Head of Commercial Finance

Senior Consultant - Portfolio & Senior Finance (Private Equity & Financial Services)

Overview

Pearse Professionals is supporting a rapidly scaling cleantech organisation looking to appoint a Head of Commercial Finance. This is a high-impact leadership position responsible for driving financial insight, performance management, and strategic planning across a multi-entity group.

This opportunity is ideal for a commercially minded finance leader with strong FP&A, business partnering, and data-driven decision-making experience within fast-growing, operationally complex environments.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead the Commercial Finance & FP&A function, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling, and group-wide performance reporting.
• Partner with senior leadership to guide strategic decision-making, providing insight into pricing, margin optimisation, investment cases, and growth planning.
• Own financial planning cycles, including Group budget creation, monthly variance analysis, KPI development, and structured reporting rhythms.
• Drive operational and analytical excellence, implementing new tools, automation, ERP/FP&A integrations, and improving data quality and reporting speed.
• Support strategic initiatives, including M&A evaluation, funding scenarios, business case development, and capital allocation modelling.
• Strengthen governance and compliance, introducing improved frameworks such as transfer pricing, reporting controls, and support for regulatory submissions.
• Develop and scale the team, managing direct reports and growing a high-performing commercial finance function to support business expansion.

Experience & Skills Required

• 7+ years in industry within commercial finance, FP&A, or strategic finance roles.
• Strong background in financial modelling, forecasting, and large data-set analysis.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decision-making.
• Track record of delivering operational improvements, automation, or system enhancements.
• Exposure to high-growth or multi-entity businesses is advantageous.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong analytical, commercial, and mathematical capability.
• Effective team leader; able to develop others and build function-wide capability.
• Confident operating in fast-paced, delivery-focused environments.
• High proficiency with Excel, Power
  
  BI, and familiarity with Xero or similar systems.

The Opportunity

With ambitious expansion plans, including international growth – this role offers significant scope for development, increased leadership accountability, and deeper involvement in strategic decision‑making.

To learn more, connect with Lachlan Wilkinson Senior Consultant.

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