• Join a highly engaged, professional and collaborative team

• Y ou will be a key leader in driving the strategy and long-range financial plan for our Financial Services business

• Permanent role based in Melbourne

We're REA

REA Group  (https://www.rea-group.com/about-us/about-rea-group/) is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.

With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.

Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to be named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.

Where the team fits in

The Executive Manager – Finance role sits within the Finance and Business Services Group, headed up by the Chief Financial Officer. The Finance and Business Services team, or FaBS as we like to call them, is the engine room of the REA Group. The team is comprised of Finance, Risk, Procurement, Pricing, Customer Collections, Payments, Corporate Affairs, Corporate Development and Facilities Management.

This role is responsible for supporting the Finance Services business and is a member of the Financial Services Leadership Team. The Financial Services purpose is to offer home finance and other financial services to those using realestate.com.au for their property search. The financial services team is accountable for strategy development and execution, working with our banking and mortgage broker partners to build our capability and product offerings, leading sales management and engaging across the other lines of business in REA. We currently run a full-service mortgage broking business in Mortgage Choice and our vision is to provide the highest quality brokerage business that is professional, values driven and leverages REA’s unique property advantage to provide quality advice to consumers.

What the role is all about

• Lead two key functions supporting and growing the Financial Services (FS) business:

• Commercial finance, and,

• Data & Performance insights

• Own the full P&L, capax & key metrics for financial services

• Manage finance month-end, forecast & budget processes

• Lead the team to help drive the financial performance through ad hoc financial analysis

• Drive enriched and improved data/KPI reporting, analytics & insights

• Review, validate & provide commercial guidance on business cases for new products and initiatives

• Support the Corporate Development team on potential FS opportunities

• Provide ad hoc financial analysis, insights and scenarios on key financial drivers and market/customer movements

• Highlight key financial risks within the business and ensure mitigation plans are in place

Who we’re looking for

• Extensive runs on the board - relevant industry experience

• First class communication – written, verbal and presenting skills

• Confident in both formal and informal settings with the ability to relate to individuals across all levels

• Strong influencing skills and ability to drive commercial outcomes

• Share experience and knowledge with colleagues, enabling others to learn and grow

• Ability to forge trusted business relationships with stakeholders

• Embrace change, and responsibility

• Experience in a financial services business highly regarded

• Cross functional understanding and ability to collaborate in a complex, fast paced business

The REA experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development – both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

*We offer: *

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers 

• Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.

• Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life  

• Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed

*Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion  *

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.

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