Finance System Reporting Lead

Job Name

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Date Published

11-May-2026

Advertising Ends

11-Jun-2026

ID#

15688

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 Reporting Lead is responsible for the ownership, stability and integrity of finance systems and system driven reporting across the organisation.

This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring accurate, timely and reliable financial outputs across management reporting, allocations, forecasting and consolidation. Acting as a key link between Finance, IT and business stakeholders, you will support month end and planning cycles while enabling effective decision making through high quality system reporting and insights.

A core element of the role involves close collaboration with offshore Hub teams, Group and Regional FP&A, ensuring accuracy of Hub prepared reports and alignment during ongoing management reporting system transition.

In this role, you will:

Own and administer core finance systems (SAP ECC/S/4, Central Finance and planning/forecasting tools), ensuring stability, accuracy and strong data governance
Manage allocation, settlement and close cycle processes (actuals and forecast) to support management reporting and decision making
Partner closely with Finance, FP&A, IT and offshore Hub teams to resolve system issues, support transitions and ensure high quality reporting outputs
Deliver monthly management reporting, insights and analysis on revenue, cost and margin performance
Support budgeting, forecasting, audit requirements and continuous improvement across finance systems and reporting processes

About You

You are a finance system–focused professional who enjoys working at the intersection of systems, data and commercial insight. You bring a collaborative mindset, strong technical capability and the confidence to work with stakeholders across Finance, IT and the wider business.

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 supporting management reporting, allocations, forecasting and close processes within complex finance systems
Hands on knowledge of SAP ECC/S/4, Central Finance and planning or forecasting tools (FICO/COPA experience highly regarded)
Well developed analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to translate financial data into clear insights
Strong communication skills and the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, multinational environment

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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