This role is a finance lead responsible for business partnering, driving strategic and financial outcomes for their respective business lines and branches. This business line/branch leadership role will be instrumental in developing and implementing key strategic and transformational initiatives to accelerate business performance across Motion’s business lines.

Position Purpose

• Managing in deliver of results: Partner in delivering strategic and P&L performance for the state operations through partnering with leadership teams, state managers, operational and financial stakeholders
• Actionable insights reporting: Building an advanced analytical decision support capability to support both strategic and tactical decisions
• Assist in Strategy and transformation: Partnering in solving business challenges through effective problem-solving, identifying opportunities and translating recommendations into execution plans  
• Partner in bringing clarity across budgeting and forecasting: Partner in building and owning the planning and forecasting framework (monthly, quarterly and annual) across the state and business lines and highlighting the impacts from headwinds and tailwinds
• Managing and navigating ambiguity: Gather information and context from stakeholders, simplify the insights, provide accurate business performance updates and develop recommendations to overcome market and business volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity
• Deliver value: Continuously evaluate opportunities for enhancement of systems (PowerBI, TM1, Phocas) and process capabilities to maximise effectiveness and ensure seamless accurate reporting rhythm
• Decision Support: Manage ongoing analytics requirements for Leadership teams, General Manager, Head of Commercial Finance and Senior Managers in

• Scenario planning and analysis – predictive modelling to understand the business impacts
• Developing business cases for capital and operational investments
• Portfolio and network optimization across the states
• Long range planning and expansion opportunities for the respective state / business line operations
• Benefits / initiative tracking and pipeline reporting

• Corporate development and growth: Partner with leadership and M&A team to execute transactions and manage post integration of the acquired businesses
• Empower non-finance stakeholders: Build strong network with the sales and operational teams, empower and improve financial capability among non-finance members to drive ownership
• Coaching and supporting the wider commercial and Finance team

Key Skills and Capabilities

• Commercial / Analytical background – experience handling and analysing complex, high volume data with great attention to detail.

• The ability to think beyond numbers and combine data with strategy and financial insights.

• Be able to distil information creatively and visually so that it is digestible to both finance and non-finance partners.

• Self-motivated, results oriented with the ability to perform under pressure in a changing business environment with the willingness to get their hands dirty.

• Experience in identifying and implementing process improvement initiatives to improve insights reporting and drive business performance.

• Proven modelling and excel skills, experience with other systems such as PowerBI, TM1, etc, would be beneficial.

• Strong business partnering skills.

Health & Safety

• Consistently and proactively participate in Health and Safety in the workplace
• Know and understand the Company’s Health and Safety policies and adhere to them at all times
• Actively participate in any Health and Safety meetings, investigations, initiatives or programmes as requested
• Ensure you are personally responsible for your own Health and Safety and others with whom you work
• Ensure your team or any staff under your supervision adhere to all Health and Safety policies and principles
• Identify and contribute to Health and Safety improvements
• Wear and maintain your PPE at all necessary/appropriate times, report any issues with your PPE immediately
• Participate in Health and Safety training and hazard identification, assessment and control of workplace hazards
• Undertake duties in a safe manner
• Reports incidents, accidents and near misses immediately when it is possible or as soon as possible
• Commitment to caring for our environment and work collaboratively with all stakeholders: people, customers, suppliers and the wider community to do this

Training & Development

• Attend any training and development as directed
• Provide on the job training, coaching and mentoring as appropriate to internal people as required
• Excellent engagement skills with a proven ability to build collaborative relationships with internal and external customers

Professional Experience

• Commercial professional, with analytical, budgeting and forecasting experience
• Exceptional business partnering skills demonstrated by an ability to grow and nurture relationships with stakeholders
• Proven track record in managing full P&L and building and maintaining financial models
• 5-6+ years of relevant work experience in Strategy, Business & Finance Transformation, Commercial Finance and FP&A
• CPA and CA membership preferable (not a requirement)

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