Senior Commercial Analyst

• Permanent Role
• Melbourne Based
• Hybrid Ways of Working

We're REA 
  
With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group  is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home. 
 
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to have been named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.  

Where the team fits in 

It’s an exciting time to be part of Financial Services. You will be part of a team working together to solve unique challenges, like how to better connect Australian property seekers with finance and mortgage advice.

The Financial Services purpose is to offer home finance and other financial services to those using realestate.com.au for their property search. Given the opportunity of the size of that audience, the FS vision is to integrate a consumer’s property search with finance though a world class digital seamless process.

This will be achieved by building innovative consumer search and property finance application experiences that integrate the mortgage distribution channels of digital, phone and face to face. The financial services team is accountable for strategy development and execution, working with our banking and mortgage broker partners to build our capability and product offerings, leading sales management and engaging across the other lines of business in REA.

What the role is all about 

The Senior Commercial Analyst will be a key business partner supporting the Financial Services line of business. They will provide analysis and insights with a view to maximising commercial outcomes.

• Drive and deliver accurate budgets, forecasts and long-range plans, incorporating financial & non-financial metrics aligned to Financial Services’ strategy
• Detailed analysis of business drivers and competitor performance to identify insights and trends. Present findings and recommendations to leadership team
• Own month-end revenue close and results
• Own, maintain and build the forecast revenue model for Financial Services.
• Manage, coordinate and own the valuation of the Trail Book, working closely with the FS data team.
• Lead the financial modelling for new initiatives and partnerships - work with the business to deliver financially viable strategies on new business models
• Collaboration, coaching and support to the Financial Services Commercial Analyst across expense close, forecasting, opex/capex analysis and reporting
• Handle and interpret large datasets and work with the Financial Services data team to uncover insights that support decision making
• Respond to and actively seek out opportunities to improve current processes, systems and tools
• Strong financial control discipline, ensuring relevant SOX compliance requirements are met
• Proactively partner with and influence key stakeholders
• Drive improvements in reporting/analysis for management team, executive leadership and Board level reporting
• Keep abreast with mortgage industry and market trends, proactively identify and manage internal and external financial risks and opportunities with the business

Who we’re looking for 

Our ideal candidate would have skills in the following areas:

• CPA or CA qualified
• Relevant tertiary qualifications
• 8+ years experience working in a commercially focused/business partnering capacity with prior Big 4 experience
• Financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting experience, including advanced modelling such as DCF valuations.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
• Strong initiative, willingness to take ownership and a team player  
• High attention to detail with tenacity to problem solve
• Strong written and oral communication
• Advanced Excel skills and comfortable working with data to surface insights
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and ability to manage a diverse stakeholder group

Additional skills and experience that would be highly desirable:

• Experience with using Adaptive Planning or other similar planning tools
• Experience with data warehouse tools
• Mortgage broking and/or banking industry experience

The REA experience 

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow.  

Some of our Perks & Benefits include:  

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working 

• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave 

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers 

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity 

• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life   

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion   

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. 

Join our Talent Neighbourhood 

Keen to be part of REA but didn't find a perfect match with this opportunity? Perhaps the timing isn't right? You should join our Talent Neighbourhood!  

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