Finance Business Partner

Are you ready to be a big part of something big? 

At carsales, we’re all about making buying and selling a great experience. Since 1997, we’ve been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move today and tomorrow.

When it comes to your career, we want to offer meaningful opportunities that empower you to make a lasting impact. But for that to happen, we strive to feel small, small enough to stay agile, learn across teams, and connect authentically with each other.

With a vision to be the global leader in online vehicle marketplaces, we’re transforming how people buy and sell across the world. We discover new ideas and bring them to life. We continue to grow, and we continue to evolve and we’re not afraid to take bold steps to get there.

This is your opportunity to join carsales in the role of Finance Business Partner. You will partner with stakeholders to provide trusted financial advice, lead planning and forecasting, and deliver clear insights that drive growth, profitability, and smarter decision-making. Our Finance team has a full understanding of how each of our business units work, as they collaborate and share ideas with all our teams to ensure we are always delivering the best possible user experience to our customers.

We embrace hybrid working combining the flexibility of remote work with the energy and connection of in-person collaboration. We champion flexibility and offer a range of policies and leave options to support your wellbeing.

What’s on offer

• Recognition as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work®, a Family Friendly Workplace, a WORK180 endorsed employer.
• A highly engaged, collaborative team where you’ll learn from exceptional talent.
• 24 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks for secondary caregivers, and six weeks paid gender-affirming care leave.
• Regular hackathons, continuous learning opportunities, and wellbeing initiatives that support your mental, emotional, and physical health.

What you’ll be doing

The Finance Business Partner will play a key role within the commercial finance team, partnering with stakeholders across carsales’ Australian business to provide trusted financial advice, challenge thinking, and support strategic and operational decision-making. The role is responsible for leading planning and forecasting activities, delivering meaningful performance insights, and translating financial and commercial data into clear recommendations that improve growth, profitability, and resource allocation. Acting as a true business partner, this role will influence outcomes through strong stakeholder engagement, commercial acumen, and a proactive focus on opportunities, risks, and continuous improvement.

You’ll

• Partner with business leaders across the Australian business to provide financial insight, challenge assumptions, and support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Lead the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans, ensuring alignment between financial outcomes, operational priorities, and business strategy.
• Deliver high-quality month-end reporting, including variance analysis, commentary, and actionable recommendations for stakeholders and leadership.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models, scenario analysis, and business cases to support pricing, investment decisions, new initiatives, and strategic projects.
• Monitor key business drivers, revenue performance, costs, and market trends to identify risks, opportunities, and areas for performance improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including sales, product, operations, analytics, and data science to translate complex data into commercially meaningful insights.
• Support and influence stakeholder decision-making through clear communication of financial implications, trade-offs, and recommended actions.
• Support M&A activity through financial analysis, due diligence, valuation input, and integration planning as required.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement in planning, reporting, and finance processes to enhance insight, efficiency, and business performance.

What we’re looking for

• Professional accounting qualification (CPA/CA)
• 5+ years’ experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or business partnering roles
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting capability
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing commercial outcomes
• Experience with Oracle EPM, NetSuite, Salesforce, and advanced Excel skills will be advantageous
• Strong communicator with the ability to build credibility and influence financially and non-financially minded stakeholders
• Proactive and confident in challenging assumptions, identifying opportunities, and driving continuous improvement
• Able to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment while maintaining accuracy, judgment, and attention to detail

We know not everyone will meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If you’re excited about the role and believe you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

A few other things we want you to know...

• As an equal opportunity employer, carsales welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and life experiences. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
• If you have a disability or require adjustments to participate fully in the recruitment process, please let us know - we’re here to support you.
• We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, including part-time options. If you’d like to explore this, just ask during the process.
• We’re also a proud Circle Back Initiative employer, which means we commit to responding to every applicant.
• Successful candidates joining the carsales team will need to complete a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights.

So come join us - because every role plays a vital part in our journey toward something big!