About the role:

This critical position within Ignition's core FinOps team empowers the business to make informed decisions through precise financial data, ensuring robust financial integrity across all departments. It offers an excellent opportunity for those eager to propel their careers in a dynamic, fast-growing, and culture-driven technology startup.

What your day to day will look like:

Finance 

• Month-End Close: Lead the month-end closing process, ensuring all financial activities are completed accurately and on time.
• Balance Sheet Reviews: Conduct thorough monthly balance sheet reviews and provide final approval.
• Audit Management: Coordinate the external audit and financial statement preparation process, working closely with auditors and advisors. Continuously seek to identify additional requirements and engage auditors proactively.
• Control Implementation: Champion the implementation of recommended control and reporting enhancements.
• Policy Development: Design and enforce financial policies and procedures; train business stakeholders and finance team members on best practices.
• Process Oversight: Oversee and assist accounts receivable, accounts payable, delegation, and procurement processes to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
• Grants and Incentives: Manage the review and application process for available grants and incentives.
• Financial Reporting: Assist in preparing detailed monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Support budgeting and forecasting activities, providing key insights and analysis.
• Variance Analysis: Perform variance analysis to identify financial discrepancies and provide actionable insights to management.
• Consolidated Financial Statements: Assist in preparing consolidated financial statements.

Tax & Compliance

• Tax and Compliance Oversight: Oversee the tax and compliance obligations of all entities, collaborating with local outsourced accounting providers.
• Transfer Pricing: Assist with the implementation and ongoing review of transfer pricing policies to ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Compliance Calendar Maintenance: Maintain a comprehensive compliance calendar for all jurisdictions, ensuring timely regulatory and tax filings.
• Tax Filing Approvals: Review and approve annual, quarterly, and monthly tax filings.
• Ad Hoc Reporting: Manage ad hoc reporting requirements for investors and venture capital partners, including audits and tax reports.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all activities comply with local, state, and federal tax regulations.
• Tax Return Preparation: Assist in preparing and filing tax returns, keeping abreast of changes in tax laws.
• Continuous Tax Review: Assist with the continuous review and maintenance of tax records, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Audit Coordination: Coordinate with external auditors and tax advisors to facilitate smooth audits.
• Compliance Submissions: Manage compliance submissions such as 1099 forms, ensuring timely and accurate filing.

Treasury 

• Debt and Banking Reporting: Manage debt covenant reporting and other banking-related reporting requirements.
• Funding Monitoring: Monitor and ensure the funding needs of each entity are met, facilitating additional funding where necessary.
• Daily Banking Oversight: Oversee daily business banking, treasury operations, and foreign exchange management, including forecasting.
• Banking Authority: Review and ensure appropriate delegatory authority for banking facilities.
• Facility Evaluation: Evaluate banking and foreign exchange facilities to ensure they meet the company's needs.
• Cash Flow Management: Assist in managing cash flow and ensuring liquidity for operational needs.
• Banking Relationships: Maintain and manage relationships with banking partners.
• Foreign Exchange Transactions: Support the execution of foreign exchange transactions.
• Investment Analysis: Assist with investment analysis and decision-making.
• Cash Flow Forecasting: Prepare and present cash flow forecasts and related financial reports.
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Join our vibrant team at GWA, where our rich Australian and New Zealand heritage, technical expertise, and innovative drive, combine with our iconic brands to create something truly extraordinary. For over a century, we've been crafting innovative, high-quality products for homes and offices, including market-leading brands like Caroma, Methven and Clark.

Your new role

We are looking for a Supply Planner to join our Supply & Innovations team who are based at our Prestons site in South West Sydney.

The purpose of this role is to maintain relationships with internal cross-functional stakeholders and provide recommendations and alternatives to supply chain capability and performance. In addition to this, you will:

• Optimise the balance of inventory across the supply chain network in line with target customer service levels and safety stock levels, for your allocated product portfolio
• Place orders based upon agreed lead time and capacity availability, plus lead the interface to Suppliers to resolve supply issues relating to their product portfolio
• Develop and execute mitigation plans to relieve and eliminate out of stock situations; meeting both inventory and customer service targets
• Conduct regular business and performance reviews through contribution with various internal and external stakeholders and be accountable for master data for material planning and supply matrix list
• Monitor supply related performance metrics and consult with Suppliers regarding availability of capacity and scheduling of production
• Establish communication and information transfer process with our Suppliers

At GWA we recognise that hybrid work is the new way of working, and to support this we have our Moments that Matter hybrid working framework. To ensure you can deliver and partner with the people needed, you will have the flexibility of hybrid work but will call our Prestons site your 'base'.

