Finance Business Partner - Manufacturing Operations

Company description:

At Tip Top Bakeries, we're proud to produce an extensive range of wholesome sliced bread, muffins, crumpets, pies, and bakery snacks. Our purpose of ‘Everyday Moments of Goodness' represents the lives we touch and the difference we make. Those moments that bring a smile, make us proud, or keep us safe, are moments we strive for through our work.

We take pride in supporting our people to learn, grow, and develop throughout their careers with Tip Top Bakeries. We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce and invest in meaningful initiatives to remove barriers and enable our employees to have a satisfying and rewarding career with us. Our vision for Tip Top Bakeries is an organisation where everyone belongs, everyone is valued, and everyone has equal opportunity.

Join the team and be part of one of our iconic brands like Tip Top, Abbotts Bakery, Bürgen and Golden.

Job description:

• Genuine business partnering role with high stakeholder visibility
• Diverse and challenging work where no two days are the same
• Dandenong site based role (4 days on site, 1 day WFH)

Are you a commercially minded Finance Business Partner who enjoys influencing operational performance and driving business results?

We're looking for an experienced Operations Finance Business Partner to support our manufacturing sites across Dandenong, Truganina and Bendigo. Partnering closely with site leadership teams, you'll provide meaningful financial insights, drive continuous improvement, and help deliver operational targets.

Reporting to the Regional Finance Manager, you'll be a trusted advisor to the business, translating financial data into actionable insights and constructively challenging decisions to improve performance. Based at our Dandenong site you'll build strong stakeholder relationships, educate operational teams and proactively identify risks and opportunities.

No two days are the same. We're looking for someone who is curious, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly.

Purpose of the Role

• Partner with Operations leaders across Dandenong, Truganina and Bendigo to drive financial and operational performance
• Deliver weekly and monthly reporting, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting activities
• Translate financial results into meaningful insights and educate operational stakeholders on performance drivers
• Challenge assumptions and provide constructive recommendations to improve business outcomes
• Identify risks, opportunities and cost improvement initiatives to support delivery of site targets
• Proactively work with stakeholders when performance is off track, helping to identify solutions and action plans to achieve targets
• Develop financial models, scenario analysis and business cases to support decision-making
• Drive strong governance, controls and audit readiness across the sites
• Contribute to a high-performing finance team by sharing ideas, providing challenge where needed, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives

About You

You'll be a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys working closely with stakeholders and being part of the action.

You'll bring:

• CA, CPA or CIMA qualification
• Finance Business Partnering experience within manufacturing, operations, supply chain or FMCG environments
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and management reporting experience
• Advanced SAP and Excel skills (essential)
• Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau or similar BI tools
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills
• The ability to challenge constructively and influence positive outcomes
• A proactive, curious and self-motivated approach
• Strong prioritisation skills and the ability to manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment

Working with Tip Top, we offer many benefits including:

• Family-friendly policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave, additional paid time off to ease back to work and ongoing superannuation contributions during unpaid parental leave
• Recognition and award programs, including access to our online rewards platform
• Health and wellbeing programs including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, and on-site physiotherapy services
• Flexible working options
• Access to an extensive range of internal trainings and development programs for your career
• Financial support for approved study pathways, as well as traineeship and apprenticeship programs
• Two paid volunteer days per year as part of our focus on Community Partnerships
• Novated Leasing Options

Start the Conversation

If this role sounds like you and you're eager to learn, grow, and help create everyday moments of goodness, we want to hear from you. To apply for this opportunity please submit your application by clicking on the ‘apply now' button.

Our Recruitment Process typically consists of a brief, prearranged telephone or video call, followed by 1-2 interviews in-person or over Zoom/Teams. We're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via phone on (02) 9168 4*** or email to ***************@gwf.com.au . Please do not call to enquire about this position as the phone number is for requesting accessibility needs only.

During the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which include a medical (includes drug & alcohol testing) and a criminal record check.

At Tip Top we strive to create a place where Everyone belongs, Everyone is valued, and Everyone has equal opportunity. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.

Important: We have been alerted to scam emails falsely claiming to represent George Weston Foods. Please note that we will never offer employment without a formal recruitment process, ask for payment, or request sensitive information via external links or unsolicited messages. All official communication will come from verified company channels.