Commercial Analyst- Motion Industries

Movement is in our DNA.

We are **GPC Asia Pacific**: one of the largest industrial and automotive aftermarket parts and service suppliers in Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia. Our iconic brands include Repco, NAPA, McLeod Accessories and Motion Industries.

**Motion** is a leader in the distribution of Bearings and Power Transmission. We operate across Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Singapore.
With 1700 staff members in Australia, we focus on continuous improvement and sustainable growth as our two main objectives. This is driven by our long-term investment in people, systems, process, and new growth opportunities for our people.

We are currently seeking a **Commercial Analyst **to partner with internal stakeholders in driving

strategic and financial outcomes for their respective line of business and state operations.

**Your responsibilities include**:

- Partnering with leadership teams, state managers, operational and financial stakeholders to deliver strategic and P&L performance
- Building an advanced analytical decision support capability to support both strategic and tactical decisions
- Partnering in solving business challenges through effective problem-solving, identifying opportunities and translating recommendations into execution plans
- Partner in building and owning the planning and forecasting framework (monthly, quarterly and annual) across the state and business lines and highlighting the impacts from headwinds and tailwinds
- Gather information and context from stakeholders, simplify the insights, provide accurate business performance updates and develop recommendations to overcome market and business volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity
- Continuously evaluate opportunities for enhancement of systems (PowerBI, TM1, Phocas) and process capabilities to maximise effectiveness and ensure seamless accurate reporting rhythm
- Manage ongoing analytics requirements for Leadership teams, General Manager, Head of Commercial Finance and Senior Managers in
- Predictive modelling to understand the business impacts
- Developing business cases for capital and operational investments
- Portfolio and network optimization across the states
- Long range planning and expansion opportunities for the respective state / business line operations
- Benefits / initiative tracking and pipeline reporting
- Corporate development and growth: Partner with leadership and M&A team to execute transactions and manage post integration of the acquired businesses
- Empower non-finance stakeholders: Build strong network with the sales and operational teams, empower and improve financial capability among non-finance members to drive ownership
- Coaching and supporting the wider commercial and Finance team

**To be successful in your role you need to**:

- Commercial professional, with analytical, budgeting and forecasting experience
- Exceptional business partnering skills demonstrated by an ability to grow and nurture relationships with stakeholders
- Proven track record in managing full P&L and building and maintaining financial models
- 5-6+ years of relevant work experience in Strategy, Business & Finance Transformation, Commercial Finance and FP&A
- CPA and CA membership preferable (not a requirement)

**Why us?**
- Full day induction to help you settle into the business and position.
- Free access to webinars, training events and courses; we promote a culture of continuous learning and assisting you to reach your full potentials.
- Recognition programs and incentive for your performance
- Access to attractive retail discount and earn cashback
- 1 paid Volunteer Leave Day per calendar year
- Parental leave top-up allowance
- Employee Assistance Program with access to mental health and well-being support initiatives including confidential counselling services

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