We are partnering with a well-established organisation to recruit a commercially focused Finance Business Partner to join their Brisbane-based finance team on an initial 5-month contract.
Reporting into senior finance leadership, this role will work closely with operational and commercial stakeholders across the business, providing financial insight and analysis that supports strategic and day-to-day decision making.
You'll be responsible for interpreting business performance, identifying key financial and operational drivers, supporting planning and forecasting processes, and helping leaders understand what results mean for future performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with operational and commercial leaders to provide financial insight and support decision-making.
- Analyse business performance across revenue, margin, operating costs, working capital, inventory, and cash flow.
- Identify and communicate the key drivers impacting performance, highlighting risks and opportunities.
- Prepare monthly management reporting, variance analysis, and meaningful performance commentary.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes, ensuring assumptions are robust and commercially sound.
- Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support strategic initiatives and business decisions.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand operational performance and translate financial outcomes into actionable insights.
- Support product, customer, and channel profitability analysis to drive commercial outcomes.
- Contribute to business cases, investment decisions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- CA/CPA qualified or working towards completion.
- Experience in a Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance, FP&A, or Management Accounting role.
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to translate financial information into meaningful business insights.
- Proven stakeholder management skills with the confidence to engage and influence non-finance leaders.
- Advanced analytical, reporting, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and business planning activities.
- Strong Excel and financial modelling skills.
- Proactive, curious, and confident challenging assumptions to drive better business outcomes.
- Experience within a product-based, operational, manufacturing, FMCG, logistics, or complex commercial environment will be highly regarded.
- Genuine business partnering role with strong stakeholder exposure.
- Opportunity to influence operational and commercial decision-making.
- High-visibility position with exposure to senior leadership.
- Supportive and collaborative team environment.
- Long-term career development opportunities within a growing organisation.
For a confidential discussion, please contact Sam Bott at sam.bott@perigongroup.com.au.
