Finance Manager - Dealerships

About the role

Freighter Group is recruiting a Finance Manager for its national dealership network. Reporting to the CFO, this is a hands-on finance leadership role combining management accounting, commercial analysis and operational business partnering. You will partner with leaders across sales, service, parts and aftersales to provide the insights, reporting and commercial support that drive business results, while contributing to ongoing systems and process improvements. Some interstate travel is required.

Key responsibilities

• Lead financial reporting and analysis across 10 profit centres.
• Prepare monthly P&L, analyse performance and produce board reports.
• Review and report on sales, service and parts performance.
• Handle trailer sales reconciliations and profitability analysis.
• Support inventory management, stock reviews and cycle counts.
• Monitor and review work-in-progress across sales and service operations.
• Partner with senior operational leaders to drive performance and profitability.
• Contribute to SAP remediation, data integrity and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required profile

• CA/CPA qualification (or working towards).
• Experience in management accounting, commercial finance or business partnering.
• Commercially minded, with a proactive, hands-on approach and a continuous improvement mindset.

Required skills

• Strong analytical, reporting and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel skills and ERP experience, ideally SAP.