Capex Accounting and Reporting Manager

About Our Client

Our client is a genuine pioneer in Australian manufacturing, and are extremely well renowned. They run a hybrid working model and offer a huge amount of flexibility around start and finish times. Our client has an awesome workplace culture, and have been awarded as an employer of choice.

Job Description

Reporting to the GM Finance, your role will include:

• Implement a project cost control discipline, in conjunction with the operational business, to tightly manage against budgets, forecasts, and commitments, with capital projects across the Divisions
• Business partnering with other key departments
• Generation of reporting of key KPI's on an ongoing monthly basis including cost to complete assessments and provide recommendations where forecast spend is expected to exceed budget
• Actively participate in capital allocation, providing timely advice and rationale for how the annual capital spend is allocated to which projects
• Forecast annual depreciation and amortisation profile and scenario plan for different capex options or changes in policy
• Ensure that financial policies, procedures and internal controls are effectively implemented and a robust financial control environment is in place
• Ensure appropriate coding structures are maintained within the ERP including capitalisation of projects, closing projects, taking responsibility for the accuracy, completeness and timely records of the project/ program cost elements and Fixed Asset Register maintenance
• Be the lead for project/ program cost attribution with regard to month-end financial close processes, timely invoice processing and raising, accruals and cost transfers, monitoring and reviewing aged accruals, monthly financial performance monitoring/ reporting, undertaking variance analysis and advising project/ program leads on financial risks and appropriate resolution
• Other ad hoc tasks

The Successful Applicant

We are seeking either:

• Experienced finance professionals with significant exposure to capital expenditure accounting (ideally with a large spend per annum). Those from a Mining/Construction/Manufacturing background will be looked upon favourably. OR
• First time movers from big 4 Accounting firms

The role requires candidates with excellent communication and business partnering skills.

• Excellent WFH flexibility
• $140,000 - $155,000 + super
• Awesome workplace culture
• Flexibility around start/finish times