This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with stakeholders, improving processes and delivering meaningful financial insights that support business performance.

Working within a collaborative environment, you will play a key role in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and business partnering across multiple functions

Key Responsibilities

- Prepare monthly management reports, including profit and loss analysis, balance sheet reviews, cash flow reporting and commentary on key business performance drivers
- Support annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes, partnering with department leaders to validate assumptions and explain variances
- Complete reconciliations and maintain strong financial controls across the business
- Review inventory related balances and investigate discrepancies in a timely manner
- Analyse margins, costs and business performance to provide actionable recommendations
- Partner with operational teams to improve reporting accuracy, process efficiency and decision making
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation and enhanced data integrity
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across reporting, workflows and financial controls

About You

- Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline
- CA or CPA qualified,



or nearing completion
- 4 to 7+ years of experience in management accounting, commercial accounting or a similar finance role
- Experience within a product based, inventory, wholesale, distribution or manufacturing environment will be highly regarded
- Strong ERP systems experience, with SAP Business One exposure advantageous
- Advanced Excel skills including analysis, modelling and reconciliations
- Experience using reporting and BI tools such as Power BI, Phocas or similar
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Proactive, commercially focused and solutions oriented approach
- High attention to detail and ability to thrive in a rapid paced environment

What’s on Offer

- Opportunity to influence business decisions through meaningful financial analysis
- Broad role with exposure across finance and operations
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Ongoing process improvement and systems enhancement opportunities
- Growing business offering long term career development

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

📌 Management Accountant (St Leonards)
🏢 Hays
📍 St Leonards