The Commons is an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, businesses, and curious minds working, connecting, and growing under a common roof. Driven by the sincere desire to see people flourish, we support curiosity and believe in the collective power of people to instigate change. Our focus is on building and strengthening community, and we challenge the status quo in an effort to innovate.

As a fast-growing team, we offer endless opportunities for professional development, career progression, and collaboration with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We thrive on creativity, innovation, and a strong team culture that champions fresh ideas and ambitious thinking. If you're looking for a dynamic workplace where no two days are the same, where your contributions truly make an impact, and where you’ll be surrounded by passionate, like-minded individuals - The Commons is the place to be.

About the role

Working closely with the Director, Financial Controller and operational leaders, you’ll connect finance with the day-to-day running of our businesses.

From understanding the economics of a location to assessing a new investment, you’ll turn financial information into clear recommendations and practical improvements. You’ll have the opportunity to influence decisions across Workspace, Health Clubs, Hospitality and our support functions.

This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You’ll build the models, spend time in our locations, challenge assumptions and work alongside our teams to put agreed changes into practice. Your focus will be on improving commercial performance while protecting the experiences our members value.

What you'll do

- Understanding performance across the group: Build a clear understanding of what drives revenue, utilisation,



staffing costs and profitability across our businesses and locations. Review performance against budget, forecasts and prior periods, explain the reasons behind changes and work with operational leaders on practical improvements.
- Supporting commercial decisions: Develop rolling forecasts, financial models and business cases to assess pricing, discounts, membership offers, major customer proposals and other significant decisions. Present clear recommendations that explain the expected return, key assumptions, risks and trade-offs.
- Improving supplier and operating costs: Review major and recurring expenditure to understand whether we’re buying the right services, at the right level and cost. Partner with operational owners on supplier negotiations, contract renewals and opportunities to consolidate services, while maintaining the standards our members value.
- Strengthening workforce and departmental productivity: Work with leaders and People & Culture to assess staffing against workload, operating requirements, service standards and growth plans. Evaluate proposed hires and contractors, and identify opportunities to improve scheduling, simplify processes, remove duplication and automate repetitive work.
- Assessing growth opportunities: Lead commercial feasibility analysis for new locations, business lines and capital investments.



Build scenarios that test the opportunity, identify what needs to be true for it to succeed and give the Director a clear recommendation on how to proceed.
- Tracking capital investment: Maintain visibility of project budgets, committed expenditure, actual spend and forecast costs to complete. Work with the Financial Controller on project cash flow forecasts and flag potential cost, funding or timing issues early.
- Turning recommendations into results: Maintain a prioritised programme of improvements with agreed owners, actions, timelines and success measures. Work alongside teams to implement changes and track the perks achieved, taking account of implementation costs and any effect on member experience or service quality.
- Improving data and reporting: Partner with Finance, Operations and Technology to strengthen data quality, establish consistent performance measures and reduce manual reporting. Provide concise commercial updates that give leaders a clear view of performance, emerging risks and opportunities, and decisions requiring attention.

About You

You’re commercially curious, practical and comfortable getting close to the operations behind the numbers. You enjoy understanding how a business works and helping the people running it make better decisions.

You can confidently challenge an assumption, explain a recommendation to someone outside finance and follow through on an agreed action. You understand that spending less isn’t always the best commercial outcome, and you know how to assess the trade-offs.

You’ll bring:

- Strong experience in commercial finance, FP&A; or finance business partnering across multiple locations

📌 Group Commercial Finance Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 The Commons
📍 Melbourne