We are looking for a motivated and dynamic Assistant Finance Business Partner to join our Business Unit Finance team, supporting our Product teams!

What is this role about?

The role supports the Finance Business Partner in the delivery of quality advice and information to support their allocated Product Domain business unit to meet and exceed their financial targets in the short, medium, and long term. This role covers the full P&L, with a 90% weighting on Revenue Management.

The responsibilities in this role include but are not limited to the following:

Reporting:

• Performance Monitoring: Assist the Finance Business Partner with the monthly financial activities end to end for your Domain, covering month, YTD and performance reporting including driver-based variance analysis and commentary on Product Revenue, Operating costs and Investment activities.
• Performance Reporting: Support the preparation of the monthly performance dashboards, highlighting key metrics, trends, and variances. Ensure reports are clear, accurate, and provide actionable insights.
• Accruals & adjustments: Prepare and process accruals or adjustments to ensure that financial statements reflect the true economic condition of the BU.
• Bi-annual Reporting: Support delivery of half year and year end commentary to the financial statements for the Domain’s Product drivers.

Decision Support:

• Support the Finance Business Partner with the provision of high-quality driver-based commentary and insights to support key stakeholder decision making
• Business partnering with key stakeholders in the Domains and across Channels and Finance teams.
• Support both the Business Unit Finance Team and Domains with continuous improvement initiatives. Focused on enhancing productivity, efficiency, and the overall effectiveness of financial processes, and to drive insightful reporting developments.

Forecasting & Budgeting:

• Assist with the delivery of financial plans and forecast – construct and maintain a driver based 3-year strategic plan and rolling monthly forecast in accordance with timetable.
• Analysis of inputs, particularly transaction drivers (or similar) working with the business to gain driver-based inputs and insights.
• Support the preparation of qualitative insightful reporting on budget/forecast submissions, including potential opportunity and risks

As our Executive Assistant, you will be providing professional, strategic and administrative assistance and support to the Chief Financial Officer based in Sydney and the Chief Operations officer based in Brisbane. This demanding position offers a unique opportunity to contribute directly to the success of NEXTDC by providing seamless support while also driving operational excellence.  

Day to day duties will include the management of complex executives’ schedules, appointments and travel arrangements. You will be responsible for preparing strategic presentations, managing email campaigns, handling expenses and supporting the execution of events. This role requires the ability to anticipate needs, proactively solve problems and support cross-functional teams, ensuring our executives can operate at their highest level. You will be working and collaborating with a talented team of strategic Executive Assistants based across Melbourne and Brisbane that have our leadership teams support to drive our company’s growth and success.  

In addition to executive support, you will be a key figure in ensuring the smooth operation of our office environment across multiple Sydney locations (Port Macquarie, Artarmon). Your responsibilities will also include managing office supplies across our organisation, liaising with our senior leadership team, managing catering for executive meetings, guest, and customer meetings and when required, being first point of contact for any office-related needs, ensuring a welcoming and efficient workspace.  

This is an initial 12 month Fixed Term maternity cover! 

Our Pact Packaging division is pioneering a whole of product life cycle approach to sustainable packaging. Partnering with global brands to local dairy producers, we integrate supply chain efficiencies and sustainable practices into everything we design and manufacture.

About this opportunity

The Assistant Leading Hand is responsible for assisting their shift Leading Hand to oversee all activities and persons within the production hall. Directly reporting to their shift Leading Hand, working closely with and accountable to the site Quality Officer.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Assigning and coordinating the tasks for their shift production team
• Machine operation; ensure machines operate efficiently and produce conforming product.
• Conducting product testing and making the necessary process adjustments of the machine whentesting indicates that it is required.
• Conduct all operations in such a manner as to comply with WHS requirements
• Conduct all operations which comply with Food Safety requirements
• Conduct all operations in such a manner as to comply with Quality Standards.
• Assist with overseeing the production hall operations.
• Promote a safe work environment and adhere to the company safety obligations in accordance with WHS legislation.
• Adhere to the company environmental obligations in accordance with environmental legislation.
• Efficiently operate all scheduled production lines and attend to faulty machinery immediately.
• Provide technical assistance and support to their shift Leading Hand.
• Coordinate production team activities and assignments.
• Ensure the production schedule provided is followed to meet production targets.
• Monitor quality control.
• Drive housekeeping.
• Acting shift Leading Hand in their absence.

Your skills and experience

As an experienced Machine Operator, you will be self-motivated with a strong work ethic and pay excellent attention to detail.

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

• Previous machine operation experience (Blow moulding experience preferred though not essential)
• Mechanical aptitude
• Capable of troubleshooting and resolving problems at the root cause and the ability to make minor machine adjustments to address efficiency and product non-conformances with the use of small hand tools
• Strong focus on safety and able to apply methodologies to improve processes
• A commitment to quality
• Results driven
• Good written & verbal communication skills
• Solid understanding of HACCP & GMP
• Reliable, punctual, and available to work weekends
• Hold a current NSW forklift licence or be willing to obtain one