ESS Defence delivers the best hospitality and catering services to our Defence personnel. We are committed to providing nutritional and delicious meals to our customers, whether it is in dining halls or out on the field. The work that we do is essential in keeping our Australian Defence Force healthy, comfortable, and living their best Defence Life!

We are currently looking for an experienced Associate Business Partner Commercial to provide  sound commercial support to Senior Operations and financial leadership teams. Leading and developing a commercial team, end of month and management reporting, contractual compliance & reviews and financial analysis of relevant portfolio. Promotion and support of Our Safety Culture framework is expected.

The Position:

• Deliver easily digestible and actionable financial reporting, analysis and commentary to management to support decision-making and drive value creation
• Prepare analysis and presentation materials for the senior leadership team, including for month end, budgeting and forecasting processes
• New contract mobilisation – Implement new systems, streamlined processes, Due diligence and new controls to track and forecast by site and provide insights to drive performance
• Commercial modelling and contract compliance – preparing and evaluating contract change proposals while ensuring contractual price escalations are implemented effectively
• Stakeholder management – provide commercial guidance to operational leaders and liaise daily with functional areas such as business development, FPA and legal.
• Lead and manage an effective team and monitor performance and use effective leadership, coaching and communication techniques to motivate, empower and develop team
• Building strong team collaboration through teamwork and effective communication

The Person:

• Location: Sydney preferred
• Significant experience in commercial accounting post CPA or CA qualification
• Advanced Excel skills, attention to detail and strong internal and external communication and influencing skills
• Ability to effectively manage team workflow & to build strong stakeholder relationships
• Results oriented and be able to demonstrate sound technical and analytical skills, alone with the ability to lead and drive team performance.

The Benefits:

• Clear career paths and access to a wide variety of training and support for you to achieve your organisational goals
• Permanent, secure salaried role with competitive remuneration
• Salary packaging options via MyRewards
• Reward yourself – access to discounts and benefits only available to Compass employees

Candidates will be required to undertake an Australian national police check. This will be paid for by the Company.