We are seeking to appoint a Planner in our Brisbane office. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Engineering & Design team. Reporting directly to the Principal Planner you will be responsible for the planning, urban design and project management related duties on a range of projects, both on site and in the office.

Specifically:

• Preparation of Statements of Environmental Effects to accompany Development Applications which are fit for purpose, practical, cost effective, and comply with relevant statutory controls
• Review, assist and provide urban development advice for developers, industry, business, Government and Local Government in relation to a range of matters, including:
  • Planning proposals
  • Due diligence for site acquisitions
  • Contributions, Land, LEP and rezoning planning
  • Infrastructure planning
• Lodge development applications, construction certificates, subdivision certificates, service authority approvals and other applications with Council and State Government agencies as required.
• Keep up to date with relevant legislation, policies and regulations associated with urban development and town planning.

About this opportunity

We specialise in the manufacture and supply of rigid plastic and metal packaging servicing for the consumer and industrial sectors. Working onsite at our Tullamarine location as Production Scheduler, you are accountable for working cross-functionally with our manufacturing, distribution, supply planning and customer service teams to coordinate the timely release of production schedules, each with their unique complexities and constraints, and to ensure our products are produced on time, every time.

Through a proactive and critical thinking mindset, the Production Scheduler is accountable for planning production with the production and maintenance teams to ensure orders are delivered in-full and on-time, working closely with other departments ensure production plans and fulfilling customer requirements. Also co-ordinating resources and liaising with internal and external key contacts to ensure work is delivered on time, to our quality specifications and requirement is a requirement, in addition to planning and reviewing resin requirements and materials ordering and planning.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

•  Conduct analysis to identify performance to target gaps, in collaboration with the Sales and Supply teams and identify solutions to mitigate risks.
• Escalate any foreseeable issues / changes.
• Book in stock and stock management, managing customer expectations, creating new items in SAP, as well as using SAP and the internal operating system daily.
• Create consistently predictable schedules for the plant, built within the scope of the agreed planning guidelines, based on the requirements of the Supply Planner, and optimising plant efficiencies. 
• Revise and reschedule orders, when necessary, as per manufacturing lead times.
• Work closely with the Supply Planner to ensure production planning information is up to date and MPS reflects current data. Highlight any potential supply risks.
• Work to close tolerances and within time constraints in an efficient and organised manner within a fast paced and often high-pressure environment.
• Maintain the factory’s information system daily to provide information used in daily management reporting.
• Complete End of Month reconciliations reporting in a timely manner.
• Manage the daily and weekly reporting for schedule adherence and stock outs.
• Participant in making decisions/giving recommendations for Daily Production meetings, steering plant schedules to alignment. 
• Provide recommendations and risk awareness to support plant operations. 
• Perform frequent retiming of the current week's schedule to align with plant status and escalation of risks.
• Creating & maintain SOP’s for all role functions including scheduling data maintenance in the Master Production Schedule with the National Supply Planner 
• Check BOMs and information integrity contained in workflows for accuracy and sensibility. Coach, knowledge transfer and develop other team members and create and update SOP’s for all key processes.
• Perform weekly balance of stock on hand in SAP against requirements for production to ensure continuous supply.
• Manage to finish material inventory levels, order finishing material stock (pallets, etc.), and liaise with suppliers & sites regarding timely supply and inventory levels.
• Manage specific consumable items and co-ordinate the monthly stock take
• Work to and achieving all KPIs through a continuous improvement culture
• Act as a safety leader and ensuring yourself and others perform their work safely

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

• 3 Production planning/scheduling  experience in a similar role, ideally within the FMCG, manufacturing or distribution industries
• Advanced technical understanding of planning and ordering to a manufacturing production schedule
• Well-developed analytical skills and problem-solving abilities
• High level of organisational skills and attention to detail 
• Ability to understand, anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in ERP systems (preferable SAP) and strong computer and excel skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence adoption of a significant recommendation involving business process changes and/or new system applications. 
• Ability to prioritise, multitask and work cross functionally
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations

What you’ll do 

In your new role, as a Financial Viability Analyst, your key focus will be to use your financial analysis, credit & liquidity analysis, and data management skills to collect and analyse financial statements, provide recommendations, and prepare evidence based assessment reports for our customers on organizations tendering for a range of contracts. This will utilise your financial literacy & numeracy skills, as well as your ability to analyse financial statements and assign assessment scores and rating based on financial capabilities.

