Finance Manager – International Engineering and Projects Group

About our Client

• Our client is part of an international industrial group specialising in explosives, blasting solutions, and technical services for the mining, quarrying, and civil works sectors
• In Australia, the business operates from Townsville following the acquisition of a local services and trading company active in blasting engineering, training, and specialised products

About the Role

• The Financial Manager will be responsible for overseeing and developing the financial performance of the Australian subsidiary, covering both industrial production and services activities.
• This role requires a hands-on, operational finance profile, able to work autonomously in a flexible environment and support the business growth locally and internationally.

Key responsibilities

Development of management procedures and tools

• Develop and implement reporting tools for the management.
• Implement and improve business processes, optimising financial transactions and ensuring data reliability.

Lead forecasting and budgeting process

• Collect, analyse and summarise budgetary data from operational departments.
• Prepare a financial budget and its periodical review.
• Draw up the medium-term plan. Build the main 3-year financial statements by forecasting the company's current results, the current year's estimates and the strategic objectives defined by general management.
• Integrate budget data into monthly or quarterly results monitoring.

Analysis and reporting

• Prepare monthly reports and input into the group system. 
• Analyse the company's performance on a monthly basis through variances between actual and standard target.
• Prepares monthly comments.

Supervision and managing accounting closings

• Coordinate the monthly/semi-annual/annual closing with the local accountant and ensure correct accounting allocation.
• Provide the off-balance sheet items to the group.
• Ensure correct analytical allocation of operations to enable performance monitoring.

Improving company performance

• Identify optimisation levers and help operational managers to achieve savings.
• Anticipate deviations and take corrective action in liaison with general management.
• Follow up and Monitor the corrective actions.

Supervision of the subsidiary's administrative side

Other subjects

• Set up an analytical structure based on activity costing.
• Improve the current accounting system (Xero).
• Participate in development projects (operational) and prepare business plans. 
• Production of ad hoc analyses for General Management.
• Banking relation.

More information

• Location: Townsville, Australia
• Reporting line: Direct report to Group CFO (Asia-Pacific / Middle East)
• Functional interactions: Local Managing Director
• Salary range: 90K – 140K AUD (depending on experience)
• Strong exposure to international operations
• Medium-term career opportunities within the group according to company development opportunities (geographical scope extension, new projects)

Requirements

Profile & experience

• 4 to 7 years of experience in finance roles (audit, financial control, FP&A) in an industrial sector.
• Higher educational background (business school or Master's degree).
• Solid exposure to budgeting, forecasting, business planning and reporting.
• Experience in mining, drilling, chemical or related environments is a strong plus.
• Comfortable working in an international context with time-zone constraints.

• Autonomous, proactive and resourceful.
• Strong analytical and business mindset.
• Able to operate in a fast-growing, flexible and entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trust locally.
• Comfortable working with limited processes and building them when needed.

• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Experience with accounting systems (Xero is a plus).
• Fluent English required (French is a plus).
• Local profiles or open to relocate to Townsville.