Commercial Manager

About The Firm

Clayton Utz is a leading Australian commercial law firm offering tier 1 legal and consulting services for global and domestic clients across a broad range of sectors.

The Role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager or experienced management accountant to join our Commercial Finance team based in Sydney on a full time basis. Our high-performing Commercial Finance team is responsible for delivering high-quality financial analysis, information and advice to our legal and consulting business groups.

As a Commercial Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the firm's market position, growth and financial success. You will be responsible for proactively for managing the financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and analysis for client-facing business groups, delivering accurate financial insights and data to inform strategic decision-making.

You will be a trusted business partner and adviser to our Partners, National Practice Group Leaders and Senior Managers to effectively manage budgets, revenue, performance and profit.
 

Key Responsibilities

This collaborative and dynamic role will encompass:

• Financial reporting and analysis, including the preparation and review of monthly management reports including profit & loss accounts

• Budget and forecast preparation with ongoing monitoring and reporting

• Preparation and delivery of PowerPoint presentations to Partners and Senior Managers

• Analysis of key performance indicators to drive strategic revenue and growth decision making

• Business partnering with senior stakeholders across legal, consulting and business services groups

• Preparation of financial documents including commentary to support remuneration reviews and promotions, annual bonuses and recruitment

• Value-add projects

Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role, you will be a true business partner, demonstrating strong commercial acumen and integrity, and the ability to build trusting relationships with your clients through exceptional stakeholder management skills.

You will be a results-focused team player, with high attention to detail and strong technical accounting knowledge.

You will also need:

• 8+ years' relevant work experience. Experience in a professional services environment is essential

• Experience in preparing and delivering annual budgets/forecasts

• The ability to provide insightful commentary and analysis based on financial reports and data

• Advanced Excel skills (including ability to use advanced functions such as pivot tables, vlookup's, graphs/charts, etc.) as well as proficiency in other Microsoft applications

• Experienced user of Business Intelligence tools, IBM Cognos TM1

• Degree qualified with CPA/CA qualification.

How to Apply?

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Nicole St John, (02) 9353 4928

Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to [email protected].

For more information on Clayton Utz, please visit www.claytonutz.com or follow us on LinkedIn here.

Agency submissions

Clayton Utz does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Clayton Utz Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to Clayton Utz partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and Clayton Utz will not be liable for a fee.