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FP&A Lead

General Information

Date Published
15-May-2026
Advertising Ends
15-Jun-2026
ID#
15737
Role Type
Accounting & Commercial
Work Type
Fixed-Term Full-Time
Workplace Type
Hybrid
Country
Australia
Location
Melbourne & Southern Victoria

Position Description

About Lactalis-Mainland Dairy

Mainland Dairy, the business formerly known as Fonterra’s global Consumer and associated businesses, is now part of the Lactalis Group and known as Lactalis-Mainland Dairy. 
Lactalis is a French family-owned business founded in Laval in 1933. Today, it is the world’s leading dairy group, present in 50 countries employing around 85,500 people. It is home to some of the world’s best known global and international dairy brands, including Président, Galbani and Parmalat, and local brands including Pauls, OAK, and Cracker Barrel in Australia.  

Lactalis-Mainland Dairy is a team of more than 4,300 employees, operating 16 manufacturing sites across Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. We make well-loved brands including Perfect Italiano, Mainland, and Western Star. 

Our passionate and talented team is committed to nurturing the future, unlocking new opportunities, and fostering innovation in nutrition and food.  
 
The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Financial Accounting, this 12-month maximum term contract provides critical FP&A capability during a high intensity period of change and transformation. 

As FP&A Lead, you will play a key role in delivering budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial insight activities while supporting the establishment of new operating and reporting models. You will operate across a complex, multinational environment, ensuring accurate, timely and decision useful financial performance insights.

In this role, you will:

  • Lead delivery of the F26 Budget process, including coordination, consolidation, and performance analysis
  • Produce monthly reporting, including tailored performance views across sales volumes, brands, categories, and channels
  • Deliver Head Office forecasting and support Group level forecast consolidation
  • Support month-end close activities within CFIN, identifying and resolving financial and system issues
  • Investigate and resolve reporting and consolidation discrepancies across markets and entities
  • Partner with business stakeholders to support financial design and accounting treatment of new initiatives
  • Design and operationalise cost allocation methodologies, including TSA, standalone, and head office cost models
  • Drive improvement in reporting quality, cost centre discipline, and financial data integrity
  • Respond to ad hoc analysis and insights requests from senior leadership and Group Finance

About You

You are a commercially astute FP&A professional with strong analytical capability and a hands-on approach to delivery. You thrive in complex, fast-changing environments and bring a pragmatic mindset to solving financial and operational challenges.

To succeed in this role, you’ll ideally bring:

  • 8–10 years’ experience in FP&A, commercial finance or group reporting
  • Proven delivery of annual budget cycles and rolling forecasts in complex organisations
  • Experience in multinational environments with exposure to group reporting and consolidation processes
  • Strong understanding of cost allocation frameworks, including TSA and head office structures
  • Experience resolving financial, systems, and data issues across multiple entities or markets
  • Hands-on expertise with ERP and reporting systems (e.g. CFIN or similar)
  • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to generate insights across product, channel and market performance
  • Demonstrated stakeholder management and business partnering capability
  • Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities and senior stakeholder expectations

What We Offer

  • Competitive pay and benefits
  • Career development and internal opportunities across a global business
  • A team focused workplace in a fantastic culture where your work has real impact
  • A strong commitment to quality, innovation and sustainability
  • Flexible work arrangements where possible

Based at our Richmond office, this role offers excellent career development and internal mobility pathways as well as flexible ways of working and a hybrid structure, that allows you the balance of in-office collaboration and working from home to suit your lifestyle. 

Please note that applicants must have full working rights for Australia to be considered.
We are politely declining recruitment agency support and approaches for this role. 

About Lactalis-Mainland Dairy

Lactalis-Mainland Dairy is a global consumer business with 4,300 employees, a portfolio of iconic dairy brands, and an exciting dairy future. Formerly Fonterra’s Global Consumer and associated businesses, our brands are well known across Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East and Africa. We bring together much loved brands including Western Star, Perfect Italiano, Mainland, Anchor, Anlene, Anmum and Fernleaf - along with new career opportunities that offer unique exposure in a dynamic and evolving industry. As we become part of Lactalis, and as you navigate around our careers site, you may still see references to, or branding from, Fonterra. This is a normal part of the transition as we progressively move to our own dedicated platforms and websites. We appreciate your patience and understanding and hope this does not cause any confusion. We’re excited by the future and it’s the perfect time to help us create it.