovation mindset underpinned by a willingness to learn and utilise technology.
* Strong ability to build and maintain productive business relationships, collaborating effectively with diverse stakeholders with varying levels of financial and accounting expertise.
Benefits
We offer a competitive remuneration package including allocation of Wesfarmers shares and participation in our annual incentive plan, employer parental leave payment up to 18 weeks, ongoing professional development and career opportunities across our diverse businesses and the Wesfarmers Group.
Why Join Us?
We are committed to building an engaged and talented workforce that is representative of the people who live in the communities where we operate. Fostering an environment where diversity of thinking, skills and experiences are embraced, delivering innovation and better business results.