Commercial Manager

Commercial Manager

We're REA

REA Group

is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.

With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.

Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact.

What the role is all about

The Commercial Manager will be a key business partner supporting the Developer and Media markets as well as the Advertising & Value Product portfolio. They will:

- Provide analysis and insights with a view to maximizing commercial outcomes.
- Manage and own month end close and results
- Manage and own financial forecasts, budgets and long-range plans
- Prepare detailed revenue, cost and non-financial KPI analysis to identify insights and trends.
- Drive financial performance through analysis, insights & clear recommendations
- Pro-actively partner with key stakeholders to drive outcomes
- Extract and analyse data from multiple systems to meet group reporting requirements
- Build, validate & provide commercial guidance on business cases for new products & initiatives
- Hire, develop and retain a high performing team
- Lead process improvement, identifying opportunities and implementing solutions
- Identify industry trends and consider implications/opportunities for REA.
- Ensure relevant controls and compliance requirements are met

Who we’re looking for
- 8+ years relevant experience
- First class communication - written, verbal and presenting skills
- Strong influencing skills with the ability to drive commercial outcomes
- Proven ability to forge trusted business relationships with stakeholders
- Ability to collaborate in a complex and fast paced business
- Strong initiative; willingness to take ownership and accountability
- Excellent analytical capabilities, with budgeting, forecasting & financial modeling experience
- CA qualified. Big 4 experience.

The REA experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development - both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

We offer:

- A hybrid and flexible approach to working - Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
- Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
- Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
- Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
- Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.