At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead finance and commercial decisions for a dynamic family business.
- Company: Join Salco Group, a fourth-generation Melbourne-based family business.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a supportive leadership team.
- Other info: Work in a collaborative environment with diverse brands and opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in finance while shaping the future of a growing company.
- Qualifications: Proven finance leadership experience with strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 113400 - 138600 $ per year.
Finance leadership with genuine commercial influence. The Salco Group is a fourth-generation, Melbourne-based family business operating across retail, wholesale and eCommerce throughout Australia and New Zealand. Our portfolio includes GANT, Ben Sherman, Abelard and Moss, alongside a growing range of strategic partnerships and shared services.
We’re looking for an experienced Finance leader to join us as Group Commercial & Finance Manager at a genuinely exciting stage in the Group’s evolution. Reporting to the Group CEO and as one of six members of our Executive Leadership Team, you’ll lead Finance across Salco Group and its entities while playing a key role in the commercial decisions that shape the business. Working closely with our Group CEO and fellow executives, you’ll join an experienced, approachable leadership team and a business with a clear next stage ahead.
A considered financial and commercial perspective will be central to the role — helping test, shape and strengthen opportunities through challenge, analysis, risk assessment and clear recommendations.
The Role
- Core responsibility sits across reporting and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, cash flow, tax, banking, financial controls, governance, compliance and financial risk — providing clear financial assurance to the Group CEO, owners and Board.
- You’ll lead the Finance function, with Payroll & Compliance also reporting into the role.
- Executive contribution extends beyond the core Finance remit into commercial modelling, business cases, investment analysis, performance reporting and financial evaluation of significant opportunities.
- This includes financial input into retail property strategy, lease decisions, store openings and refurbishments, concessions, shop-in-shops, partner environments and other major commercial investments.
What You’ll Own
- Financial reporting and analysis across the Group
- Budgeting, forecasting and cash flow management
- Year-end, tax and statutory requirements
- Banking relationships, financial controls, governance, review and assurance
- Leadership and development of the Finance function
- Oversight of Payroll & Compliance
- Executive financial reporting and decision support
- Commercial modelling and business case development
- Investment analysis and financial evaluation of major opportunities
- Commercial performance reporting and strategic financial analysis
- Financial analysis supporting property, leasing and store investment decisions
- Financial oversight and analysis supporting shared services and strategic partnerships
- Trusted financial and commercial advice to the Group CEO and Executive Leadership Team
About You
An experienced Finance leader, you’ll bring genuine technical depth and a track record of leading a strong Finance function. Reporting, year-end, tax, cash flow, controls and governance will be established parts of your experience, along with leading and developing a Finance team. If you put your name to the numbers, you need to know they are right. That means getting underneath the data — understanding the systems, why they have been built the way they have, how the data is created and how it moves through the business. Where something compromises its integrity, you’ll want to investigate it, and we’ll expect you to understand it, fix it and influence the systems, processes and controls behind it. You won’t simply work with the numbers; you’ll help strengthen the way the business produces them.
Strong retail experience will also matter, together with a clear appreciation of how the commercial drivers connect — customers, stock, margin, stores, shopping centres, trading performance and the external retail environment. Comfort moving between detailed financial matters and broader commercial discussions will be important, as will the ability to contribute constructively as part of a small leadership team. Sound judgement, constructive challenge, discretion and follow-through will matter, along with the ability to build trust across the business.
About Salco
Our Head Office is in Tullamarine, with our Distribution Centre on site and our teams closely connected to the day-to-day business. We’re a long-standing family business, but not a particularly conventional one. Our business spans brands, stores, concessions, wholesale, eCommerce and an evolving mix of partnerships and shared services. We’re hardworking and grounded. We value integrity, accountability, sound judgement and people who follow through. For the right person, this is a genuinely varied role — an opportunity to lead Finance, contribute well beyond the function and be exposed to the decisions, opportunities and challenges that come with an evolving Group.
Location
Our Head Office is based in Tullamarine. The role will suit someone based in Melbourne’s north-west, or with a straightforward commute to the area.
The successful candidate will be required to complete a pre-employment Drug and Alcohol screen and Victoria Police Check, and must have full working rights in Australia.
Group Finance & Commercial Leader in Melbourne employer: Salco Group
At Salco Group, we pride ourselves on being a dynamic and supportive family business that values integrity and accountability. Located in Tullamarine, our collaborative work culture fosters professional growth and offers unique opportunities to influence key commercial decisions across our diverse portfolio. As a member of our Executive Leadership Team, you'll not only lead the Finance function but also play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our evolving business, making this an exciting and rewarding place to work.
