Management Accountant - Manufacturing

• Job title: Management Accountant - Manufacturing
• Role type: Full Time, Permanent
• Reports into: GM, Finance
• Location: Hybrid / Sydney, NSW
• Salary: $105k - $125k+ super (depending on experience)
• Ideal starting date: As soon as possible
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner to the Manufacturing Director, providing analysis, commentary and guidance to support operational decision-making
• Own month-end close for the manufacturing entity, including inventory journals, cost of goods, and intercompany reconciliations between manufacturing and retail
• Prepare and review closing stock valuations, goods in transit, and opening stock reversals
• Reconcile manufacturing sales and purchases against retail counterparts, investigating and resolving discrepancies
• Maintain and apply cost prices across SKUs, including packaging, consumables and finished goods
• Manage wastage reporting and ensure accurate GL treatment across waste categories
• Support the preparation of management accounts and commentary for the manufacturing entity
• Work closely with the manufacturing team at Villawood to ensure financial processes reflect operational reality
• Contribute to ERP and system improvements (including Xero onboarding)
• Build and maintain the GL mapping and chart of accounts for manufacturing-related activity
• Support payroll GL submissions and liaise with the payroll team on coding and accruals

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 3-4+ years in a management accounting or financial accounting role, ideally with exposure to manufacturing
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and/or CPA/CA completed or in progress
• Solid understanding of inventory accounting, cost of goods, and stock movement journals
• Comfortable with modern accounting systems and confident when those systems change. We’re mid-migration across both ERP and finance platforms and you’ll be an active part of that
• Strong reconciliation skills and a low tolerance for leaving things unexplained
• Clear communicator, comfortable translating numbers into plain language for non-finance stakeholders
• Experience with MYOB, Xero or a comparable system
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Practices active and compassionate listening
• Proactive and creative problem solving skills
• Solid understanding of modern office platforms and communication tools

• Passionate about working within a values-driven business
• Genuinely curious when something doesn’t reconcile - they follow it until it makes sense, not file it for later
• Comfortable on the warehouse floor as much as behind a spreadsheet - they ask questions, build relationships, and understand the operation they’re supporting
• Someone who takes real pride in their work and holds themselves to a high standard without being told to
• A clear and confident communicator who can translate numbers into plain language for people who don’t live in spreadsheets
• Reliable and easy to work with - the kind of person their team can count on when month-end gets tight
• Organised and self-directed, with the maturity to know when to escalate and when to move on
• QAD experience is a genuine bonus but we know it’s rare

Benefits

• 50% discount on Lush products
• Profit-based bonus
• Flexible working arrangements
• Paid day off for your birthday
• Employee assistance programme