Job Description

Location: Melbourne
Role Highlights: Own the end-to-end P&L | Own pricing and the 3-year plan | Partner a divisional VP, Sales and Marketing Directors | Shape new market entry and M&A |

Role Overview
Reporting to the Commercial Finance Director, you will be the lead commercial partner to a divisional VP, multiple Sales Directors and the Marketing Director. The business operates like a medium-sized company inside a larger group, so roles aren’t boxed in: you will own the P&L, pricing and the 3-year plan, and work closely with Operations Finance, brand and marketing teams across a portfolio of very different brands.

Your early focus is clear: turn the budget into a robust commercial plan, build the 3-year strategic plan through to EBIT, and get ahead of a weather-dependent, commodity-linked market with proactive pricing scenarios. Over time, you will give the business a true view of where it makes its money, stem profit leakage, and build the commercially robust plan behind ambitious brand growth, including new market entry.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end P&L across the division and the brands within it, including margin, mix and cost-to-serve.
• Act as lead commercial partner to the divisional VP, Sales Directors and Marketing Director, owning those relationships and driving decisions.
• Own pricing recommendations and lead budgeting, forecasting and the 3-year strategic plan through to EBIT.
• Diagnose and fix profit leakage, building a clear view of true profitability and the levers that drive it.
• Build proactive pricing scenarios for commodity and weather-driven swings, so actions are agreed before input costs move.
• Shape growth strategy across the portfolio, including new market entry, new category entry and M&A due diligence or integration.
• Partner Operations Finance across the group’s manufacturing network, influencing cost-out, capacity and headroom decisions.
• Lead and develop a Commercial Analyst, and lift business partnering and influencing capability across the team.
• Constructively challenge assumptions, investment choices, risks and opportunities, working within financial controls and governance.

Candidate Profile

You are a highly experienced Senior Commercial Finance leader with strong commercial business partnering experience, ideally in FMCG; candidates ready to step up are welcome. You proactively own relationships at director level and influence strong personalities with confidence and judgement, challenging effectively while keeping stakeholders on side. You are a people person who gets out from behind the spreadsheet, resilient and comfortable in a business where roles aren’t boxed in. You think strategically and bring exposure to M&A due diligence or integration, new market entry or new category entry.

Culture & Benefits

Join a well-known Australian FMCG group with trusted household brands and a clear agenda for growth. You will have a seat at the table with senior leaders, real exposure to strategy, M&A and new markets, and time on the ground across the group’s manufacturing network.

• Real ownership: the P&L, pricing and plan for a multi-brand division
• Shape the future: new markets, new categories and M&A
• Be rewarded: Excellent salary and Benefits package

Apply 
If this sounds like you, please send your resume by clicking the “apply” link below. The reference number for this role is EI80284. Please allow for 3 - 5 working days for us to process all the applications. All applicants will hear back from us, either via email or by telephone, throughout the process.