Finance Inventory Manager in Melbourne

As MECCA continues to grow across Australia and New Zealand, our Finance team plays a critical role in supporting the business and driving operational excellence. We're looking for a driven Finance Inventory Manager to lead inventory accounting and reporting, support a small, high-performing team, and drive continuous improvement across our fast-paced Finance function on a Fixed Term Contract until November 2027.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring the integrity of inventory valuation and balance sheet positions, delivering accurate and timely financial reporting, and maintaining strong audit readiness. The role also provides leadership and oversight to a small team, supporting capability uplift and continuous improvement across finance processes.

The Role You Could Play:

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for overseeing inventory accounting, coordinating and driving team projects, leading key aspects of financial reporting, and acting as a key point of contact for external audit. You will:

• Oversee and provide technical and commercial expertise on inventory accounting, valuation, landed costs and provisioning to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Ensure strong balance sheet governance and month-end and support statutory reporting requirements particularly across inventory and related accounts.
• Act as a key contact for external audit activities, ensuring audit readiness and driving continuous improvement in audit processes.
• Partner with Retail, Distribution, Supply Chain, Commercial and Sustainability teams to support business initiatives, inventory performance and ASRS reporting requirements.
• Lead, coach and develop a small team while contributing to finance transformation, systems enhancement and process improvement initiatives.

What You Will Bring:

You are a technically strong finance leader who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and enjoys driving improvements. Ideally, you will bring:

• CA/CPA qualification with significant experience in audit and financial accounting or a similar technical finance role.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including AASB/IFRS reporting standards and balance sheet governance.
• Experience managing inventory accounting, controls and reporting within a retail, FMCG or product-based environment.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams while building strong relationships across a broad stakeholder group.
• A proactive mindset, strong analytical capability and a passion for continuous improvement and process optimisation.

Your Life At MECCA:

Whilst we are focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn't be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!

Some of our other team member benefits include:

• Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering.
• Health and well-being initiatives.
• Reward and recognition programs.
• Access to quarterly product allowance.
• Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy.

There are also so many other ways in which you'll be made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way.