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 workplace

Dandenong location with free onsite parking

Genuine scope to broaden your experience as the Group continues to develop

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