Tate APAC are seeking a commercially astute Business Finance Manager to lead our Financial Reporting and Business Partnering function.

Working closely with executive leadership, sales, operations, project teams and the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for transforming financial information into meaningful insights that drive performance, improve profitability and support informed business decisions.

This is not a traditional accounting role. Rather than focusing on accounting transactions, reconciliations or compliance reporting, you will act as a strategic finance partner to the business, leading forecasting, planning, performance analysis and commercial decision support across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the annual budgeting process
- Manage monthly and quarterly forecasting cycles
- Perform scenario and sensitivity analysis
- Partner with key stakeholders to improve forecast accuracy

Performance Reporting & Analysis

- Deliver executive-level performance analysis and commentary
- Identify key business drivers, risks and opportunities
- Provide clear and actionable recommendations to management
- Support executive and board reporting requirements

Commercial Finance

- Partner with Sales teams to improve revenue quality and profitability
- Analyse pricing, margins and customer profitability
- Support business case development and investment decisions
- Evaluate commercial opportunities and associated financial impacts

Operations & Project Finance

- Partner with Operations and Project teams to improve financial performance
- Analyse project profitability and operational efficiency
- Monitor cost drivers and operational KPIs
- Identify risks and opportunities impacting project and operational performance

Cash Flow & Working Capital





- Own weekly cash flow forecasting processes
- Monitor working capital performance across inventory, debtors and project cash flow
- Analyse cash conversion and project billing performance
- Support initiatives that improve cash generation and working capital efficiency

Business Partnering

- Build strong relationships with operational and commercial leaders
- Challenge assumptions and provide constructive financial insight
- Support strategic and operational decision-making
- Act as a trusted adviser to key stakeholders across the business
- Lead and develop the Business Finance team
- Build organisational capability in forecasting, commercial finance and business partnering
- Drive a culture focused on performance improvement and accountability
- Drive improvement in forecasting accuracy and reporting effectiveness
- Support development of AI and business intelligence capabilities
- Improve financial modelling and performance reporting frameworks
- Promote data-driven decision making throughout the organisation

Collaboration with Financial Control

- Work closely with the Financial Controller and Financial Control team
- Ensure alignment between financial reporting and business performance reporting
- Utilise financial results produced by Financial Control to drive commercial insight and recommendations




- Support continuous improvement in financial and operational reporting processes

About You

You are a commercially focused finance leader who enjoys partnering with stakeholders, influencing business decisions and improving organisational performance.

You are naturally curious, analytical and proactive, with the ability to translate complex financial information into meaningful business insights.

Qualifications & Experience

- Degree qualified in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or related discipline
- CA or CPA qualified
- 8+ years' experience within:
- FP&A;
- Management Accounting
- Commercial Finance
- Business Partnering

Operational Finance

- Experience leading finance teams and influencing senior stakeholders
- Experience within manufacturing, engineering, industrial, construction or project-based environments highly regarded
- Solid financial modelling and forecasting capability
- Experience with ERP systems and business intelligence tools

Key Attributes

- Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking capability
- Exceptional business partnering and stakeholder management skills
- Highly developed financial analysis and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders constructively
- Strong leadership and coaching skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills

What Success Looks Like:

- Deliver accurate and reliable forecasts
- Improve visibility of business performance drivers
- Provide timely and actionable financial insights
- Drive stronger commercial and operational decision-making
- Enhance working capital and cash flow performance
- Build strong partnerships across the organisation
- Become a trusted adviser to senior leaders and executive management

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