About you

Along with your 5+ years previous experience in a similar role, it would be great if you had the following skills and experience:

• Experience maintaining a minimum 12 months rolling supply plan with suppliers, with the ability to identify capacity constraints and agree actions to address the issue;
• Developing strong partnership with key supply partners, both domestically and overseas to ensure supply requirements are fulfilled;
• Executing the full supply chain lifecycle from purchase order placement, through to the flow of goods to the distribution point and everything in between
• Proven success leading initiatives that drive lead time reductions, cost savings and service levels improvements;
• Experience implementing and maintaining inventory and material management strategies for your respective SKUs by regular review and optimisation of inventory parameters and levels
• Demonstrable analytical skills and a proactive approach to continuous improvement in the integrated supply chain.

About us

At GWA, we're not just a company—we're a supportive community committed to making everyday water experiences extraordinary. Our dedication to water sustainability, customer-first values, and community engagement creates a ripple effect of positive impact, ensuring that our consumers not only enjoy our products, but also contribute to saving millions of litres of water each year.

When you join us, you'll discover a welcoming workplace where safety, collaboration, and inclusivity are the cornerstones of our culture. Every contribution matters, and we provide a supportive environment where you can thrive, learn, and grow, recognising and celebrating performance in diverse and meaningful ways.

We celebrate the unique perspectives and talents that everyone brings with them and foster a culture of care where you feel valued and empowered to succeed. Our cultural pillars—We are One Team, We are Customer Focused, and We Care for Each Other—are more than just words; they're our way of life.

What can you expect from us?

Join us on our journey from Good to Great, where you'll collaborate with inspiring colleagues, engage with iconic brands, and contribute to a business with a legacy of strong growth. Take the first step towards an exciting career and become part of a team that's dedicated to delivering exceptional customer experiences and making a real difference in the world.  We value passion, potential, and a willingness to learn.

Aside from a supportive and collaborative culture where you’ll be set up for success and know that you’re making a real difference from day one, we’ll offer you:

• Hybrid working options
• Free onsite parking
• Competitive remuneration and bonus structures
• An immersive onboarding program to set you up for success
• Opportunities to learn and grow through our Learning & Development programs
• Paid parental leave program
• ‘Great Rewards’ program - exclusive access to discounts and cashback rewards at your favourite stores
• ‘Bathrooms & More’ program - great discounts on a wide range of our products
• Volunteer and Community Service Leave
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Opportunity to take advantage of novated leasing options
• Health & Wellbeing Services with 24/7 in app access to medical advice, safety support and mental healthcare for you and your immediate family members.
• Annual flu vaccinations
• Medibank Health Insurance - discounts on corporate cover 

Ready to apply?

Great! Just click the apply button to build your career with us!

Please note: You must be a citizen, permanent resident or hold all the relevant employment visas and other approvals for the location and duration of this position to apply for this role.

GWA Group does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.  

We welcome and encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. 

Please note that we are not accepting applications from agencies at this time. 

The role

As our Sales Training Lead, you will be responsible for leading new hires through the company’s onboarding process, delivering comprehensive product and sales skills training in an environment that empowers our team to succeed. You will also provide continuous coaching and development to Sales Managers, using real time scenarios.

You will play a crucial role in developing and implementing effective sales training programs to enhance the skills and performance of our Sales team.

Additional key responsibilities include:

• Identify and improve sales skills gaps, conducting additional training sessions where needed.
• Working with the Sales Team Managers to deliver sales coaching and upskilling.
• Create innovative training materials, deliver engaging training sessions and evaluate the effectiveness of training initiatives.
• Maintain training materials, keeping records of training activities, attendances and outcomes.
• Partner with Sales Team Managers, leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure training activities are aligned to organisational goals.