Management Accountant

Te Tūranga | About the role:

Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant and working alongside the Finance team, the Management Accountant is pivotal to ensure that our financial reports are accurate and reliable. The main focus for this role specifically is within the Gross Margin function, which includes reconciling between our systems, reporting actual results and forecasting/budgeting the expected results moving forward.

Te Mahi | Key Responsibilities:

• Management Reporting:
• Assist the Finance Manager in fortnightly gross margin reporting by providing analysis into gross margin movements
• Determine key risk areas for focus and communicate this with the Finance Manager and Group Financial Controller with recommendations for providing for the risk/exposure
• Analysis and insight
• Utilise BI tools and Excel to analyse variances
• Provide timely and insightful variance analysis and commentary around key movements that enables decision making
• Budget and forecast modelling:
• Own the 5th Quarter (non-red meat) section of the model including reviewing outputs, commenting on variance to actuals and prior budgets and forecasts, and also developing business understanding of the drivers of performance

Ōu Pūkenga | About You:

You will be a management accounting professional who is confident and experienced enough to step up and apply your expertise in a unique and growing area. You will ideally have proven experience working in a complex, enterprise environment. Naturally, you will be consultative, approachable with the ability to quickly build rapport with people.

Additionally, you will bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualification with a CA designation
• Strong excel skills with competency using pivot tables
• Management accounting experience at a corporate level would be advantageous
• Navision/D365 software experience would be advantageous
• An understanding of our business, or of a similar primary industry would be advantageous

Te Ahurea | Why work at Silver Fern Farms?

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means and how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. 'Goodness' is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

We offer subsidised health and life insurance, discounted offerings with major retailers, the opportunity to continuously learn & develop, and we support a work life balance with our flexible work policy.

Tono Mai | To Apply:

Join a finance team that is collaborative and social, and work based in our state-of-the-art Dunedin Hub - apply now.

We assess applications as they are received so click on "Apply" to submit your application today through our Careers site. Final application date is 17 June.

Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us.