Full time
Our Client
Our client is a leading name in the Australian cotton industry, with over 35 years of experience operating a fully vertically integrated, end-to-end cotton business. As skilled growers, ginners, logistics experts, and marketers, they are renowned for producing the finest Australian cotton. Their commitment to product traceability ensures they can support both local growers and international spinning mills with confidence.
With dedicated teams across Australia, China, and the USA, they pride themselves on being customer-focused, serving wholesalers, importers, and mills seeking premium-quality cotton. Despite their international reach, they've stayed true to their Australian family farming heritage—a rare accomplishment in the global market.
Your Role
This is a crucial leadership role in managing a company's financial operations, strategy, and reporting. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer you will be accountable for:
Financial planning and analysis, developing and overseeing financial strategies, budgets and forecasts.Financial reporting, preparing and presenting all necessary financial statements to the board.Compliance and risk management, ensuring adherence to laws and regulations and working with the auditors to monitor and improve financial controls.Cash Flow Management, manage banking relationships, effective treasury, tax planning.Cost control, identify opportunities to improve operational, logistics and marketing activities.Stakeholder management, build strong relationships with all department heads and external financial stakeholders.About You
Our ideal candidate will come with a well-established finance and accounting background as well as strong exposure to agriculture or related vertically integrated business.
Coupled with a proven background in the planning and reporting cycles of a complete operating business unit, you will be able to interpret complex financial relationships while playing a leadership role in the business.
To be successful in this role, it is important that you can address the following:
Relevant tertiary education in Commerce/Accounting.5+ years of experience within a large corporate or professional services firm.Ability to lead, nurture and mentor a team.CA/CPA qualified (preferred).Experience in Agriculture would be highly regarded but not essential.Choose Agri Talent
Agri Talent provides permanent recruitment and executive search services exclusively for Australian agribusiness. We combine a proven, process-driven approach with the most extensive digital network in agriculture to find your permanent people.
For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Bruce Highfield, Agri Talent, 0473 597 731.
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