Job Description
Our client is a well-established, large Australian manufacturing group with a significant manufacturing footprint across Australia.
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Following a major acquisition and continued growth, the organisation continues to invest in its manufacturing operations and strengthen the level of commercial insight provided to operational leaders.
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As part of this continued growth, the business is seeking an experienced Plant Accountant / Cost Accountant to be embedded directly within a growing Queensland manufacturing operation.
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This is a five-day onsite position suited to someone who enjoys being close to manufacturing and understanding what is happening on the factory floor.
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About the Role
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Reporting to the Financial Controller, this is a highly visible, site-based finance role supporting the Queensland manufacturing operation.
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Combining hand-on cost accounting with operational business partnering, you will work closely with the State Manager, Manufacturing Managers and operational leaders to analyse plant performance, investigate variances and provide meaningful financial insight.
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The site's P&L; and core reporting processes are well established; however, there is significant opportunity to improve analysis, strengthen performance monitoring and identify opportunities around cost reduction, labour efficiency and manufacturing performance.
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What You'll Be Doing
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Manage cost accounting activities for the manufacturing operation
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Analyse plant performance and profitability
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Investigate labour, material and manufacturing variances
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Maintain and analyse Bills of Materials (BOMs)
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Monitor inventory, stock movements and inventory valuation
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Support weighted average costing processes
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Develop factory and operational reporting
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Support budgeting, forecasting and plant P&L; analysis
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Analyse labour efficiency and manufacturing cost drivers
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Partner with site and manufacturing leadership
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Identify cost reduction and performance improvement opportunities
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Improve financial controls and visibility across the operation
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What Experience You'll Need
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You will likely be a CA or CPA qualified Accountant with experience gained within a manufacturing, industrial, distribution or inventory-intensive setting.
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You will possess strong cost accounting capability and, equally importantly, the ability to engage with operational stakeholders and translate financial information into meaningful commercial insight.
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Experience across inventory, BOMs, manufacturing costing and variance analysis will be highly regarded.
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Strong Excel skills are essential. Exposure to ERP and manufacturing systems will also be advantageous.
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Most importantly, you will be hand-on, commercially minded and genuinely interested in understanding how a manufacturing operation performs.
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What's In It For You
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This is an opportunity to be embedded within a growing manufacturing site and independently take ownership of its finance support.
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You will work directly with operational leadership, improve costing and reporting processes and contribute to initiatives that directly impact plant performance.
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The role offers an attractive salary together with the opportunity to join a large and successful Australian manufacturing group at an important stage of growth.
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📌 Plant Accountant (Queensland)
🏢 FourQuarters Recruitment
📍 Queensland