About the Organisation
Our client is a highly regarded and long-established Australian organisation operating within the manufacturing and technology solutions sector.
With established operations across Australia and New Zealand, multiple entities and business units, the business offers the stability of an established organisation combined with an ongoing focus on growth, improvement and operational development.
About the Role
An opportunity now exists for a Senior Group Management Accountant to join the finance team in Dandenong, reporting directly to the CFO.
Working alongside an experienced Financial Accountant with a complementary area of focus, you will play a key role in bringing together financial performance across the broader Group.
This is a broad, hands‐on Group role with responsibility for bringing together financial performance across a complex multi‐entity setting. You will take ownership of Group month‐end and management reporting, prepare Board and executive reporting, lead the annual budgeting process and forecasting, and provide meaningful analysis around business performance.
Importantly, this isn't a traditional statutory-focused Group Accountant position. The role combines strong accounting foundations with Group management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, performance analysis and people leadership.
You will also lead three direct reports across Assistant Accounting, Accounts Receivable and Data Analytics and work closely with the CFO across ongoing finance and process improvement.
The Role Reporting directly to the CFO, your responsibilities will include:
Leading the Group month‐end process and delivery of monthly P&L; results across a multi‐entity environment
Preparing Group Board and executive performance reporting packs
Analysing financial performance and clearly explaining variances against budget




Bringing together financial information across multiple entities and business units to provide accurate and meaningful Group‐level reporting
Leading the annual budgeting process across the Group and individual business units
Preparing financial forecasts and supporting broader business planning
Maintaining general ledger integrity, including journals and balance sheet reconciliations
Providing analysis across sales, margins, COGS and inventory
Overseeing the fixed asset register
Leading and developing three direct reports across Assistant Accounting, Accounts Receivable and Data Analytics
Working closely with the Data Analyst to ensure sales, margin, KPI and Power BI reporting is aligned with Group Finance
Overseeing Accounts Receivable, customer invoicing and associated processes
Identifying and implementing opportunities to improve month‐end, reporting, systems and finance processes
Supporting the CFO across broader finance initiatives as the Group continues to develop
About You
You will be a qualified accountant with strong hands‐on accounting foundations and proven experience producing management information within a multi‐entity Group environment.
Importantly, you will be equally comfortable ensuring the integrity of the underlying numbers and interpreting those results for senior management.
You will bring:
CA, CPA or equivalent qualification
4+ years' post-qualified experience
Demonstrated multi-entity Group reporting experience
Experience preparing Board and/or executive management reporting
Strong month‐end ownership and management reporting capability




Demonstrated experience leading annual budgets and preparing financial forecasts
Strong P&L;, variance analysis and balance sheet capability
Hands‐on experience using Microsoft Dynamics Business Central
Strong Excel skills
Strong analytical capability with the ability to understand the drivers behind financial performance
Previous people leadership experience
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
A proactive, hands‐on and continuous improvement mindset
Experience within manufacturing, distribution, wholesale or another inventory/product-based environment would be highly advantageous, particularly where you have worked with inventory, COGS and margin reporting.
Exposure to Power BI and Document Capture would also be advantageous.
Why Make the Move?
This is an opportunity to take on a genuinely broad Group Management Accounting position within an established Australian business operating across Australia and New Zealand.
Rather than being confined to traditional financial accounting, you will have ownership and exposure across Group performance reporting, Board reporting, budgeting, forecasting, analytics and leadership, while remaining close enough to the underlying accounting to genuinely understand what is driving the numbers.
You will also benefit from:
Hybrid working - 3 days onsite / 2 days WFH
Direct exposure to the CFO
Responsibility for multi-entity Group reporting
Regular exposure to Board and executive reporting
Ownership of Group budgeting and forecasting
Three direct reports
Exposure to sales, margin, COGS, inventory and business performance
Opportunity to drive continuous improvement across Finance
Established and growing Australian/New Zealand Group
Friendly, down‐to‐earth working environment
Dandenong location with free onsite parking
Genuine scope to broaden your experience as the Group continues to develop
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📌 Senior Group Financial Accountant (Melbourne)
🏢 FourQuarters Recruitment
📍 Melbourne