The Role
Lead the Finance Business Partnering team to drive budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, and commercial analysis. Build tools and processes to track performance, evaluate investment opportunities, provide commercial support to business units, and coach a small finance team to influence strategy and optimise financial outcomes for the ASX-listed eCommerce group.
Summary Generated by Built In
We have a brilliant opportunity to join our Finance Team as a Commercial Finance Manager! This is an incredible chance to join a fast-growing ASX listed eCommerce industry leader and take ownership of key financial objectives which influence the overall Company outcomes.
The Commercial Finance Manager will have ownership of analysis and tools to drive financial performance, optimisation and commercial direction as well as leading our Finance Business Partnering team who manage company wide Department budgeting, forecasting and business cases across the Kogan.com Group of businesses.
Reporting to our Director of Finance, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the position and partner with their team and Senior Leadership to directly influence business decisions and strategy If you are an established Finance Business Partner who is ready to step into a leadership role, or are an experienced Commercial / Finance Manager looking to diversify into eCommerce or work with an ASX listed business, we would love to hear from you!
In this role you'll be responsible for:
- Leading the business partnering function to drive actionable insights that enhance commercial decision making
- Driving the budgeting and forecasting process across the business
- Establishing, maintaining and assessing processes and tools for effective and consistent tracking of performance against targets
- Analysing key business drivers to develop commercial insights that enable the business to deliver improved performance
- Various aspects of the Month-End Close Process
- Financial analysis and evaluation of project-based investment opportunities on emerging innovation and corporate development opportunities
- Provide commercial support to functional business units to deliver commercial and strategic objectives
- Proactively looking for new and better ways of working to ensure efficiency
- Working collaboratively with the broader Finance team and internal stakeholders to achieve business outcomes
- Coaching and mentoring a team of 2, supporting their growth and development
To be successful in this role, you should be:
- University Degree qualified in a relevant field (Finance, Accounting, Business or similar)
- A qualified CA/CPA
- Able to demonstrate experience working within Finance / Accounting, preferably in a Retail / eCommerce / FMCG environment. Experience within an ASX listed business will be highly regarded
- Comfortable building and maintaining effective relationships, through exceptional communication and engagement
- Being able to leverage AI and automation to enhance financial data analytics and process efficiency is highly regarded.
- Experienced with SAP, or similar
- Experienced in using data to inform business direction and strategy, using this as a tool for storytelling and driving outcomes
- Commercial and financially astute, with demonstrated experience in applying these skills to solve complex business problems and find solutions
- Able to thrive in an agile working environment and adaptable to change
- Ready to challenge, be challenged, and work within our highly disruptive business model.
Why Kogan.com?
- Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future
- Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape
- You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact
- You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry with us and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia
- Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ
- A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!
To apply
Express your interest in this opportunity by uploading your CV and Cover Letter, outlining your interest in the position and how you think you can help grow the Kogan business.
Hot tip, generic Cover Letters won’t cut it here! Stand out with an application that shows a deep knowledge of the Kogan.com business and how we operate, to allow yours to be looked upon more favourably.
Innovative thinking got our business to where it is now, so it makes sense that we look for like-minded problem solvers! As a first step to our process, all new candidates will be sent testing, so be sure to keep an eye out for it!
About Us
We’re Kogan.com, Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia.
At Kogan.com we offer rewarding careers, where you build your skills, are mentored by the best in the industry and get to share your expert knowledge in an innovative Company where your ideas and opinions count. You get to solve really important challenges to drive eCommerce’s future, and get to do it with a great team culture and benefits!
Join Kogan.com to master your craft, do your best work, make a real difference and work with the best. At Kogan.com, your work will have an immediate impact on transforming the Australian and New Zealand retail environment.
Heads up!
Kogan.com is a fast-paced business - our vacancy close dates are subject to change.
We will assess applications as they are received, so don't wait to apply!
All new Kogan.com team members are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights
Skills Required
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or similar
- Qualified CA or CPA
- Experience working in Finance/Accounting, preferably Retail, eCommerce or FMCG
- Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, month-end close and financial analysis
- Experience using data to inform strategy and storytelling
- Leadership experience, coaching and mentoring a finance team
- Ability to leverage AI and automation to enhance analytics and processes
- Experience within an ASX listed business
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Must have full-time Australian working rights
- Willingness to undergo a National Police Record check
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The Company
What We Do
We’re Kogan.com - pioneers of Australian e-commerce. We were born in a south-eastern suburb Melbourne garage in 2006 from a young entrepreneur's idea to revolutionise the supply-chain to make the latest products more affordable. Now, we’re the largest Australian pure-play online retail website with hundreds of thousands of visitors each day and a customer base of millions of Aussie and New Zealand shoppers. Our success is built off technology and digital efficiency to make the most in-demand products and services more affordable and accessible for all. We love being pushed outside our comfort zone and being challenged to continuously deliver the best value to our customers and that sets us apart from the rest
