Cost Accountant, Virginia Site CHC

Job description

Cost Accountant, Virginia Site- CHC

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Location:  Virginia, Brisbane

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Onsite with Flexibility

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Permanent, Full-time

About Us:

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we have one shared mission – we work passionately, every day, to ‘serve healthier, fuller lives’ now and for the generations to come. In order to do so, we strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees’ mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view.

As one of Australia’s largest vitamin makers and distributors, we are proud that our team is at the forefront of high quality in-house manufacturing and innovative new product development.

Everything we do is centered around people’s interests – our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees – across the world.

We are building loved brands that serve 1bn consumers worldwide, through our key platforms: Allergy, Physical & Mental Wellness, Pain, Digestive Wellness and Cough, Cold & Flu and with a large portfolio of vitamin, mineral, supplement, over the counter and personal care brands including Telfast, Mersynofen, Betadine, Bisolvon, Dulcolax, Nature’s Own, Cenovis, Ostelin and many more.

We aspire to become the best Fast Moving Consumer Health (FMCH) company In & For the world and we aim to build a work environment where people can thrive, grow, enjoy and be at their best.

The Position:

The Cost Accountant will be based out of our Manufacturing site at Virginia, Brisbane and will be the go-to person for support across this area of the business.

The Cost Accountant provides an accurate picture of his/her perimeter ‘s financial situation for the current and future periods and advises operational management on relevant remediation actions and ways for improvement.

Role Responsibilities:

Utilising your Finance knowledge in the Manufacturing industry to:

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Hold accountability for the performance action plan valorisation and site reporting

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 Prepare accurate periodic reporting

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Analyse and explain Production and Manufacturing variances

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Make proactive recommendations on areas of business improvement

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Ensure appropriate follow up of activity-specific areas

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Standard cost calculation and new COGS simulations

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Capex controlling and purchase order validation

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Management of local assets, fixed assets inventory and reconciliation

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Ensures effective cooperation with internal counterparts in other departments of the Entity and within other Finance functions, thanks to an appropriate understanding of the business Job Family Group: Finance - Business Partner

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Constantly learn and keep up to date with latest standards and Sanofi's goals to understand where we can develop and innovate

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Step up and take the lead on new exciting projects both locally and some global (Vietnam, China, Japan, France etc).

About you:

Education:

Minimum Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting.

Required skills or experience:

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Minimum of 3-5 years of combined Professional experience within Finance, and ideally Manufacturing Accounting is required

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Industrial controlling and curiosity in this space would be preferred

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High level of analytical capabilities and problem solving

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Proven experience of working collaboratively across multiple stakeholders in large business where you have partnered/ advised/ consulted

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Technical skills and knowledge in SAP, Applicable statue Financial Analysis, Accountancy & Costing methods

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Fluent in English is a must with high level communication skills- both verbal and written

Work rights: Please note to apply for this role you must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.

Interested? Apply today!

To learn more about what makes us a Global & Australian Top Employer, visit our careers page; https://www.sanofi.com.au/en/careers

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