Cost Accountant

• Location: Melbourne, Australia | Epping, Australia
• Type: Permanent

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About the role

Our client is seeking a motivated and commercially minded Cost Accountant to join their finance team based in Epping, Melbourne. This is an excellent opportunity for an accountant with experience in manufacturing who is looking to broaden their skills across cost accounting, inventory management and finance systems.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the manufacturing finance function while contributing to the ongoing optimisation of finance systems, costing processes and inventory controls.

Key Responsibilities

Cost Accounting & Inventory Management

• Manage inventory standard costs across both V6 and Oracle Fusion ERP, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of costing data.
• Calculate, analyse and report on Purchase Price Variances (PPV), identifying trends and investigating significant movements.
• Review and analyse Material Usage Variances, working with operational stakeholders to understand and resolve discrepancies.
• Reconcile inventory sub-ledger balances to the General Ledger and investigate, resolve and clear unreconciled items.
• Maintain and support inventory costing processes, ensuring the integrity of inventory valuation and financial reporting.
• Enable and maintain three-way matching for inventory suppliers, reviewing and approving purchasing and inventory variances where required.
• Assist with periodic stocktakes across manufacturing sites and support the biannual review of stock obsolescence, ensuring appropriate inventory provisions are maintained.

Finance Systems & Process Improvement

• Act as a key finance contact for Oracle Fusion and V6 system‑related matters.
• Liaise with Trinamix and Oracle support teams to investigate, resolve and implement finance system improvements and enhancements.
• Support the ongoing optimisation of finance systems, reporting processes and system integrations.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial controls, inventory processes and operational efficiencies.

Business Support

• Provide analytical support to the Finance Manager and broader finance team.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across finance and manufacturing operations.
• Develop strong working relationships with finance, procurement, operations and external system support partners.

To be successful in this role you will have

• Degree qualification in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA or CA qualification (completed or currently in progress).
• Approximately 2–5 years' experience in a commercial accounting environment.
• Experience in cost accounting, inventory accounting or manufacturing finance.
• Exposure to standard costing methodologies.
• Strong reconciliation and analytical skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and problem‑solving ability.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across finance and operational teams.
• A proactive mindset with a genuine interest in finance systems and process improvement.

Highly Desirable

• Previous experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using Oracle Fusion ERP, Oracle Cloud or a similar ERP system.
• Exposure to V6 or other manufacturing ERP systems.
• Experience with:
• Standard costing
• Purchase Price Variance (PPV)
• Material Usage Variance analysis
• Inventory reconciliations
• Stocktakes and inventory controls
• Finance systems support and process improvement

The Team

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you'll join an established finance function consisting of:

• Finance Manager
• Senior Accountant
• Two Accountants
• Accounts Payable team
• Business Systems Analyst

This newly created role has been established to strengthen the manufacturing finance capability, allowing the Finance Manager to focus on strategic initiatives while providing dedicated expertise across costing, inventory management and finance systems.

Location

This role is based in our Epping office. While the preference is for an on-site presence, some flexibility may be considered for the right candidate following onboarding.

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