Senior Finance Manager

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2025). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

You will lead end-to-end financial planning, management reporting, and strategic business partnering for SEEK’s Product and AI divisions. You will advise leaders on investment choices, resolve complex financial challenges, and turn insights into action that drives performance.

You will manage a Senior Finance Business Partner and work closely with the Head of Finance – Product and AI to align priorities, uplift decision quality, and strengthen financial discipline across a critical part of SEEK’s P&L.

You will connect teams across Finance and Business Services to improve visibility, enhance systems, and champion continuous improvement, including the use of AI to boost efficiency. You will succeed by building trusted relationships, influencing senior stakeholders, and delivering clear, executive-level insights on drivers, results, and ROI.

Key responsibilities:

• Build strong relationships across Product and AI; drive mutual accountability and alignment.
• Manage budgeting and forecasting; translate outputs into sharp driver-based insights.
• Own monthly management reporting; deliver executive-ready analysis on performance drivers.
• Advise on business cases and investments; shape ROI-led decisions and optimisation.
• Lead initiatives to improve financial visibility; deliver domain and AI compute cost reporting.
• Implement process and system enhancements; embed continuous improvement using AI.
• Partner across FABS (R2R, FP&A, IR, Procurement) to unblock, align and deliver.

• CA/CPA with 10+ years post-qualification in large, complex organisations.
• Proven leadership in commercial finance across FP&A, business partnering and reporting.
• Track record influencing senior leaders and negotiating outcomes across priorities.
• Strong analytical skills; advanced communication and executive presentation capability.
• Experience building relationships in matrix environments; agile ways of working.
• Oracle, Excel and PowerPoint proficiency; curiosity to experiment with AI.

At SEEK we offer:

• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working-from-home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030. 
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice
• Tailored career development planning (including Education Assistance Program)
• Free income protection insurance

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.