You will prepare evidence based reports that identify key issues and insights and make recommendations, so strong report writing and presentation skills are essential.

Using your strong stakeholder management skills, you will build rapport with external senior stakeholders in the Government and Private sectors to obtain key information such as report requirements, financial statements, assessment scope and any additional queries. You can demonstrate your time management, multi-tasking and prioritization skills, and the ability to meet deadlines and performance targets.

In addition, you will keep abreast of industry developments to ensure you are familiar with the business drivers, dynamics, macro-economic environment and challenges across a range of markets. 

What experience do you need? 

●  Degree qualifications in Accounting or Finance, ideally supported with CPA, CA or CFA Qualifications

● Corporate experience in financial services & banking domain preferred

● Commercial experience in accounting and financial statement and financial & credit analysis

● Understanding of risk management and mitigation

● Ability to meet deadlines and performance targets   

What could set you apart? 

● Ability to analyse data to form recommendations and provide insights

● ​Ability to multi-task & manage work priorities in a fast paced environment

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We have an exciting opportunity for a an experienced Financial Controller to join our Team. This position reports to the General Manager and is responsible for providing full financial and accounting support for Pullman Cairns International.

Collaborating closely with the leadership team, the Financial Controller is responsible for the overall budgeting, planning, and forecasting of the Hotel including the analysis and reporting of monthly and yearly results.

What you’ll be doing 

• Manage the budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes for the Hotel.
• Train, develop and manage the Finance team ensuring compliance, accuracy and financial integrity at all levels.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to gather essential data for long-term, annual, quarterly, and monthly budgeting and forecasting.
• Report to owners on a monthly basis results, forecasts and P&L.
• Monitor financial performance against forecasts and budgets, analyse variances, and evaluate key performance indicators.
• Facilitate weekly and monthly reviews with the Hotel leadership team and provide guidance and direction on cost control and revenue generation.

Due to department growth a new opportunity has become available within our Financial Accounting team based in Minchinbury, NSW. This is a permanent full-time opportunity.

As the Team Leader you will oversee and manage a team of Financial Accountants to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of the inventory costing function at ALDI Stores.

What does the role look like? 

• Lead, guide and mentor a medium sized team specialising in Inventory costing adjustments in a large, complex ERP environment
• Implement and maintain KPI dashboard on Inventory costing adjustments
• Build relationships with various departments to champion optimal inventory costing outcomes
• Ensure monthly and yearly deliverables are met in a timely and efficient manner
• Reviewing current processes and using critical insights to identify improvement opportunities
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to resolve issues and reach a common outcome

The Financial Accounting team at ALDI Stores are currently hiring for two new Financial Accountants (Inventory) to join their team, based in Minchinbury NSW.  These roles are permanent full-time positions.

As part of our Financial Accounting team, you will be part of a high performing and results driven team with a focus on process, diligence, and accuracy. A key aspect of this role will see you responsible for ensuring accurate data entry checks of ALDI’s inventory management system and process.

What does the role look like? 

• Analyse and investigate inventory costing (MAP) discrepancies on a daily basis to ensure data accuracy and contract compliance
• Troubleshoot and investigate discrepancies by liaising with various stakeholders to reach solutions in a timely manner
• Perform month end accounting activities including clearing adjustments and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare reporting on inventory activities as required by the Team Leader and Executive Manager
• Investigate system issues relating to inventory costing
• Continuous improvement of Inventory costing process