Senior Business Finance Partner - Industry & PA - Macquarie Park NSW

* Join our Finance team as a Senior Finance Business Partner - Industry & PA


* Previous experience in Commercial Finance within an ASX top 100 business essential


* Hybrid role located at our SMART office, Macquarie Park, plus benefits

About us:

Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management and automation.

We are dedicated to supplying our customers with safe, reliable, and sustainable energy solutions.

We invent technologies that will transform the places where we live, work and play.

Our technologies ensure that Life Is On everywhere, for everyone at every moment.

Our Mission is to be the trusted partner in Sustainability and Efficiency.

About the opportunity:

Our Finance team have an opportunity for an individual to join them in the capacity of Senior Finance Business Partner - Industrial & Power Automation (IA/PA) in our Pacific Zone.

Reporting to the Head of Business Finance, Pacific and based in Macquarie Park NSW, this is a key role in delivering scalable growth and value creation through business advisory and thoughtful analysis that drives strategic decision making.

This role acts as a strategic partner with the business by delivering financial analysis, actionable insights, and governance with a particular focus on the IA/PA business.

Key responsibilities:


* Develop a strong trusted relationships with the business to influence business decisions and outcomes


* Drive the accountability and P&L, BS and Cash ownership of key business stakeholders


* Support data driven business decisions, better risk anticipation and management, and challenge business decision when necessary


* Present financial performance in a timely and insightful manner to the management team and propose relevant comments and action plans


* Participate and advise in business-decision making and business reviews as a partner to business leaders, ensure the understanding of financial performance and financial impact understanding of proposed solutions


* Contribute to optimization of top line, including price management, gross margin, drive allocation of resources and cost reduction plans


* Contribute to the quality and timing of Target setting, Forecasting and Strategic Planning process


* Drive the Business Review process for local business reviews, Zone business reviews


* Develop digital analytics and reporting to provide actionable insights to the business


* Identify and qualify risks and opportunities for the business and make recommendations to management


* Build robust Business Cases to support the implementation of new business models specifically in Software and Digital areas


* Develop junior team members


* Drive value creation by utilising the core SaaS metrics (Land/Expand, ARR, Churn, CAC and breakeven period)


* Play central role in tendering process - strategic alignment, profitability, and solution risk management

About you:

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