About Us:

We’re a thriving food manufacturing business committed to creating sustainable impact for people, through great tasting food. Our vision is to use our products to drive “better for you” food to be the norm, not the exception and to help the Australian Food industry to prioritise health, sustainability, and local economic growth.

Openway Food Co. is the home of Red Tractor Foods, Table of Plenty and Keep It Cleaner brands which are loved by thousands of Australians. With a mission to create food that nourishes generations, we will continue to grow our stable of brands so we can make great tasting, better for your foods accessible to everyone.

We work with a range of businesses from start-up brands to large multi-national FMCG businesses. As well as having our own brands, our state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities enable us to work in partnership with retailers on their private label products and to co-manufacture for other like businesses. Our manufacturing site is in Clayton South and our Sales and Marketing hub is in Cremorne.

As a certified B Corp, we are dedicated to making a positive impact and using our business as a force for good. We’re on the hunt for talented people who want to be part of our exciting journey and grow with us.

About The Role:

Make the next step in your career by joining a dynamic and growing business within the Health Food sector.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Finance team! Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, you will support the commercial side to our business as we continue our growth journey. The role will be critical in ensuring the accuracy of our new trade promotion system, manage trade spend, customer claims and pricing while delivering accurate financial reporting and insights.

You’ll work closely with the Head of Commercial Finance, our Sales, Supply Chain, and broader Finance team to support commercial decisions, ensure system accuracy, and contribute to new product development. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-pace, collaborative environment with a strong focus on data integrity and process improvement. You will play a key role in connecting with our Sales and customer service teams on a daily basis.

The role will be split between our Cremorne demand hub and Clayton site.

What you’ll be doing:

Trade Promotion Management & Claims Management: Leveraging Jahan.ai, our new Trade Promotion Management platform, upload customer claims, reconciling the claims against promotional accruals and agreements. Work closely with account managers to resolve over/under claims, disputes, and other financial discrepancies

Customer Pricing & Trade Agreements: Maintain up-to-date customer price lists and trade agreements in our ERP (Microsoft Dynamics)

NPD and New Projects: Prepare financial inputs into NPD business cases by working closely with the Head of Commercial Finance and relevant project teams, with the focus on reviewing product costings and margin calculations.

Data and Reporting: Ensure product setup and classifications are maintained and validated Regular reporting on product profitability by channel, category and ensure that commercial insights generated are actioned through the S&OP process.

Month end processing: Responsible for month end accounting and report for demand budgets – including Trade Spend, Advertising & Promotion and Sales / Marketing overheads.

About You:

We are looking for a passionate, collaborative and detailed-oriented individual to join our Finance team,

You will have:

Ability and desire to leverage data, systems and AI to drive improvements and efficiencies

Ability to build strong working relationships across other functions in the business.

Strong attention to detail, analytical and data management skills.

Proficiency in Excel, experience with Power BI, D365 (Microsoft Dynamics) or similar ERP is a plus.

1-2 years’ Finance experience, ideally in larger company. Big 4 or accounting practice experience a plus.

Qualification/s:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.

Ideally CA, CPA or equivalent, qualified or studying towards a CA, CPA or equivalent qualification.

You will bring to the team your passion, energy, and ability to work collaboratively to elevate our brands and service delivery to new and exciting places.

What we can offer you:

The opportunity to operate in a values-led workplace focused on transparency, collaboration, progressive, responsible and grounded thinking and practices

A competitive remuneration package

Personal and professional development

Flexible working arrangements

Free onsite parking

This is an exciting opportunity to join an awesome team, focused on driving growth within the health food sector. Openway Food Co is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is able to thrive. We encourage applications from people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

For more information on Openway Food Co, please visit our website:

https://openwayfood.com.au/

For more information on the exciting B Corp movement, please visit their website:

B Lab Global Site (bcorporation.net)

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