Business Improvement Specialist

**Role**: Commercial Specialist

**Location**: Sydney ( Flexible Working Options)

**Employment Type**: Full-Time

We’re Goodstart

With 16,500 “Goodstarter” team members across nearly 700 centres nurturing 70,000 children, we’re Australia's largest provider of early learning and care. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families. From our centre directors to centre teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.

At Goodstart, we’re all about laying the foundation for better lives through amazing early learning experiences, and we know that we can’t do that without great people

The Commercial Specialist is a member of the State Support Team, providing direct support to the State Manager and State Performance Leads in commercial analysis in the state. This position plays a key role in the state’s budget and planning activities, driving business improvement to ensure state targets are reached.

The role requires a solid understanding of strategic and operational priorities and strong commercial business acumen to monitor and review state-based performance data to inform state planning.

Your Impact;
Providing insights to support strategy development and business planning through budgeting, forecasting and target setting.
Modelling, business case preparation and presenting, plus interpreting and reporting operational results.
Lead the State’s annual operations business and budget planning cycle, working closely with the State Manager to deliver a comprehensive plan, including agreed priorities and targets, which align with the National Plan.
Provide commercial support to centres and marketing strategies for the State.
Be accountable for the management and acquittal of any grants where applicable.
Perform root cause analysis and drive appropriate improvement actions in collaboration with the State Manager and the State Support Team
Always follow all Health and Safety related workplace policies and procedures for controlling risks and adhere to Health and Safety policies and procedures.

You’ll bring to the table;
Hold a tertiary qualification in business or related field and /or relevant experience.
Essential is experience of managing business processes/ projects with multiple stakeholders.
Desirable is business management experience in a line or centre-based role in multi-site or occupancy driven operations, within Retail / Hospitality / Childcare.
Highly advanced excel and financial modelling skills
SAP BI experience desirable but not essential

What Goodstart can offer you;
Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.
Be a part of a team and work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, inclusion and purpose
Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduces your taxable income to increase take home pay
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.

**How to apply**:
Supporting our people and protecting our children

We are an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We support and encourage individual growth and strong teams that are made up of many different cultures and backgrounds.

We are deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel connected and a strong sense of belonging. By weaving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives through all that we do, we aim to build knowledge and a deeper understanding of our First Nations People and culture for all in our team

**Posting Notes**: ALEXANDRIA, SYDNEY || NSW || Australia (AU) || j2wDept || SF: LI || No Early Childhood Qualification || Full-Time