Commercial Finance Manager

Commercial Finance Manager (Wealth & Capital Markets)

Location: Melbourne Head Office | Work model: Hybrid

What Makes Us, Us

We want to be the most trusted wellbeing company in Australia, and this means our focus on wellbeing starts with our people. We support our employees Real Wellbeing so that they can better support our members’ and customers’ wellbeing journey. 

At Australian Unity, we’re for real wellbeing. For us, real wellbeing means so much more than physical health. It’s about your standard of living, your personal relationships and being connected to your community. It’s about what you want to achieve in life, while having the security to get out and do what makes you happy.

 We’re bold, warm and honest. We make a real difference to people’s wellbeing.

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people.

Your New Role Looks Like This:

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Commercial Finance Manager provides high quality commercial finance and technical accounting support across the Wealth & Capital Markets platform. You’ll deliver robust budgeting, forecasting and trusted business partnering across Funds Management, Trustees, FTE and support units.

This role is hands-on and influential—supporting high integrity financial reporting, applying accounting standards, assisting with audit and governance requirements, and providing clear insights that help leaders make informed decisions.

Key Accountabilities Include:

• Supporting compliance with applicable accounting standards (AASB/IFRS) across assigned entities, including documentation and audit readiness

• Preparing accounting treatments for non-routine or judgement-based transactions

• Supporting internal and external audits, including schedules and responses to audit queries

• Preparing high quality monthly and periodic reporting packs that clearly articulate key drivers, variances, trends, risks and opportunities

• Delivering clear, concise financial commentary suitable for senior stakeholders and governance forums

• Acting as a trusted finance partner to business leaders, Fund Managers and support units, providing analysis and insights to support decision making

• Preparing scenario and sensitivity analysis and responding to ad hoc requests to support funding, performance or investment decisions

• Supporting annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles, coordinating data collection and validation with robust assumptions aligned to business plans

• Monitoring cash flows for assigned entities, preparing forecasts and supporting funding requests in liaison with Group Finance and Treasury

• Overseeing preparation of Board and committee reporting, ensuring papers are accurate, clearly articulated and submitted to required timelines

• Identifying and implementing improvements to reporting quality, efficiency, automation, controls and documentation

About You:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in commercial finance, management accounting or financial analysis roles

• Practical experience applying AASB/IFRS in a business environment

• CA/CPA Qualified

• Experience supporting audits and operating within regulated or governance-focused environments

• Strong business partnering capability with the ability to translate financials into clear, decision-ready insights

• Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis and performance reporting

• Advanced Excel skills and confidence using finance and reporting systems

• Strong attention to detail, documentation discipline and ability to manage multiple priorities to deadlines

What’s on Offer

You will enjoy a range of great employee benefits and rewards including:

• Competitive salary + bonus program

• Enjoy additional yearly Well-Being and Community leave days

• 14-week paid parental leave, with equal benefit for both parents

• Employee Referral Program

• Employee Assistance Program – support and assistance for you and your partner at those times in life when you need it most

• Maxxia Rewards - a great range of discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets, department stores, attractions, travel, cinemas, restaurants

• Discounts across the Australian Unity business including Private Health Insurance, General Insurance + more!

• Available access to LinkedIn Learning courses through our great Learning platform

For further benefits visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/careers/culture