Our team members nourish the bodies and minds of thousands of people every day, through food and support services focused on health and wellbeing. Creating bonds and connections between people and communities across Australia, Compass Group’s corporate footprint is designed for people, the planet, and communities in which we work to thrive now and long into the future.

Commercial team leader for one of our organization’s most important and high-impact portfolios! You’ll play a key role in driving success by providing strong commercial support to our operations team. In this role, you’ll lead and develop a dynamic team of 3, manage critical month-end reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, ensure invoicing compliance, and elevate the commercial awareness across the team. You’ll also be a champion of our Safety Culture framework, making a real impact on both the business and the people we work with.

THE POSITION

• Month End Close
  • Accurate & timely close process across multiple contracts
• Performance Reporting & Analysis
  • Deliver easily digestible and actionable financial reporting, analysis and commentary to management to support decision-making, forecasting outcomes of commercial initiatives and drive value creation
• Planning Cycle
  • Deliver 90-day forecast, annual budget, & periodic forecasting
• Stakeholder Management
  • Provide commercial guidance to Area Managers and on site leadership teams across sites to support decision-making
  • Liaise daily with other functional areas of the business including but not limited to FP&A, business development, supply chain and legal
• Contract and Client
  • Ensuring commercial compliance with the contract
  • Liaise and work through contract variations
  • Preparation of Contract Price Escalations
• Lead and manage a team of 3 direct reports
  • Monitor performance and use effective leadership, coaching and communication techniques to motivate, empower and develop team
• Cash Management
  • Timely and efficient cash collection and ultimate responsibility for the billing process
• Commercial Modelling and Contract Compliance
  • Develop business cases for internal projects
  • Ensure contractual price escalations and variations are implemented effectively
• Identify and implement opportunities for improvement and streamlining of existing processes
  • Encourage and embed best practice across the commercial teams
  • Retain focus on continuous improvement in all process driven activities
  • Provide regular training

THE PERSON               

Essential

• Commerce / Finance / Accounting Degree qualified
• Minimum 5+ years relevant experience
• Sound technical and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and successfully influence senior management
• Experience in budgeting and reporting across multiple service lines within a portfolio

Desirable

• Post degree qualification (CA/CPA)
• Experience in ORACLE accounting system
• Proven ability in providing senior operations leadership with advanced finance support and influencing outcomes based on well-presented analytics

THE BENEFITS

• Paid parental leave
• Multiple salary packing options to make your dollar go further
• Easy access to 100+ retail discounts
• Opportunity to grow your career and further develop your skills

Ready to make your mark? Apply now or contact us at careers@compass-group.com.au for a confidential chat.