Fonterra
Milk Analyst - Graduate Program
Waikato
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- NZD 70,000 - 85,000 / Year
- Prosple salary estimate
- Apply by 19 Feb 2024
About Fonterra
FBNZ (Fonterra Brands New Zealand) is a $900 million dollar business within the Fonterra group and one of New Zealand’s leading fast-moving consumer goods businesses. FBNZ has approximately 1100 employees across several manufacturing, distribution and administration sites within New Zealand, and a significant export business into the Pacific, China and other markets.
Watch the video below to know more about Fonterra.
Your role
The Milk Analyst will provide quality commercial reporting and analysis with a focus on milk accounting to support insightful, timely and actionable insights into business performance, specifically focusing on Milk Purchases, Supplier Payables and other farmer-related transactions.
This role will provide a significant variety of work and really is a fantastic opportunity to manage the end-to-end accounting processes relating to the purchase of milk both from their farmer shareholders and also contract suppliers. If you want to get a closer link to their farmers and their milk and enjoy a technical and process-focused role this is the role for you!
The role will take responsibility for month-end deliverables including monthly reporting and reconciliations; year-end and half reports and returns including audit deliverables, statutory accounts and tax returns.
Training & development
Fonterra’s ‘amp’, short for amplify, is an innovative new approach to working that is set to change the face of employment in the Co-op. Using a gig-economy type approach, employees will be empowered to work on internal projects outside their normal role, based on their individual skills or areas of interest.
Salary & benefits
Roles as a Milk Analyst may earn an average of NZ$70,000 to NZ$85,000 (Source: Glassdoor).
Here are some of the benefits available for employees at Fonterra:
- Sick Leave.
- Diversity Program
- Flu Shots
- Wellbeing Programs
- Flexible Working
(Source: Glassdoor Employer Verified Info)
Career progression
You’ll be working alongside experts in the field and developing skills and knowledge to give you a solid foundation to build your career. You will have the opportunity to move into a wide range of exciting positions during your career adventure at Fonterra.
Work-life balance
At Fonterra, they actively encourage and support their people when they need to work from different locations, or at different times. This supports work-life balance and helps them retain their people if their circumstances change. They welcome talking to you about your flexible working needs.
Culture & vibe
Across their global workforce, their focus is on ensuring equal opportunities for all to support their diversity and inclusion goals.
This includes identifying and eliminating unexplained gender pay gaps, working to increase the proportion of women in senior leadership roles, and actively driving engagement with Iwi in New Zealand and multicultural community groups globally.
About you
Fonterra is looking for a strong financial accountant with an interest in milk and suppliers. You’ll have exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Furthermore, your approachable attitude and excellent interpersonal skills will allow you to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders and effectively communicate with the wider team.
Other key success enablers include:
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Adapt to change easily
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to utilise networks and relationships
- Strong financial accounting experience
- A recognised tertiary and CA qualification or equivalent would be advantageous
How to apply
To apply for this role, simply click the "Apply on employer site"/"Pre-register" button on this page to submit your application directly to Fonterra.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Business & Management +more
- Associate Degree or higher
Reviews
Learning, lectures and research project
Felt like I was needed within the team. Very BAU role which would otherwise require a full time equivalent. Lots of exposure to how manufacturing and quality etc work. Also lots of interaction with external vendors.
One of the core purposes of the graduate program is to gain an excellent technical understanding of the business while working to complete a masters degree. We must ensure that we are continuously learning and working towards completing the degree.
About the employer
Fonterra
4.1
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Retail & Consumer Goods
We are an Aotearoa New Zealand Co-operative made up of everyday good people who work together to bring the goodness of dairy to the world.
Pros and cons of working at Fonterra
Pros
The best part of the company is everybody is friendly and welcoming, and it organizes programs like morning tea and end-of-month drinks where we can meet and share our thoughts.
Responsibility as a grad within rotations. Wide range of exposure within the company between people and opportunities.
Fonterra places importance on developing their employees and giving them excellent opportunities.
Collaborative culture, supportive seniors, and a positive atmosphere.
Flexible working—WFH 2/3 days for business grads is the norm.
Cons
Expectations of us as grads are sky-high, and our manager's influence extends outside work.
Pay doesn’t feel fair—new graduates coming in at a higher salary than those who have been here almost two years.
A lot of change—mergers, divestments, and restructures, which can leave a sense of unease.
The culture varies so much between teams, which means that work and support can be variable.
Sometimes lack of support from the seniors because most of them are tied up with projects.