Plant/Site: JBS Southern Operations Office

Date Posted: 9 Sept 2026

JBS Australia's Southern Division, headquartered in Melbourne, has the largest multi-species processing facility in Australia, processing beef, sheep, and goats. JBS Southern processing facilities have access to all major international markets, providing our livestock suppliers with a range of markets and brand opportunities.

About the Role

As the Finance Business Partner at JBS Australia, you will play a critical role in partnering with the Sales leadership team to drive financial performance, strategic decision-making and revenue optimisation across the Southern Division. Acting as a trusted commercial advisor, you will provide meaningful insights, analysis and performance reporting that influence business outcomes, support long-range planning and strengthen the division's integrated business planning processes. This is a highly visible role that combines financial expertise with commercial acumen to help shape the future performance of one of Australia's leading beef businesses.

What You'll Be Doing

- Partner with Sales Managers and Finance leaders to develop financial strategies, annual budgets and business plans.
- Monitor and analyse the financial performance of the Beef division, providing insights and recommendations to enhance business outcomes.
- Drive forecasting, planning and performance management activities across the sales function.
- Influence the revenue management agenda by identifying opportunities to maximise revenue and reduce unsold inventory positions.
- Deliver meaningful financial reporting, performance insights and key drivers to support decision-making and integrated business planning processes.
- Provide commercial guidance to sales stakeholders with consideration for profitability, working capital and cashflow objectives.




- Assess business risks and work closely with stakeholders to develop mitigation strategies and recommendations.
- Support strategic initiatives, business cases and capital projects through robust financial analysis and due diligence.
- Coordinate executive-level reporting and contribute to Quarterly Business Reviews and business performance forums.
- Drive compliance, governance and financial control activities while maintaining accurate financial documentation and reporting standards.

What We're Looking For

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related discipline.
- CPA or CMA qualification preferred.
- Significant experience within Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A;), commercial finance or finance business partnering roles.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial information into actionable business insights.
- Experience within manufacturing, FMCG or protein processing environments highly regarded.
- Exceptional analytical, financial modelling and forecasting capabilities.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence leaders across multiple functions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively at both a strategic and operational level.
- Strong project management, problem-solving and continuous improvement capabilities.

Why Join Us

- Competitive salary and advantages package.
- Exposure to senior business leaders and strategic decision-making processes.
- Opportunity to influence the commercial performance of one of Australia's leading beef businesses.
- Career development opportunities within a large and growing global organisation.
- A collaborative culture focused on performance, innovation and continuous improvement.

Join JBS Australia and help drive the commercial performance of one of Australia's leading food manufacturing businesses.

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