Business Partner- Planning & Reporting

Company description:

George Weston Foods

Job description:

About George Weston Foods

George Weston Foods makes some of Australia and New Zealand's favourite and most innovative products! Chances are that one of our iconic brands is sitting on your table, packed in your lunchbox or resting in your pantry right now. Join the team and be part of one of our iconic brands like Tip Top®, Abbotts Village Bakery®, Burgen®, Golden®, DON®, KR Castlemaine® and Yumi's®.

Key Responsibilities

12 Month Max Term Contract

As the Finance Business Partner - Group Planning & Reporting, you will play a critical role in delivering timely and accurate internal management reporting, ABF group reporting, and statutory reporting across GWF. Acting as a key point of contact for divisional finance teams, you will support month-end, forecast and budget cycles, provide technical accounting guidance, and deliver insightful financial analysis to support strategic decision-making.

• Provide ABF group reporting for period actuals, forecasts, budgets and year-end submissions, ensuring timely and accurate reporting outcomes.
• Manage and lead reporting and forecasting for GWF associates and corporate non-trading costs, providing insights on monthly performance against budget and forecast.
• Support statutory reporting and the preparation of statutory accounts.
• Drive the development and continuous improvement of GWF's business performance reporting, dashboards and presentations for ABF and senior leadership.
• Act as the key point of contact for ABF on financial accounting and related reporting matters, building strong relationships and proactively resolving issues.
• Prepare trend analysis and provide insights on revenues, expenditures, earnings and other key financial performance metrics.
• Implement, maintain and enhance financial reporting systems, procedures and controls, ensuring the integrity of financial data and reporting.
• Provide technical accounting advice, working capital analysis, ACE compliance coordination and support ad hoc analysis, projects and stakeholder requests across Group Finance.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• CA or CPA qualified with a Commerce or Accounting degree.
• Recent experience with technical accounting issues within a reporting, audit or corporate finance environment.
• Proven experience producing consolidated accounts, including multi-currency group consolidations.
• Strong management reporting and financial analysis experience, supported by advanced Excel skills and exposure to large ERP systems.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, influencing and problem-solving skills, with the ability to distil complex information into clear and actionable insights.

How to Apply

Sound like a good fit? Apply now.. We'd love to hear from you!

During the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening tests which include a criminal record check.

At GWF we strive to create a place where everyone belongs, everyone is valued, and everyone has equal opportunity. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.

So we can get to know you in the best possible way, we're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. Let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via email to ••••@gwf.com.au.