About our Client
- Our client is part of an international industrial group specialising in explosives, blasting solutions, and technical services for the mining, quarrying, and civil works sectors
- In Australia, the business operates from Townsville following the acquisition of a local services and trading company active in blasting engineering, training, and specialised products
About the Role
- The Financial Manager will be responsible for overseeing and developing the financial performance of the Australian subsidiary, covering both industrial production and services activities.
- This role requires a hands-on, operational finance profile, able to work autonomously in a flexible environment and support the business growth locally and internationally.
Key responsibilities
Development of management procedures and tools
- Develop and implement reporting tools for the management.
- Implement and improve business processes, optimising financial transactions and ensuring data reliability.
Lead forecasting and budgeting process
- Collect, analyse and summarise budgetary data from operational departments.
- Prepare a financial budget and its periodical review.
- Draw up the medium-term plan. Build the main 3-year financial statements by forecasting the company's current results, the current year's estimates and the strategic objectives defined by general management.
- Integrate budget data into monthly or quarterly results monitoring.
Analysis and reporting
- Prepare monthly reports and input into the group system.
- Analyse the company's performance on a monthly basis through variances between actual and standard target.
- Prepares monthly comments.
Supervision and managing accounting closings
- Coordinate the monthly/semi-annual/annual closing with the local accountant and ensure correct accounting allocation.
- Provide the off-balance sheet items to the group.
- Ensure correct analytical allocation of operations to enable performance monitoring.
Improving company performance
- Identify optimisation levers and help operational managers to achieve savings.
- Anticipate deviations and take corrective action in liaison with general management.
- Follow up and Monitor the corrective actions.
Supervision of the subsidiary's administrative side
Other subjects
- Set up an analytical structure based on activity costing.
- Improve the current accounting system (Xero).
- Participate in development projects (operational) and prepare business plans.
- Production of ad hoc analyses for General Management.
- Banking relation.
More information
- Location: Townsville, Australia
- Reporting line: Direct report to Group CFO (Asia-Pacific / Middle East)
- Functional interactions: Local Managing Director
- Salary range: 90K – 140K AUD (depending on experience)
- Strong exposure to international operations
- Medium-term career opportunities within the group according to company development opportunities (geographical scope extension, new projects)
Requirements
Profile & experience
- 4 to 7 years of experience in finance roles (audit, financial control, FP&A) in an industrial sector.
- Higher educational background (business school or Master's degree).
- Solid exposure to budgeting, forecasting, business planning and reporting.
- Experience in mining, drilling, chemical or related environments is a strong plus.
- Comfortable working in an international context with time-zone constraints.
- Autonomous, proactive and resourceful.
- Strong analytical and business mindset.
- Able to operate in a fast-growing, flexible and entrepreneurial environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trust locally.
- Comfortable working with limited processes and building them when needed.
- Advanced Excel skills required.
- Experience with accounting systems (Xero is a plus).
- Fluent English required (French is a plus).
- Local profiles or open to relocate to Townsville.
