17h ago , from The Uniting Church in Australia Queensland Synod

Job CategoryExecutive/Senior Level Officials and Managers

Employee TypeFP - Full time Permanent

Contact information

Contact NameThea Madigan

Contact Phone0419400*

Contact *****@hotmail.com

Description

The organisation:

The Uniting Church in Australia (the Church) is a large uniquely Australian Christian denomination in Australia with heritage from historical reformed evangelical denominations. In Queensland, the Uniting Church has around 250 congregations and has early childhood, schools, colleges and large community services (such as UnitingCare Queensland and Wesley Mission Queensland).

The Uniting Church is multicultural, committed to reconciliation with First Peoples, calls for reconciliation across its communities and aims to use its people and property resources wisely and in the furtherance of God’s mission in the world.

Position purpose:

The Commercial Manager exists to strengthen the commercial capability of the Synod Office by providing strategic and operational commercial advice, financial modelling, transaction support and leadership of the procurement function.

The role partners with leaders across the Synod to translate strategy into commercially sound decisions, ensuring opportunities are assessed through a consistent lens of mission alignment, financial sustainability, risk, return and long-term value.

The role contributes to stewardship of resources by identifying, assessing and progressing opportunities that generate sustainable income and enhance missional outcomes.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic commercial leadership

Lead the provision of commercial advice and analysis to the Executive Director Finance,



Property & Enterprises and Synod Leadership Team on significant business initiatives, investments, strategic opportunities and commercial matters.

Act as a senior commercial partner and trusted adviser to leaders across Synod Office, Property, Enterprises and Presbyteries, providing constructive commercial challenge and influencing decisions that impact organisational performance and financial sustainability.

Drive commercial rigour in organisational decision making, ensuring significant proposals are supported by clear evidence, robust analysis and an understanding of financial, strategic and commercial implications.

Lead the development and embedding of contemporary commercial disciplines across FPE, strengthening its contribution to organisational performance and strategic decision making.

Enterprise performance and growth

Provide commercial leadership and strategic oversight of enterprise performance, partnering with Uniting Early Learning, Raymont College and Alexandra Park Conference Centre to strengthen financial sustainability, performance and growth.

Establish and drive a consistent enterprise performance framework, incorporating P&L;, balance sheet, cash flow, forecasts, operating drivers and appropriate performance indicators to support executive and board decision making.

Lead rigorous assessment of enterprise performance,



identifying emerging financial risks, performance gaps, opportunities for improvement and areas requiring management intervention.

Shape and evaluate enterprise growth, investment and business model opportunities, ensuring proposals demonstrate strategic alignment, commercial viability and sustainable financial outcomes.

Drive improvements in enterprise planning, forecasting and commercial disciplines, lifting the quality of information available to management, boards and Synod leadership.

Financial sustainability, investment and commercial analysis

Lead the commercial and financial assessment of significant strategic initiatives and investment proposals, including financial modelling, business cases, investment appraisal, scenario and sensitivity analysis, funding options and risk assessment.

Establish and oversee consistent commercial evaluation methodologies to strengthen the quality and comparability of investment and resource allocation decisions.

Lead commercial analysis supporting the development and implementation of the 5-year Financial Sustainability Plan and 10-year Capital Plan, identifying financial risks, opportunities, trade-offs and strategic choices.

Identify and develop opportunities to strengthen and diversify sustainable Synod income, including new business models, partnerships, investment opportunities and alternative funding approaches. Establish and oversee post-investment review and benefits realisations process for significant initiatives, ensuring approved financial, strategic and missional outcomes are tracked, reported and address performance variations to plans.

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📌 Commercial Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland
📍 Brisbane