Management Accountant [T500-21910]

ANSR is hiring for one of its clients. About Visy: Visy is a family-owned Australian business and a global pioneer in sustainable packaging, recycling and logistics. They operate across 150 sites globally, including operations in Asia, Europe, and the USA, supported by a dedicated workforce of over 7,000 employees. It is Australia and New Zealand’s largest manufacturer of food and beverage packaging, made from household recycling. As Australia’s largest recycler, it processes 40% of Australian households recycling. Visy also supports customers with logistics, packaging supplies, point of sale displays and more. At Visy India, their technology hub in Hyderabad, they are expanding their technical capabilities to support their global business.

Overview Position summary: The positions primary responsibilities include to provide both strategic and operational financial leadership to Visy Recycling, ensuring compliance while maintaining strong financial and management reporting processes. This includes but is not limited to business analysis, monthly reporting, mid-month estimate forecasting and annual budget planning. The role is also required to assist and support the Finance and Operations team, in particular the State Accounting Manager with projects as they arise to achieve continuous improvement and deliver value add to the Visy Recycling division. Visy Recycling employees a team of 700 over 50 sites across Australia and New Zealand, and generates revenues of $300m AUD.

Key responsibilities What are the primary responsibilities of the role? Planning & Reporting Process: Coordinating and assisting the planning and financial reporting function for Visy Recycling QLD Coordinate and manage the monthly mid-month estimate ensuring data completeness and integrity as well as ensuring timelines are met Complete and coordinate all bridging, analysis, explanation and present to State Accounting Manager in the budget review process as well as mid-month estimate, and end of month Ensure state-level planning processes align with divisional systems and standards Annual budget and full year forecast activities

Monthly Reporting: Oversee the end-to-end preparation, maintenance, and delivery of all management reporting requirements—daily, weekly, and monthly including but not limited to: End of month reporting Inventory reports Daily production reports Mid-month estimates Variance analysis and interpretation of monthly reports for the state Cost control and monitoring for the individual business areas Prepare Monthly quarterly and Annual COEX Reports

Accounting Compliance: Maintain all general ledgers in strict adherence to applicable accounting standards and internal policies Prepare and complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations with accuracy and timeliness Oversee statutory and financial reporting obligations, ensuring full compliance with legal requirements and Visy’s internal policies Review and monitor critical financial processes to ensure alignment with Visy’s internal control framework Conduct weekly payroll data reviews to ensure accurate and transparent reporting of employee and contractors hours including adherence to internal audit policies

General: Engagement with VR teams to support key analyses such as volumes, sales, capital expenditure, expense control, and other ad hoc reviews Engagement with finance and IT teams to improve planning and reporting processes and systems Develop and maintain a strong working relationship within Visy Recycling and other Visy businesses to assist in delivering revenue and profitability targets Continuous investigation and implementation of projects to improve VR’s Accounting Processes and Controls

Key stakeholders: Internal to Visy: State Managers and Accountants Site Managers and Accountants Visy Corporate Finance team Visy IT Internal audit

External to Visy: External auditors

Key requirements Experience and qualifications: Mandatory (critical for the role): Tertiary Qualified in Finance / Business or related discipline essential. CPA/CA qualified or equivalent. Minimum 5 years’ experience working in finance & accounting roles. Demonstrated experience in planning/reporting processes and systems, in a medium to large organisation. Microsoft Excel proficiency.

Desirable (preferable for the role): Experience in manufacturing or corporate environment. Experience in Recycling business. Microsoft Access proficiency medium. Oracle Hyperion Planning proficiency high. SAP experience.

Skills (technical, business, leadership): Leadership, business and commercial management skills. Interpersonal, verbal and written communication Presentation and report preparation.