Management Accountant - Manufacturing

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About Group Corporate
Our Group teams enable the broader business to perform - providing strategic, financial, legal, people and governance expertise. With roles across Australia, Singapore and the US, we’re critical partners to the business and help shape Ampol’s future.

We work across borders, collaborate widely, and lead with purpose - always looking for ways to improve how we operate, support our people, and deliver results.

About the role
We are seeking a Management Accountant to join our Lubricants business on a 12-month max-term contract, ideally based at our Lytton Refinery in Brisbane, however we are open to Sydney and Melbourne too. This role sits within a standalone and commercially focused business unit, supporting the manufacturing finance function during a critical period of change and operational demand.
Partnering closely with the Finance Business Partner, you will play a key role in delivering accurate costing, financial reporting and insights across the manufacturing operation. The position offers a broad scope, combining cost accounting, month-end reporting and stakeholder engagement with exposure to a complex environment.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver accurate product costings, including raw materials, overheads and transfer pricing 
• Prepare monthly P&L reporting, forecasts and variance analysis 
• Maintain the manufacturing general ledger, including journals and reconciliations 
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and ensure data integrity 
• Support budgeting activities, including operating expenditure and product costing 
• Analyse and release SKU costings, including new product cost estimates 
• Partner with stakeholders to provide financial insights and support decision making 
• Identify and drive improvements across financial processes, systems and reporting

Qualifications & Experience

• 3–5 years’ experience in accounting or external audit, ideally within a commercial environment 
• Strong cost accounting or management accounting experience, preferably within manufacturing 
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups 
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems 
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret and explain financial data 
• Proactive mindset with the ability to navigate manual processes and system complexities 
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills 
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Commerce, with CA or CPA
• This role is well suited to Big-4 first movers

Benefits

• Our total remuneration is competitive. 
• We are flexible. Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value. 
• We value recognition.  We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values. 
• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions. 

Want to take your career to the next level? Apply today.