Senior Site Controller
H.J. Heinz Co. Australia Ltd Company
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Senior Site Controller
Opportunity to grow your career with Kraft Heinz!
Collaborative and dynamic work environment
Location: Northgate, Queensland
Kickstart Your Career with Kraft Heinz!
Are you looking to grow your career in Finance? Do you want to join a dynamic team with a proven track record of internal growth and career advancement opportunities? We have an exciting permanent opportunity for a Senior Site Controller to join our Finance team, based in Northgate, Queensland
The Company
The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.
Key position responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Partner with site and functional leaders to provide financial insight and support operational decision-making across manufacturing activities.
Provide strong financial control and stewardship, ensuring compliance with financial processes, policies, and internal controls.
Review and analyse site spend, including labour, utilities, yield and overheads, to identify risks, trends and opportunities against budget and forecast.
Deliver daily, weekly and monthly financial and operational reporting to support performance management and decision-making.
Lead month-end activities, including reporting, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations.
Support forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis for the site.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying efficiency opportunities and helping quantify value.
Review and support capital expenditure proposals, tracking and post-investment analysis where required.
Partner with operations to maintain robust standards, assumptions and performance metrics across the site.
Support ad hoc financial analysis, projects and new product initiatives as required.
What you'll bring:
7+ years’ experience in finance, preferably within a manufacturing environment
Experience supporting operational stakeholders in a business partnering or site-based finance role
Experience in budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, reporting and balance sheet reconciliations
Experience using ERP, reporting and analytics tools to support financial and operational decision-making
Experience with standard costing, variance analysis
Degree qualified in business/commerce (accounting);
CPA or CA qualified (preferred)
Strong financial analysis capability, with the ability to interpret operational and financial data and translate insights into clear recommendations.
Strong cost management and variance analysis capability across key manufacturing cost drivers, including labour, utilities, yield and overheads.
Ability to deliver accurate and timely reporting, forecasting and performance analysis to support site decision-making.
Strong systems capability, including use of ERP and reporting tools to analyse data, identify trends and support financial processes.
Advanced Excel capability and confidence working with reporting and visualisation tools such as Power BI.
Ability to partner effectively with operational stakeholders and communicate financial information in a practical, commercially relevant way
Ready to make an Impact?
If you're passionate, eager to learn, and enjoy working in a team environment, please submit your application. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close our job advertisements early.
Location(s)
Northgate
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
Summary
Manage financial operations, reporting, budgeting, and analysis for manufacturing site.
Job title
Senior Site Controller
Experience level
7+ years
Minimum experience
7+ years exp
Industry
food and beverage
Location requirements
Northgate, Queensland, prefer on-site, remote possible.
Salary
Not specified
Visa sponsorship
H-1B sponsor history
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Northgate QLD, Australia