Financial Control & Reporting Manager

Description

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Twinings & Co has a proud history spanning over 300 years and operates on a global scale. With strong brand positioning we are viewed as a market leader in our field. The Australian operations continue to enjoy a positive growth trajectory. We are a high performing business that is focused on employing the best talent in the market to deliver on the business’ clear vision for success.

Job Purpose

Own the integrity, control and governance of financial reporting and finance operational activities for Twinings & Co Australia. The role leads Group forecast and budget submissions and external reporting, and drives high-quality Finance operations through strong process ownership, systems, shared-service governance and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Financial control, compliance and assurance

• Overall ownership of the financial control framework and balance-sheet integrity, embedding controls by design into Finance processes, systems and ways of working to reduce reliance on manual intervention and post review
• Overall accountability for statutory reporting, external and audit coordination, tax and regulatory compliance, and the quality of supporting documentation.
• Lead technical accounting judgements in partnership with the Senior Technical Accounting & Governance Lead and escalate material matters to the Finance & BizTX Director.
• Oversee treasury, foreign exchange, financial risk and delegated-authority compliance within agreed Group policies.

Group reporting, forecasting and performance rhythm

• Overall ownership of the month-end reporting process, reporting timetable, consolidation, quality assurance and submission of actuals, forecasts, budgets and Group reporting. Ensure reporting outputs are accurate, timely, insightful and aligned to Group requirements.
• Lead the preparation, review and continuous improvement of management reporting packs, performance dashboards and executive reporting, providing a clear and governed view of business performance
• Own the governance, timetable, consolidation, quality assurance and submission of forecasts, budgets and Group reporting.
• Ensure the Group submission reconciles to the commercial outlook, with clear story telling, transparent movements, assumptions, risks and opportunities.
• Own the reporting calendar and quality of monthly performance packs, while Commercial Finance owns the commercial drivers, outlook, MBR roll-up and consolidated R&O position.
• Lead overhead planning, reporting and cost control, providing clear accountability and action-focused insight.

Finance operations and Hub governance

• Own the end-to-end effectiveness of Record to Report and local Finance operations, with clear process ownership, controls and service expectations.
• Manage the Finance Hub relationship, service levels, KPIs, escalations and improvement plans for transactional and reporting support.
• Drive close discipline, reconciliations, issue resolution and clear transfer of work and accountability between the local team, Hub and business stakeholders.
• Oversee foreign exchange management and execution, coordinating with the Senior Technical Accounting & Governance Lead on policy, governance, accounting treatment and escalation of material exposures.
• Build operational resilience through documented processes, clear accountabilities, cross-training and effective contingency arrangements.

Systems, data and continuous improvement

• Own Finance governance for core systems and reporting processes, including Business Central and connected reporting solutions.
• Improve data quality, master-data discipline and the reliability of management information.
• Design sustainable and effective controls in end-to-end Finance processes using systems thinking principles, identifying root causes of issues and embedding preventative controls, automation and clear process ownership
• Simplify processes, eliminate low-value activity and use automation and AI to improve control, timeliness and productivity.
• Lead Finance improvement initiatives from problem definition through implementation, adoption and benefit realisation.

Leadership and stakeholder partnership

• Lead, coach and develop team capability, setting clear outcomes and standards.
• Partner closely with the Senior Manager - Commercial Finance to maintain one aligned Finance view while preserving clear commercial and governance accountabilities.
• Provide clear advice and recommendations to the Executive Team and Group Finance on reporting, control, risk and performance matters.
• Promote a culture of ownership, curiosity, continuous improvement and constructive challenge across Finance.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

• Qualified accountant (CA, CPA or equivalent) with relevant post-qualification experience.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex financial matters into clear business implications and recommendations.
• Demonstrated judgement, integrity and confidence to constructively challenge senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical capability, commercial curiosity and attention to detail.
• Proactive, accountable and comfortable operating across strategic and detailed work.
• Strong planning, prioritisation and delivery discipline in a deadline-driven environment.
• Substantial experience leading financial control, reporting, planning and compliance activities in a complex business.
• Demonstrated experience designing and improving finance processes, systems and internal control environments using a control-by-design mindset.
• Ability to think systemically across end-to-end processes, identifying interdependencies, root causes and opportunities to remove complexity and control risk.
• Demonstrated people leadership and experience managing shared-service or outsourced Finance delivery.
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards, statutory reporting, audit, tax, treasury and internal controls relevant to an Australian business.
• Experience coordinating forecast, budget and reporting submissions.

Desirable:

- Experience in FMCG, consumer goods or another fast-paced product-based business.

• Experience working in a multi-country, regional or global organisation.
• Experience with Microsoft ERP, reporting and analytics tools, including Business Central, Power BI or equivalent.
• Experience applying automation, AI or process-improvement tools within Finance.

Benefits

- Additional 1% Superannuation

• Flexible / Hybrid working options
• Birthday Day Leave
• Discounted Twinings Co products
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Access to ABF Networking, connect, collaborate, and grow across the ABF Group.

About Twinings Ovaltine

Twinings has become one of the world’s most renowned tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We take pride in our tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century.

More than 300 years later, the love of tea is still here - and so are we! We still sell tea from Thomas’s shop, and we still work hard to bring the most innovative new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before.

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