Senior Finance Business Partner

Location: Richmond, Victoria, Australia; hybrid working. Full-time Australian working rights are required.

Company

Carsales is an online vehicle marketplace focused on improving how people buy and sell vehicles, with a vision to become the global leader in its category.

What you will do

• Partner with senior leaders across the Australian business, providing financial insight and shaping commercial and operational decisions.
• Own budgeting, quarterly forecasting and long-range planning for the assigned portfolio.
• Oversee month-end performance reporting, variance analysis and forward-looking commentary.
• Build complex financial models, scenarios and business cases for pricing, investments, products and strategic projects.
• Monitor value drivers, revenue, costs and market trends, recommending actions to improve performance.
• Improve planning and reporting processes through AI and automation while supporting finance business partnering capability.

Requirements

• Professional accounting qualification such as CPA or CA.
• 5+ years of experience in commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering, ideally as a Finance Business Partner.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing commercial outcomes.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to work with financially and non-financially minded stakeholders.
• Confidence challenging assumptions and explaining financial implications, trade-offs and recommendations.
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting skills.
• Experience leading business cases and decision support from model creation through recommendation.
• Proactive, curious approach with demonstrated use of AI tools to automate finance processes and generate faster, deeper insights.
• Ability to work accurately and effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Full-time Australian working rights and successful completion of a National Police Record check are required.

Nice to have

• Experience in a technology, subscription or marketplace business.
• Experience with Oracle EPM, NetSuite, Salesforce and advanced Excel.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working combining remote flexibility with in-person collaboration.
• Flexible policies and leave options supporting wellbeing and work-life balance.
• 24 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers and four weeks for secondary caregivers.
• Paid family and fertility planning leave.
• Inclusive, equal-opportunity workplace with support for adjustments during recruitment.
• Part-time options may be explored during the hiring process.