Commercial Finance & Strategy Manager

Sharp and Carter; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Sharp & Carter is partnering with a global supply chain and logistics business to appoint a Commercial Finance & Strategy Manager. You will lead the commercial finance behind new initiatives and report to the CFO, acting as an individual contributor focused on analysis and commercial work.

Responsibilities include sizing projects, governance, business case development, and pricing collaboration with the new business team.

Qualifications

• Senior Finance Business Partner or Commercial Manager experience.
• Ability to build business cases from scratch with financial modelling.
• Strong presentation skills to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to influence without direct reporting.

Responsibilities

• Size the value of projects from start to finish and post-execution analysis.
• Track project delivery and establish governance on what to pursue, pause or stop.
• Write, test and own business cases for new opportunities.
• Collaborate with the new business team on pricing.
• Create templates to speed up future business cases.

Skills

Finance partner

Financial modelling

Stakeholder mgmt

Influence skills

Ambiguity handling

Logistics/supply chain

CA/CPA preferred

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Job description

Sharp & Carter is partnering with a multi-billion dollar global supply chain and logistics business to appoint a Commercial Finance & Strategy Manager. The business operates across multiple countries and works with some of the world’s best-known brands. Locally, it’s a stable, well-established organisation with low staff turnover and a strong reputation for ongoing investment in its people. With new business growing across its supply chain network, it’s an exciting time to join and help shape what comes next.

About the Company

Sharp & Carter is partnering with a multi-billion dollar global supply chain and logistics business to appoint a Commercial Finance & Strategy Manager. The business operates across multiple countries and works with some of the world’s best-known brands. Locally, it’s a stable, well-established organisation with low staff turnover and a strong reputation for ongoing investment in its people. With new business growing across its supply chain network, it’s an exciting time to join and help shape what comes next.

About the Role

As the business invests in project initiatives and new business growth, this new role has been created to lead the commercial finance behind them. You’ll report directly to the CFO and work closely with project managers, FP&A, the new business team and the leadership team. It’s an individual contributor role, so your time goes into analysis and commercial work.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working with project managers to size the value of projects and initiatives from commencement through to execution and post-execution analysis.
• Tracking what each project delivers and building a clear process for what to pursue, pause or stop.
• Writing, testing and owning business cases for new business opportunities.
• Partnering with the new business team on pricing.
• Building templates so future business cases are quicker and more consistent.
• Packaging savings and performance results for customers, including regular review sessions and presentations with customers.
• Attending new business meetings and presenting to customer commercial managers and directors.
• Lifting commercial thinking across the finance team and with project managers.
• In your first three months, you’ll focus on savings and set up the governance around them. By six months, you’ll be working across new business and building out business case templates.

About You

You’re a commercially minded finance professional who builds business cases yourself, from the raw numbers through to the final presentation. You’re comfortable when priorities change quickly, and you’ll be curious to find answers and solutions and put them into action. You will bring:

• Experience as a Senior Finance Business Partner or Commercial Manager, or in a similar commercial finance role.
• A track record of building business cases from scratch, including financial modelling and analysis.
• Confidence presenting to senior internal and external stakeholders.
• The ability to influence people who don’t report to you.
• Comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to switch between priorities quickly.
• Logistics, transport, distribution or supply chain experience is highly regarded. Similar route- or site-based industries will also be considered, such as waste management, FMCG or industrial.
• CA/CPA qualification advantageous.

What’s on Offer

• $180,000-$200,000 base + superannuation + 15% bonus (experience and selection criteria dependent).
• A newly created role where you’ll shape how savings and new business cases are done.
• A direct reporting line to the CFO and regular exposure to the SLT/ELT and senior stakeholders externally.
• Deal-level work on new business with major customers.
• A stable business with a strong culture and low turnover.
• Hybrid working: three days in the office and two from home, after an initial induction period on site.