Senior Commercial Analyst

Perigon Group

An outstanding opportunity has arisen with a leading ASX-listed organisation for a commercial and technically strong Senior Commercial Analyst to join a high-performing finance team supporting a significant portfolio of operational and project-based activities.

This role sits at the intersection of commercial finance, financial modelling, business partnering and operational decision support. Working closely with senior operational leaders, you will play a key role in providing financial insight, challenging assumptions, improving forecasting accuracy and supporting critical business decisions.

This is a highly visible position where your ability to translate complex financial information into meaningful commercial outcomes will directly influence project performance and business strategy.

The Opportunity

Key responsibilities include:

  • Partnering with operational leaders to evaluate project performance, business cases and commercial opportunities
  • Developing and maintaining complex financial models, forecasts and scenario analysis
  • Supporting budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning activities
  • Analysing project profitability, cash flow performance and financial outcomes
  • Leveraging advanced Excel, Power Query and reporting tools to manipulate, analyse and interpret large data sets
  • Delivering meaningful reporting, analysis and recommendations to support decision making
  • Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, systems and business processes
  • Educating and influencing non-finance stakeholders to strengthen commercial decision making across the business

About You

You will be a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with stakeholders and solving business problems through data, analysis and insight.

Candidates may come from backgrounds including:

  • Commercial Finance
  • FP&A
  • Senior Financial Analysis
  • Finance Business Partnering
  • Management Accounting
  • Project Finance
  • Property or Infrastructure Analysis
  • Development Finance

To be successful, you will demonstrate

  • Advanced Excel capability, including financial modelling and scenario analysis
  • Strong experience with Power Query and/or Power Pivot
  • A well-developed understanding of P&L, balance sheet and cash flow principles
  • Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and business performance analysis
  • The ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders
  • Strong commercial acumen, curiosity and problem-solving capability
  • Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

Exposure to property, infrastructure, construction, engineering or project-based environments will be highly regarded, though is not essential.

The Opportunity on Offer

This position offers the chance to join a highly regarded organisation where finance is viewed as a genuine commercial partner to the business. You will gain exposure to senior stakeholders, complex projects and strategic decision making, while working within a collaborative and high-performing team environment.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Haydn Furness at Perigon Group via ***email_hidden***