FP&A Lead

General Information

Date Published

15-May-2026

Advertising Ends

15-Jun-2026

ID#

15737

Role Type

Accounting & Commercial

Work Type

Fixed-Term 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 Head of Financial Accounting, this 12-month maximum term contract provides critical FP&A capability during a high intensity period of change and transformation.

As FP&A Lead, you will play a key role in delivering budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial insight activities while supporting the establishment of new operating and reporting models. You will operate across a complex, multinational environment, ensuring accurate, timely and decision useful financial performance insights.

In this role, you will:

Lead delivery of the F26 Budget process, including coordination, consolidation, and performance analysis
Produce monthly reporting, including tailored performance views across sales volumes, brands, categories, and channels
Deliver Head Office forecasting and support Group level forecast consolidation
Support month-end close activities within CFIN, identifying and resolving financial and system issues
Investigate and resolve reporting and consolidation discrepancies across markets and entities
Partner with business stakeholders to support financial design and accounting treatment of new initiatives
Design and operationalise cost allocation methodologies, including TSA, standalone, and head office cost models
Drive improvement in reporting quality, cost centre discipline, and financial data integrity
Respond to ad hoc analysis and insights requests from senior leadership and Group Finance

About You

You are a commercially astute FP&A professional with strong analytical capability and a hands-on approach to delivery. You thrive in complex, fast-changing environments and bring a pragmatic mindset to solving financial and operational challenges.

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

8–10 years’ experience in FP&A, commercial finance or group reporting
Proven delivery of annual budget cycles and rolling forecasts in complex organisations
Experience in multinational environments with exposure to group reporting and consolidation processes
Strong understanding of cost allocation frameworks, including TSA and head office structures
Experience resolving financial, systems, and data issues across multiple entities or markets
Hands-on expertise with ERP and reporting systems (e.g. CFIN or similar)
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to generate insights across product, channel and market performance
Demonstrated stakeholder management and business partnering capability
Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities and senior stakeholder expectations

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.

Fonterra Home Page

Fonterra Home Page

General Information

Position Description