Senior Finance Business Partner

Job Description

About the role

As Senior Finance Business Partner – Adjacent Revenue, you'll be the primary finance partner for SEEK's Adjacent Revenue portfolio — spanning SEEK Business, GradConnection, SEEK Volunteer and SEEK Learning. You will lead end-to-end planning, performance management and commercial decision support across multiple markets in Asia and Australia. Based in Kuala Lumpur, you'll work within the APAC Commercial Investments Finance team, reporting to the Head of Finance, Commercial Investments, and play a key role in bringing a coherent Adjacent Revenue view into group planning forums.

You will serve as a trusted commercial co-pilot to Adjacent Revenue and Commercial Growth leaders, shaping decisions on growth, profitability, pricing, headcount and investment. You'll work closely with Finance peers across ANZ, Marketing and other portfolios, as well as cross-functional teams including Product, Sales, Strategy, R2R and Group FP&A. Success in this role means becoming a go-to source of insight for business stakeholders — someone who connects financial rigour with clear, practical commercial judgment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting and 5-year planning for the Adjacent Revenue portfolio
• Manage the monthly performance rhythm, delivering accurate P&L reporting, variance analysis and forward-looking projections
• Act as a commercial challenger and partner to Adjacent Revenue and Commercial Growth leaders on key investment decisions
• Prepare and review business cases, scenario models and post-investment reviews for growth initiatives
• Define, track and refine financial and operational KPIs/OKRs to support performance management
• Identify and implement improvements to planning, reporting and analytics processes
• Build strong relationships with Group FP&A, R2R and Finance Centres of Excellence to integrate Adjacent Revenue priorities into group processes

Qualifications

• Proven minimum 7 years of experience in commercial finance, FP&A, business partnering or management accounting, with ownership of planning and performance for a business unit or portfolio
• Experience working in a regional or multi-market business, particularly across APAC, with the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment. 
• Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence senior business stakeholders, with a track record of providing constructive challenge
• Strong financial modelling, variance analysis and budgeting experience, including month-end processes
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear commercial insights for non-finance audiences
• Advanced Excel capability and confidence working across financial systems and large data sets
• Relevant degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Business or a related discipline (CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent is desirable)

Additional Information

At SEEK we offer:

• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working-from-home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030. 
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.