Organisation
Our client is one of Australia's leading FMCG businesses, with a portfolio of well-known household brands across major food categories. Many of these brands have skyrocketed across your Coles & Woolworths aisles, and as they look to gain market share, they are also looking to invest and strengthen this finance function.

Chance
This is a newly created Finance Business Partner opportunity that will report directly to the Commercial Finance Manager.

You will sit close to the manufacturing operation, working across commercial finance, management accounting, procurement and business partnering. The role is heavily focused on understanding what is driving performance across labour, waste, sales, inventory, product costing and margin, then turning that data into insights the business can actually act on.

Key Responsibilities
Partner with manufacturing and operations across key business drivers
Analyse labour, waste, sales, margin, inventory and product costing
Support month-end, standard costing, reconciliations and variance analysis
Build and improve reporting through Excel, Power BI and automation




Translate financial and operational data into clear commercial recommendations
Partner with suppliers across pricing, sourcing and commercial negotiations
Identify opportunities to improve margin, productivity and profitability

About You
Experience across commercial finance, management accounting, FMCG or manufacturing
Solid understanding of manufacturing finance and operational drivers
Commercially minded with the confidence to challenge and influence stakeholders
Solid Excel capability, with Power BI and SAP highly regarded
Comfortable working with large volumes of financial and operational data
Hungry, ambitious and keen to build a career within a leading FMCG business

The successful candidate will be someone who wants more than a reporting role. This is an opportunity to get close to the operation, influence commercial decisions and build genuine breadth across finance, manufacturing and procurement.

This search is being managed exclusively by Sharp & Carter. For a confidential discussion, please contact Will Nichols at @sharpandcarter.com.au

📌 Finance Business Partner Procurement & Operations Melbourne (Australia)
🏢 Sharp & Carter
📍 Australia