At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead cost of sales realignment and collaborate with teams for accurate cost allocation.
- Company: Major Australian tech business with a national presence and growth-focused culture.
- Benefits: Competitive package up to $220,000, flexible hybrid work, and potential for extension.
- Other info: High visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on product profitability in a critical project.
- Qualifications: Experienced finance leader with strong analytical skills and stakeholder influence.
Senior Finance Manager | 6-month project
Our client is a major Australian technology business with a national footprint and a sophisticated operating environment.
Having expanded significantly in recent years, it continues to evolve to support its next stage of growth.
Following a recent restructure, the organisation is realigning its cost of sales allocation to reflect a new reporting model, with the goal of clearer, more accurate product profitability.
A senior finance leader is now required to deliver this work on a six-month contract.
About the role
You will own the cost of sales realignment, working closely with teams across the business to ensure costs are allocated accurately and consistently.
- Review current cost coding and allocation, delivering early improvements within the first three months
- Develop methodologies for shared and variable costs to sharpen product profitability insight
- Consolidate costs into a single, consistent framework
- Engage cost owners to understand each cost and where it belongs
- Partner with Product, Revenue & Cost Assurance and FP&A to drive upstream system changes
- Document findings and rationale to support every decision
- What they’re looking for
A seasoned finance leader who pairs technical capability with genuine stakeholder influence.
- Proven ability to partner with non-finance teams and explain financial concepts clearly
- Comfortable working through differing views and making evidence-based recommendations
- Background in a large, complex organisation with multiple systems
- Solid understanding of cost of sales and cost allocation
- Advanced analytical skills, including data warehouse and ERP reporting
- Available immediately or at short notice
- Why this role is worth considering
A critical project with a defined mandate and real impact.
- A package of up to $220,000 including super
- High visibility and direct exposure to senior leadership
- Potential for extension or permanency
- Flexible, hybrid working
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