Finance Business Partner

Partner with stakeholders to optimize performance of Traded businesses through commercial analysis, strategic planning, and financial discipline. Drive commercial outcomes, support decision-making, and embed finance in operations to influence pricing, profitability, and growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Collaborate to drive business improvement and performance of the newly acquired business.
- Review project business case, historical performance, and due diligence documents with a commercial lens. Reforecast acquisition case with updated assumptions and risks/opportunities.
- Understand Traded Bulk Shipping’s pricing strategy and apply learnings to projects.
- Analyse market trends, competitive positioning, customer/product profitability, pricing, costing, and margin sustainability. Identify and propose improvement opportunities for the business.
- Assess pipeline opportunities and partner on strategic initiatives (e.g., new products, market entry, capex).
- Participate in quarterly commercial performance reviews.
- Drive delivery of budgeted EBITDA and TWC targets through revenue, margin, and cost base optimization.
- Support strategic growth initiatives and decision-making with commercial leaders.
- Prepare presentations for senior executive updates. Prepare for BAU (e.g. source data for reporting, establish Month end process, design and build MBR). Lead MBR reporting and prepare commentaries.
- Understand current S&OP process and its finance integration. Establish reporting and process for R3 forecast and full year outlook.

Who are we looking for?

- Bachelor’s degree with a major in commerce, accounting, finance or business administration. CA or CPA professional qualification.
- 5+ years in finance roles including FP&A and having demonstrated senior experience in a commercial finance role with exposure to the commercial environment and working with leadership teams.
- Industry experience or exposure to manufacturing / supply chain activities desirable.
- Proven track record partnering with senior executives and management teams, ability to build strong relationships and collaborate to improve business performance.
- High degree of commercial acumen, strategic and critical thinking.
- Confidence to challenge in the right way to influence better outcomes.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal) to clearly communicate financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
- Ability to manage to tight deadlines, strong attention to detail.
- Experience in fast paced environment and flexibility to juggle multiple tasks and priorities.

Benefits at IXOM

For a start, you'll work for a large global organisation, where you'll not only earn a competitive salary, but you'll also have access to an Employee Assistance Program, a recognition program, and a range of health and wellness benefits and discounts.

Our wellbeing program is second to none, and we offer a range of education assistance and learning resources, as well as secondment and promotion opportunities to help you grow both personally and professionally.

We support what’s important to you by promoting workplace giving, diversity and providing volunteering leave, and, of course, we offer flexible working wherever possible.

To Apply

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you

Our Process

At IXOM we are committed to employing individuals who align with our values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants’ suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, and reference checks.

Diverse candidates have diverse needs. During your recruitment journey, information will be provided about adjustment requests. If you require additional support before submitting your application, please contact our Talent Acquisition team.

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