Finance Business Partner Fxt - Ballarat Potato

Position Title: Finance Business Partner FXT - Ballarat Potato

Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time

Position Location: Ballarat

Requisition ID: 33409

About McCain

At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to pizzas, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Why join the McCain family
Your Life – we’re here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
Your Success – work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
Your Impact – we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.

McCain is a place where you can grow from the ground up, so join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain.

About the team
This position forms part of the Finance function, reporting to the Finance Manager for Manufacturing, and will work closely with the Finance, Plant Leadership, and other cross functional team members.

About the role
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.

This position is located in Ballarat, Victoria and is a 12-month fixed term contract, filling a maternity leave cover.

• Provide timely and accurate financial information to the Plant and Regional Teams that aids in day to day decision making
• Drive and play a leading role in the preparation of the annual Budget and periodical Forecasts, ensuring the accountability and ownership is embedded in the Plant
• Identify gaps to the annual Budget/periodical Forecasts and work with the Plant Team to address them and drive outcomes
• Ensure accurate reporting of financial month end/year end results
• Reporting, tracing, verifying Sustainable Cost Advantage initiatives to ensure delivery against targets
• Provide financial support for NPD launches
• Responsible for accuracy of standard costs
• Supporting capital expenditure requests with financial analysis

Leadership Principles
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success
We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success
We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together
We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain

Accountabilities
Attributes

• Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
• Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Steps up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said
• Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer centric solutions – both internal and external
• Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when faced with difficult situations
• Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances
• Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Business, CPA/CA desirable

Skills

• Verifiable experience in Financial and Inventory Management with relevant industry qualifications
• Demonstrated knowledge of Manufacturing Processes, Cost Analysis, Warehouse Management Systems and Financial Management Systems
• Experience in a Food manufacturing environment desirable
• SAP knowledge is an advantage
• Demonstrated ability as a team player with good organizational, people and communication skills (across multiple departments and all levels of personnel)
• Demonstrated ability to work on a variety of unconnected projects with a result focus orientation, a logical thinker and good problem-solving skills

The McCain experience
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Finance
Division: ANZ
Department: Finance - Manufacturing
Location(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : Melbourne || AU - Australia : New South Wales : Lisarow || AU - Australia : New South Wales : North Sydney || AU - Australia : New South Wales : Sydney || AU - Australia : Other : Reference job description || AU - Australia : Queensland : Brisbane || AU - Australia : Queensland : Morningside || AU - Australia : South Australia : Adelaide || AU - Australia : South Australia : Penola || AU - Australia : Tasmania : Hobart || AU - Australia : Tasmania : Smithton || AU - Australia : Victoria : Ballarat || AU - Australia : Western Australia : Perth

Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.