Finance System Consolidation Lead

General Information

Date Published

11-May-2026

Advertising Ends

11-Jun-2026

ID#

15687

Role Type

Accounting & Commercial

Work Type

Permanent Full-Time

Workplace Type

Hybrid

Country

Australia

Location

Melbourne & Southern Victoria

Position Description

About Lactalis-Mainland Dairy

Mainland Dairy, the business formerly known as Fonterra’s global Consumer and associated businesses, is now part of the Lactalis Group and known as Lactalis-Mainland Dairy.

Lactalis is a French family-owned business founded in Laval in 1933. Today, it is the world’s leading dairy group, present in 50 countries employing around 85,500 people. It is home to some of the world’s best known global and international dairy brands, including Président, Galbani and Parmalat, and local brands including Pauls, OAK, and Cracker Barrel in Australia.

Lactalis-Mainland Dairy is a team of more than 4,300 employees, operating 16 manufacturing sites across Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. We make well-loved brands including Perfect Italiano, Mainland, and Western Star.

Our passionate and talented team is committed to nurturing the future, unlocking new opportunities, and fostering innovation in nutrition and food.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Finance System Compliance Specialist, the Finance System Consolidation Lead owns the governance, stability and optimisation of finance systems with a strong focus on consolidation and system driven financial outputs.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate consolidated reporting across the group, partnering closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Treasury and IT to maintain data integrity, resolve system issues and support end to end financial processes in a complex, multinational environment.

In this role, you will:

Own and administer key finance systems including ERP, consolidation, reporting and banking platforms, ensuring stability, governance and data integrity
Lead system enabled consolidation processes, including eliminations, FX translation and consolidation adjustments
Maintain and enhance consolidation system structures, mappings and controls to ensure accurate and timely group reporting
Partner with Supply Chain, Treasury, Finance and IT teams to resolve system and data issues impacting reporting, inventory, costs and payments
Support banking connectivity, payment workflows, user access governance and segregation of duties controls
Provide finance system expertise, ad hoc analysis and troubleshooting to support month end, period end and operational requirements

About You

You are a technically strong finance professional who thrives in system driven environments and enjoys solving complex consolidation, data and process challenges. You bring a collaborative mindset, strong attention to detail and the ability to confidently partner across Finance, IT, Treasury and operational teams.

To succeed in this role, you’ll ideally bring:

A degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline, with CA/CPA (or equivalent) preferred
Strong experience across financial accounting, consolidation and finance operations within complex, multinational environments
Hands on experience with finance systems (SAP preferred), consolidation and reporting tools (e.g. HFM)
A solid understanding of consolidation principles, inventory accounting, cost flows and financial controls
Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills, with the ability to bridge Finance and IT

What We Offer

Competitive pay and benefits
Career development and internal opportunities across a global business
A team focused workplace in a fantastic culture where your work has real impact
A strong commitment to quality, innovation and sustainability
Flexible work arrangements where possible

Based at our Richmond office, this role offers excellent career development and internal mobility pathways as well as flexible ways of working and a hybrid structure, that allows you the balance of in-office collaboration and working from home to suit your lifestyle.

Please note that applicants must have full working rights for Australia to be considered.

We are politely declining recruitment agency support and approaches for this role.

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