Senior Finance Business Partner

About the role

carsales is hiring a Senior Finance Business Partner in its Commercial Finance team, reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance. The role partners with senior leaders across the Australian business to give trusted financial advice, challenge thinking and shape commercial decisions. It leads planning and forecasting for the portfolio, turns performance data into recommendations and runs decision support end to end, from building the model to recommending the way forward. The team is small, works closely with the business and offers hybrid working.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders, giving financial insight, challenging assumptions and shaping commercial and operational decisions.
• Own the budget, quarterly forecasts and long-range plan for the portfolio, presenting them to senior leadership.
• Oversee month-end performance reporting, including variance analysis and forward-looking commentary.
• Lead complex financial models, scenario analysis and business cases for pricing, major investments, new products and strategic projects.
• Work regularly with product, technology, marketing and shared services leaders, including stand-ups with product managers.
• Monitor value drivers, revenue, costs and market trends, and recommend improvements.
• Champion continuous improvement in planning, reporting and finance processes, using AI and automation.

Required profile

• Professional accounting qualification (CPA or CA).
• 5+ years in commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering, ideally already a Finance Business Partner.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing commercial outcomes.
• Experience in a technology, subscription or marketplace business is advantageous.
• Full-time Australian working rights and willingness to complete a National Police Record check.

Required skills

• Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting.
• Experience leading business cases and decision support.
• Use of AI tools to automate finance processes is an advantage.
• Advantageous: Oracle EPM, NetSuite, Salesforce and advanced Excel.

What we offer

• Recognition as one of Australia's Best Workplaces, a Family Friendly Workplace and a WORK180 endorsed employer.
• 24 weeks paid parental leave, four weeks paid secondary caregiver leave and paid family and fertility planning leave.
• Flexible working arrangements, including part-time options.