The Commercial Finance Analyst supports the Commercial Finance Manager - Operations by providing analysis and insights across mycar's national store network, with a focus on labour optimisation, store bonus and incentive calculations, and store performance.
Key Relationships:
- Support the Commercial Finance Manager - Operations in partnering with Operations, with a focus on store performance, labour productivity and incentive outcomes.
- Develop strong working relationships with Operations Leadership, Regional and Store Leadership, People and Culture, Payroll and relevant Support Office teams.
- Partner with business support functions to provide decision support and commercial analysis of operational initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Commercial Business Partnering
- Support the Commercial Finance Manager - Operations in partnering with Operations leaders to provide commercial guidance and financial decision support across the store network.
- Deliver meaningful analysis of store performance, labour productivity, incentives and profitability, translating data into actionable insights and recommendations.
- Identify performance risks and improvement opportunities, providing constructive challenge and guidance to support operational and workforce performance outcomes.
Financial Performance & Reporting
- Monitor and analyse store financial and operational performance, providing insights on sales, gross margin, labour productivity, controllable costs and profitability, and identifying key trends, risks and improvement opportunities.
- Perform labour optimisation and workforce analytics across the store network, including productivity measures, roster efficiency,
labour-to-sales metrics and scenario modelling to support operational decision-making.
- Deliver store and regional performance reporting and benchmarking, identifying performance gaps, root causes and opportunities to improve commercial outcomes.
- Own the forecasting and administration of store incentive and bonus programs, including financial impact assessment, performance calculations, data validation, stakeholder review and final sign-off.
Data Integrity & Continuous Improvement
- Improve reporting processes and increase automation.
- Improve data governance across reporting and forecasting processes.
- Investigate discrepancies between systems and resolve root causes.
- Drive process efficiencies.
Experience and Qualifications:
- Degree in Finance or Accounting
- CA / CPA qualification with a preference for candidates with commercial, finance or accounting background
- Influence major business decisions by partnering with senior leaders across Finance, Operations and Property.
- Work on high-impact commercial projects including new store investments, capital expenditure, forecasting and network optimisation.
- Be part of a collaborative, values-driven organisation where your insights help shape the future of Australia's leading automotive service network.
- A minimum of 5 years' experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A; or Finance Business Partnering, with strong experience in retail or another multi-site operating environment.
About you:
Behavioural
- Strong commercial acumen and analytical mindset.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Ability to build trusted relationships across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Self-motivated with strong accountability.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Ability to prioritise competing deadlines.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
Technical
- Advanced Excel including financial modelling.
- Strong financial analysis, budgeting and retail performance reporting experience.
- Experience analysing large operational datasets, including sales, labour, productivity and incentive data.
- Power BI or similar reporting tools.
- Strong understanding of retail KPIs and multi-site performance drivers, including sales, margin, labour productivity, conversion, average transaction value and store profitability.
Belonging at mycar
At mycar, we value the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings; what makes you unique makes us better! No two days are the same: we're agile and full of passionate teams challenging new ideas through collaboration.
To grow one of the most recognised leaders in automotive, we need the most interesting and talented people. Are you one of them? If so, we want to talk to you!
If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, we want to hear from you. Please contact us at *@mycar.com.au
📌 Commercial Finance Analyst - Sydney CBD
🏢 mycar
📍 Sydney