Company DescriptionOur vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.We’re the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region’s biggest user of recycled materials. We have 6,000 team members, operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries, and our customers include some of the world’s largest brands that consumers know and trust.Job DescriptionAbout this opportunityAs a Senior Manufacturing Finance Analyst you will provide leadership across your group of PACT site Operations, developing & driving best practice in cost and inventory management, controls and governance to drive an increase in shareholder value.You will provide the critical commercial link between Manufacturing / Operations and the various Finance functions, to ensure standard costs are rational and logical enabling our business stakeholders to make well informed decisions based on accurate information – on the factory floor and with our customers. Building strong relationships and developing insights into operations is within your remit, including key factors such as product / services costing, stock-management, bills-of-materials (BOMs), labour, freight and production technology. You will also work with your key stakeholders to establish effective review and reporting cadences and ensure clear information /insights to support accountabilities and provide critical finance support.Demonstrating your analytical perspective, you will drive cost effectiveness, extract efficiencies, optimise controls and manage risk with a strong focus implementing best practice margin and cost management, while driving consistency of implementation across all parts of Pact.Your key responsibilities will be to:Display an unrelenting focus on improving our safety culture. Your behavioural leadership is genuine and highly visibleSupport the Operations/Finance Managers in the delivery of planning, budgeting and forecastingUndertake complex cost modelling to support equipment and site optimisation (plant of best fit) analysisLead the calculation and analysis of cost-related benefits to support proposals for major capital expenditure projectsCoaching of Manufacturing Finance Analyst to drive capability across the teamBest practice for product and services coting with a continuous improvement focusP&L and balance sheet managementYour skills and experienceDeeping understanding and experience with manufacturing standard costing practices such as cost allocation methods and cost sensitivity analysis in an SAP environmentExperience partnering with cross functional stakeholder to identify opportunities, draw insights, develop solutions and deliver resultsUnderstand the implications business and accounting decisions have on one anotherStrong supervisory and leadership skillsHigh level of analytical and problem-solving skills, leveraging analytical capability to influence business stakeholders to more effectively manage costs, risks, revenues and profitsThorough financial understanding of P&L, accounting systems and financial metricsStrong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with people at all levels in technical or non-technical language, which can be easily understood.Proven proactive self-starter – able to identify and mange prioritiesQualificationsTertiary qualifications essential in Finance, accounting, commerce/businessCPA/CA qualificationAdditional InformationPACT Perks:Bonus leave programKudos Recognition Program – earn reward points for living our ValuesNovated vehicle leasing and motor vehicle purchasing discountsHealth insurance discounts18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carersMyLearning - programs to boost your individual development, including leadership courses, online learning modules and access to Blinkist audio booksCareer opportunities across our global organisationGreat people to work withA growth mindsetValues driven organisationPurpose led, sustainable organisation leading the circular economy.