About the role
The Finance Business Partner is accountable for providing financial insight, performance analysis and cost discipline to a Business Unit within Latitude.
The role plays a critical part in driving operating expense discipline and supporting financial performance across the Business Unit. The primary focus of the role is oversight and analysis of operating expenses, while also partnering with Product and Risk stakeholders to support forecasting, performance monitoring and financial analysis across selected product portfolios, including revenue, margins and risk-adjusted performance metrics.
The role offers strong exposure to divisional stakeholders and provides an opportunity to broaden commercial capability across both cost and product performance.
In this role, you’ll:
- Partner with business leaders to monitor and manage operating expenses, ensuring alignment to budget and identifying risks and opportunities early
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Lead monthly expense reporting and variance analysis, providing clear and practical insights
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Support budgeting and forecasting processes with a strong focus on cost drivers and operating expense performance
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Work with business stakeholders to improve cost transparency, challenge assumptions and identify opportunities for efficiency
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Own financial oversight of assigned product portfolios, including revenue, margins and key risk adjusted performance metrics
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Provide clear commercial recommendations to improve cost efficiency and product profitability
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Lead business cases and support financial evaluation of new initiatives, ensuring assumptions are robust and commercially grounded
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Work closely with FP&A, Risk and other Finance teams to ensure consistent data and reporting
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Identify process improvement opportunities and contribute to automation initiatives
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Balance multiple stakeholder requests while maintaining high quality and timely output
What you’ll bring:
- Demonstrated experience in a finance business partnering, FP&A or Commercial Finance role with exposure to cost management, budgeting and performance analysis
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Strong experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and management reporting processes
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Strong analytical and financial modelling skills with the ability to translate drivers into clear commercial insights
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Confidence working with operational and product stakeholders
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Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate financial insights clearly to non-finance audiences
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Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing deadlines
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Growth mindset and willingness to take on broader portfolio responsibility over time
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You are familiar with AI tools - comfortable using tools to accelerate insights, automate routine work, prepare reporting, and tailor content quickly and effectively.
The role will suit a high performing finance business partner who is commercially sharp, confident influencing stakeholders and ready to take ownership of meaningful cost and performance portfolios within a fast paced environment.
Sometimes the best candidates don’t have 100% of what is listed above, but if you have most and are confident, you’d be a good fit, we’d love to hear from you!
Sound like you? That's a good sign! In return for your energy and ideas, we offer a flexible working environment and great compensation. We always support a safe, healthy, engaging, and productive working environment for all employees and workers, whether that be in your home and office, or a combination of both.
At Latitude, we make it possible – for our customers, our communities, and our people. We believe in creating opportunities that truly matter, helping you thrive both professionally and personally. That’s why we offer benefits that make a real difference in your life.
We make it possible…
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to spend more time with your loved ones – with an extra week of paid leave each year through our Take 5 initiative.
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to balance work and life – with a hybrid working model, giving you the flexibility to work from home while connecting in the office two days a week
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to put your wellbeing first – with Sonder, a 24/7 support app for mental and physical wellness.
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to access great financial benefits – with discounts on Latitude products and services.
We're Latitude, partners in money Latitude may seem like the new kid on the block, but it's taken us almost a hundred years to become an overnight success. Digital payments, cards, loans are what we offer - but what we really are is a platform that helps people shop and live better. Always living and breathing our values. Take ownership, Win together, Pursue excellence, and Create tomorrow
Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check (including criminal history and bankruptcy check) prior to commencement of employment.
Only open to Australian or New Zealand Permanent Residents or Citizens.
