Accounting Manager - Operations

The Finance team's goal is to be a trusted and collaborative partner to all the businesses and functional teams that we work with, bringing business acumen, financial expertise and insights to aid decision-making and deliver value to our stakeholders. We strive to generate value through providing specialist advice and making recommendations to optimize decision making, delivering transparent processes and implementing governance and controls to mitigate risk.

Job summary:

The position of Accounting Manager - Operations is responsible for the smooth running of ResMed's

manufacturing and cost accounting function and monthly reporting (supporting both local management, statutory and group reporting requirements for ResMed), with the view to ensuring timely and accurate processing and reporting. The position leads a small team and is responsible for managing manufacturing financial performance reporting, inventory and underlying costing systems.

Let's talk about responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and direction for the Supply Operations Finance accounting function.
• Lead and develop local finance team members
• Maintain, develop ResMed costing systems and ensure compliance with inventory control systems. This covers areas of (but not limited to) work order control and closure, consumption variances, cycle counting and control oversight.
• Ensure full compliance with Corporate Governance and SOX requirements and ensure areas for development are enhanced.
• Ensure the maintenance of the standard costing system, including material costs, outside processing, labor and overhead rates.
• Ensure all journals including month-end accruals and close processes are completed. General Ledger balances are reconciled and confirmed in conjunction with the Operations Finance and Group Finance teams.
• Prepare balance sheet reporting packs in line with Group Finance requirements, and ensure all the adjustment journals are processed before the period closure.
• Ensure the timely completion of the Operations month end financial close process.
• Prepare and ensuring accurate, complete and timely outputs for Reporting requirements
• Prepare Departmental expense reports, and assist Managers in cost control as required.
• Assist with collation of data and provision of analysis as and when required for decision support requirements.
• Assist in preparing Operations Budgets and forecasts as required.
• Completes other assigned projects (including automation and digitization of the processes) as required
• Ensure the implementation of management systems within their area of responsibility (including health & safety, quality & environmental). And monitor the performance of direct reports against the management system requirements.

Let's talk about qualifications and experience:

• Total of 10+ years financial/operation/manufacturing combined experience
• Strong manufacturing and cost accounting background.
• Experience in engaging staff together with a high degree of Internal and External communication skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in leading a team
• Passion for process automation and digitization towards improving efficiency
• Oracle ERP experience

Preferred qualifications:

• Relevant Bachelor Degree preferred
• Solid understanding of SOX controls and audit Preferred
• CPA/CA Qualified preferred
• Exposure to Supply Chain Operations preferred

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