Senior Financial Strategist

4 weeks ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ThompsonCook Full time

The Opportunity

ThompsonCook is seeking a highly skilled Commercial Finance Manager to join their team. As a key finance partner to senior GMs and finance executives, you will play a pivotal role in uplifting commercial capability and the role finance plays in the business.

The business is an industry leading, ASX listed construction and engineering services group with a strong history of steady growth through fostering long-term relationships with customers. They pride themselves on their collaborative culture with a focus on employee development.

Reporting directly to the Divisional Financial Controller, your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading and developing a team of 4 analysts of varying experience levels
  • Preparing and delivering periodic operational and management reports to accurately depict the trading result for the business unit
  • Assisting the Senior Leadership Team with the development of the Annual Budget
  • Undertaking Profit & Loss review and analysis for during the month-end period, including accrual reviews, variance analysis and providing commentary on key performance drivers
  • Monitoring budgets, monthly forecasts and assisting with strategy development
  • Driving strategy and planning for the division through ongoing business partnering with the GM of Operations, the Finance ELT and the Customer
  • Developing, maintaining and evaluating rolling forecasts at both project and business unit level including trading performance, cashflow and working capital
  • Assisting with pricing build ups, other estimations of activity rates relating to existing business contracts to find cost efficiencies
  • Implementing software initiatives and process improvements

The Expertise

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Extensive experience in a large complex business at a divisional level within manufacturing, FMCG, construction, engineering, utilities and/or infrastructure with a strong focus on cost initiatives
  • The ability to thrive on a good challenge and manage difficult conversations while driving commercial outcomes
  • CA/CPA qualification
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build rapport with all levels of stakeholders
  • Strong organisational skills, the ability to meet tight deadlines and work both autonomously and as a team
  • Experience leading a small but highly capable team is preferred


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