Finance Business Partner - Manufacturing
Core
Partner with manufacturing leadership to drive performance, improve profitability, and deliver operational improvements by translating complex manufacturing data into actionable insights.
Role type
Senior Finance Business Partner (Manufacturing)
Builds
Operational performance improvements, cost reductions, and productivity gains for a major Australian manufacturing operation.
Domain
Manufacturing / Industrial Finance
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Manufacturing cost accounting, standard costing, operational KPIs, budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis, capital investment analysis, inventory analysis, product costing, ERP systems, advanced Excel, team leadership
Preferred skills
Power BI, Dynamics 365, CA or CPA designation
Technologies
ERP systems, Power BI, Dynamics 365, Excel
Responsibilities
Partner with manufacturing leadership to provide commercial insights and recommendations; Analyse key manufacturing performance drivers including labour productivity, waste, and yield; Identify and investigate manufacturing variances; Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to deliver cost and productivity improvements; Prepare weekly manufacturing performance reporting; Support month-end reporting, budgeting, and forecasting; Provide commercial analysis of capital investment proposals; Lead and mentor a small team of analysts.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership