Finance Business Partner

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!