Commercial Finance Manager

Sharp and Carter; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp and Carter is seeking a Commercial Finance Manager to partner with senior Sales, Marketing and business leaders, guiding profitability and strategic decisions. You’ll influence budgeting, forecasting and business cases with robust financial insight.

You’ll build models, challenge assumptions and drive continuous improvement across planning and performance. This is a high-impact role in a large Australian organisation with real exposure to strategy and decision-making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in commercial finance or business partnering
• Degree qualification in Finance, Commerce or a related discipline
• CA/CPA or MBA desirable
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling capability
• Advanced Excel and strong systems/data skills
• Excellent commercial and analytical thinking
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to challenge and influence
• The ability to turn complex financial information into clear, actionable insights

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior Sales, Marketing and business leaders to drive performance
• Lead financial input into strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Analyse key revenue, volume and cost drivers and identify opportunities to improve profitability
• Build financial models and business cases to support major commercial decisions
• Provide clear, insightful commentary that helps leaders understand performance and make better decisions
• Support the development and evaluation of new initiatives and investment opportunities
• Challenge assumptions, identify risks and bring a strong commercial lens to decision making
• Drive continuous improvement across planning, forecasting and commercial finance processes

Skills

Commercial finance

Business partnering

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial modelling

Excel & data skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Insightful commentary

Education

Degree in Finance or Commerce

CA/CPA or MBA desirable

Tools

Excel

Financial modelling tools

Job description

This is an opportunity to join a large, established Australian organisation in a high-impact Commercial Finance Manager role, partnering with senior leaders and helping shape key business decisions.

You’ll have real exposure to strategy, planning, performance and commercial decision-making, with the opportunity to influence profitability and drive better business outcomes.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with senior Sales, Marketing and business leaders to drive performance
• Lead financial input into strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Analyse key revenue, volume and cost drivers and identify opportunities to improve profitability
• Build financial models and business cases to support major commercial decisions
• Provide clear, insightful commentary that helps leaders understand performance and make better decisions
• Support the development and evaluation of new initiatives and investment opportunities
• Challenge assumptions, identify risks and bring a strong commercial lens to decision making
• Drive continuous improvement across planning, forecasting and commercial finance processes

This is an opportunity to join a large, established Australian organisation in a high-impact Commercial Finance Manager role, partnering with senior leaders and helping shape key business decisions.

You’ll have real exposure to strategy, planning, performance and commercial decision-making, with the opportunity to influence profitability and drive better business outcomes.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with senior Sales, Marketing and business leaders to drive performance
• Lead financial input into strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Analyse key revenue, volume and cost drivers and identify opportunities to improve profitability
• Build financial models and business cases to support major commercial decisions
• Provide clear, insightful commentary that helps leaders understand performance and make better decisions
• Support the development and evaluation of new initiatives and investment opportunities
• Challenge assumptions, identify risks and bring a strong commercial lens to decision making
• Drive continuous improvement across planning, forecasting and commercial finance processes

What we're looking for

You'll be an experienced Commercial Finance Manager, Finance Business Partner or FP&A professional who enjoys getting close to the business and influencing outcomes.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• 5+ years' experience in commercial finance or business partnering
• Degree qualification in Finance, Commerce or a related discipline
• CA/CPA or MBA desirable
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling capability
• Advanced Excel and strong systems/data skills
• Excellent commercial and analytical thinking
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to challenge and influence
• The ability to turn complex financial information into clear, actionable insights

Why this role?

This isn't a reporting-only finance role.

You'll be partnering with senior stakeholders, influencing commercial decisions and helping shape the financial performance of a significant part of the organisation.

If you're ready for a role where your commercial insight actually makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you.