Finance Business Partner

19 days ago
Full time role
Hybrid · Coopers Plains, QLD, AU... more

About Us 

For over six decades, Vinidex has been leading the way – setting the industry benchmark for pipeline systems and solutions. Our legacy spans across building, infrastructure, agriculture, and civil sectors. 

We make life flow with groundbreaking, high-quality products, connecting everything from water, gas, and energy throughout Australia. We are proud of our focus on operating on 100% renewable energy by 2025 and our recycling programs across our sites. 

About the Role

This is an exciting hands-on Finance Business Partner opportunity to join an ever-growing Queensland region within a large organisation. You will partner with the sites leadership team to support the delivery of commercial and strategic priorities and BAU activities, leverage financial perspective to improve risk awareness, strategic decision making and integrated performance management.

Reporting to the Head of Operations Finance, working intimately with local team and other functions, you will be responsible for:

  • Preparation and analysis of monthly management reports, monthly forecast (MME), Ad hoc analysis including deep dives

  • Provide technical expertise and advice on financial issues to operational managers to assist in managing overall financial responsibilities

  • Build collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders, including GM Manufacturing, Regional Manufacturing Manager, Production Manager, CI Manager, Sales & Operations and broader teams.

  • Lead and manage preparation of functional budget and forecast models that consider market conditions, plants performance and efficiency.

  • Maintain the standard costs

  • Provide financial and business support for the Operations Team

  • Annual budget and periodic forecasting

  • Assist site management to control inventory

  • Assist in capex process from production of financials for capex submission to management of costs for approved capital projects

  • Proactively participate in improving processes, tools and systems to improve visibility and accountability.

  • Create and drive a culture of Finance excellence through all interactions with the business.

About You

  • Professional qualification (CPA/CA)

  • Proven finance business partnering experience in a manufacturing environment, minimum 5 years’ experience

  • Understand the standard costing and conversion process

  • Stakeholder management skills and experience liaising with multiple levels within an organisation and inclusive of ability to manage reporting relationships in a matrix organisation

  • Experience with driving process improvement and have the appetite for driving change

  • Robust analytical and problem-solving skills with advanced capability in Excel

  • Financial and commercial acumen

  • Demonstrated capability to drive and implement transformational change within area of responsibility

  • High attention to detail and accuracy/integrity of processing/reporting

  • Expertise in large ERP (SAP preferred) and BI system

Why join us? We care …

  • You will enjoy working for a business that is conscious about what we do, how it operates and our impact on the environment 

  • Enjoy the freedom of hybrid and flexible working arrangement 

  • Industry leading paid parental leave - 26 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer and 4 weeks paid secondary carer 

  • Annual bonus based on performance for eligible employees 

  • Employee Assistance Program access for you & your immediate family  

  • We take it further with our Employee Recognition Programs and Service Awards 

  • A tailored career development opportunities at home and abroad 

  • Opportunity to join our mentoring programs 

  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion is close to our heart as a global business, you will have the opportunity to join the DEI council 

  • A safe work environment with a strong focus on "Go for Zero" 

Who we are

With the Aliaxis group as our parent company, we are part of one of the world's largest global networks to bring solutions to the world's water challenges.  Aliaxis exists to bring solutions to the world's water challenges and accelerate the transition to clean energy. We are a global leader in high-quality piping & fitting solutions for use in building, infrastructure, industrial and agricultural applications across the globe. Over 15,000 people work for us in more than 40 countries with 80 manufacturing sites.  Aliaxis has embarked on a positive journey with its “Growth with Purpose” strategy, implementing ambitious, urgent actions for sustainability and innovation that will pay off in the short term. 

We are looking for passionate people that want to be part of our journey and embrace the behaviours that we stand for: 

  • We Dare to challenge the status quo, to innovate and to learn fast 
  • We Care for the environment, our customers and each other 
  • We Deliver by taking accountability for our decisions and actions