Job Description

• Monday to Friday – West Perth Location
• Performance, Retention and Profit Share bonuses
• Company contribution towards private health insurance
• Lead finance partnering to drive insight, cost control and better decisions

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead – Operational Finance to join our Finance team based at our new corporate headquarters in West Perth.

Reporting to the Manager Operational Finance, this role will lead the Operational Finance function supporting Hancock Iron Ore’s (HIO) Processing and Operations Support departments. Leading a small team of Management Accountants, you will partner closely with business leaders to deliver accurate, timely and meaningful financial insights that support effective decision-making, strengthen cost management, and build financial capability across the business.

You will be responsible for leading key financial processes, including month-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting, ensuring outputs are accurate, insightful and aligned to business needs. The role will also play an important part in improving financial performance visibility, supporting leaders to better understand cost drivers, and identifying opportunities to simplify and improve processes.

This is a great opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with operations, leading people, and driving continuous improvement in a dynamic environment. You will contribute to the ongoing transformation of Finance and HIO as we continue to become simpler, smarter and future-ready.

Duties:

• Lead, coach and develop a small team of management accountants to deliver high-quality financial reporting, analysis and business partnering support
• Partner with processing and operations support leaders to provide clear financial insights, advice and analysis that support effective decision-making
• Lead month-end management accounting activities, including reporting, variance analysis, commentary and performance insights within agreed timeframes
• Manage budgeting and forecasting processes for the supported departments, ensuring outputs are robust, timely and aligned to business requirements
• Support leaders to understand financial performance, identify key cost drivers and variances, and develop actions to improve cost outcomes
• Build financial capability across the business by helping leaders strengthen their understanding of budgets, forecasts, costs and performance drivers
• Drive continuous improvement across finance processes, reporting and ways of working to simplify activities, improve quality and support better business outcomes
• Contribute to the ongoing transformation of Finance and HIO by supporting initiatives that make the function simpler, smarter and future ready

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience coaching, supporting or leading finance professionals, with the ability to guide team performance and development
• Strong management accounting experience within a medium to large organisation, including month-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting
• Proven experience partnering with senior business leaders to provide financial insights, advice and analysis that support informed decision-making
• Strong capability in cost management, variance analysis, financial reporting and performance commentary, with a focus on accuracy and business value
• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline, with CPA or CA accreditation