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“Finance Manager - Marketing at SEEK. Skills: Finance business partner to Marketing, planning, investment decisions, performance tracking, ROI analysis, budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, spend governance, performance tracking, financial discipline, commercial insights, practical recommendations. act as a key finance business partner to SEEK’s APAC Marketing team. supporting Marketing leaders with planning, investment decisions, performance tracking, and ROI analysis”
What You'll Achieve.
help Marketing make informed decisions on where and how to invest; align marketing plans to business priorities; assess campaign and initiative performance; identify risks and opportunities; ensure spend is directed towards agreed outcomes; support timely, practical and commercially relevant insights for Marketing leaders; improve marketing effectiveness; cost management; investment returns; align spend plans to business outcomes and track execution; assess priorities, trade-offs, risks and opportunities; assess effectiveness and inform future investment decisions; Translate campaign and investment performance into clear commercial insights; ensuring accuracy and accountability; identifying risks, variances and required actions; strengthen the integration between Finance and Marketing workflows
Industry & Context.
financial modelling, analysis and problem-solving skills; problem-solving
eligible right to work
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
experience in commercial finance, FP&A, business partnering or management accounting within a complex, fast-paced organisation, Demonstrated ability to partner with senior stakeholders, building trust, influencing decisions and constructively challenging when needed, with the communication skills to explain financial concepts clearly to non-finance audiences, Experience supporting Marketing, Sales, Growth, Product or digital businesses, with exposure to ROI, campaign performance, customer acquisition or performance marketing analysis, Ability to translate financial and business performance data into clear commercial insights and practical recommendations, Demonstrated experience managing end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and month-end financial processes, financial modelling, analysis and problem-solving skills, with advanced Excel capability across financial systems, reporting outputs and large data sets, High attention to detail, with the ability to balance accuracy, pace and commercial judgement while managing competing priorities independently, Relevant degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Business or a related
Nice to Have
CA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent desirable, Experience working in a regional or multi-market business, particularly across APAC, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving priorities, Experience improving finance processes, reporting workflows or planning cycles through better systems or ways of working (desirable)
What You'll Do.
act as a key finance business partner to SEEK’s APAC Marketing team
supporting Marketing leaders with planning
work closely with regional and local Marketing leaders to align marketing plans to business priorities
assess campaign and initiative performance
identify risks and opportunities
and ensure spend is directed towards agreed outcomes
oversee the core finance rhythm for APAC Marketing
spend governance and performance tracking
provide clear insight
constructive challenge and practical recommendations that help improve marketing effectiveness
cost management and investment returns
Partner with regional and local Marketing leaders to align spend plans to business outcomes and track execution
Provide commercial finance support across marketing investment decisions
helping leaders assess priorities
risks and opportunities
Lead ROI analysis and post-campaign reviews to assess effectiveness and inform future investment decisions
Translate campaign and investment performance into clear commercial insights for Marketing leaders
Manage budgeting and forecasting processes for APAC Marketing
ensuring accuracy and accountability
Track actual spend against budget and forecast
variances and required actions
Own the month-end process for marketing costs
commentary and stakeholder follow-up
Maintain financial governance and compliance across marketing expenditure
including policy adherence
approval discipline and cost attribution frameworks
Identify and implement opportunities to improve forecast accuracy
automate reporting and strengthen the integration between Finance and Marketing workflows
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with regional and local Marketing leaders; work closely with regional and local Marketing leaders; stakeholder partnership; building trust; influencing decisions; explain financial concepts clearly to non-finance audiences; stakeholder follow-up; strengthen the integration between Finance and Marketing workflows; collaborate with colleagues
Communication Scope
communication skills to explain financial concepts clearly to non-finance audiences; Translate campaign and investment performance into clear commercial insights for Marketing leaders
Process & Methodology
managing end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and month-end financial processes, managing competing priorities independently
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