Senior Finance Business Partner, Consumer AU

About the Team

The hummgroup culture is fast-paced and high-achieving, and it is imperative that the Head of Portfolio Management brings a dynamic and can-do approach to the business.

The role and the business are suited to someone who is flexible, pro-active and can multi-task.  hummgroup operates with a relatively lean, flat organisational structure and all staff are required to take end-to-end responsibility for their area of focus.  They must also be flexible and quick to learn, able to take on additional and/or different products/channels as required.

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to support the strategic and operational finance needs of hummgroup’s Australian Consumer businesses. The role goes beyond a traditional ‘back office’ accounting job and is the link between finance and management, acting as trusted advisors and providing valuable analysis and insights to influence the decision-making process.

Through market, segment, portfolio risk analysis and modelling, you will be responsible for identifying opportunities designed to increase market share and profitability.

You will develop commercial financial models to support decision making within our business and drive business growth. They will provide strategic insights to senior leaders and require strong analytical skills, financial acumen and ability to see the bigger picture.

The role will suit someone who can operate independently and manage their work effectively, with a sense of urgency, and in line with organisation’s business priorities and goals.

What Does an Average Day Look Like?

Portfolio Strategy and Optimisation

• Reporting and business partnering to support portfolio optimization in terms of margins, NPAT, ROE and IRR.
• Constant monitoring of portfolio to guide the senior management on the forward-looking portfolio unit economics for optimal capital allocation decisions.
• Collaborate with the treasury team to optimize funding structures, ensuring alignment with business growth objectives.
• Assess and mitigate financial risks, including interest rate, credit, and funding risks.
• Implement and enhance financial models, dashboards, and reporting frameworks for improved business intelligence.
• Lead business case development and financial modelling for new products, partnerships, and market expansions
• Support digital transformation, process improvements, and innovation to enhance business performance.
• Undertake project-based work for specific strategies / business initiatives

FP&A

• Develop and maintain processes to support continuous improvement and enhance the quality of financial analysis, insights and manage risk.
• Driving the month end process from a business perspective, including management, board and other reporting and insights.
• Interface with the finance team to ensure the quality of output in the production of results and ensure financial data and insights are accessible and utilised across the organisation.
• Align financial goals with operational objectives by embedding group finance into planning conversations.
• Manage the development of annual budgets and regular forecasts, working closely with business leaders to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and insights as required to support competitor analysis and senior management decision-making.
• Calculation of commissions on a monthly basis, based on BI Data reporting.
• Monitor and optimize balance sheet efficiency through proactive financial planning and capital allocation.

About You …

Skills

You are someone who believes in the strength of good relationships. You are flexible, driven and passionate about customers; you can operate in and contribute to a fast paced and dynamic environment, and you bring excellent multi-tasking skills and a focus on delivering outcomes.

We’re also looking for someone who also has:

• Ability to build relationships with both finance and non-finance people.
• Computer literacy; strong systems skills, Excel, and reporting tools.
• Exceptional financial acumen, including financial modelling experience.
• Strong business partnering skills and a focus on cross collaboration with other teams to provide financial analysis and insights to support key business initiatives and projects.
• Strong analytical skills with a high attention to detail.
• Ability to develop and maintain financial models to support business planning, budgeting, forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Experience conducting financial analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities to inform business strategy and decision-making.
• Track record in balancing sales objectives with business imperatives and financial outcomes.
• Strong influencer/negotiator skills with exceptional stakeholder management.
• Exceptional written, verbal presentation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or Economics.
• CFA/CA/CPA qualified preferred.
• 5 - 8 years’ experience in similar role.
• Experience working in the financial services industry highly regarded.