Finance Manager - Marketing

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

As Finance Manager – Marketing, you will act as a key finance business partner to SEEK’s APAC Marketing team, supporting Marketing leaders with planning, investment decisions, performance tracking, and ROI analysis.

This role plays an important part in helping Marketing make informed decisions on where and how to invest. You will work closely with regional and local Marketing leaders to align marketing plans to business priorities, assess campaign and initiative performance, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure spend is directed towards agreed outcomes.

You will also oversee the core finance rhythm for APAC Marketing, including budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, spend governance and performance tracking, ensuring these activities support timely, practical and commercially relevant insights for Marketing leaders.

The role requires a strong balance of stakeholder partnership, commercial curiosity and financial discipline. You will provide clear insight, constructive challenge and practical recommendations that help improve marketing effectiveness, cost management and investment returns.

Responsibilities 

• Partner with regional and local Marketing leaders to align spend plans to business outcomes and track execution
• Provide commercial finance support across marketing investment decisions, helping leaders assess priorities, trade-offs, risks and opportunities
• Lead ROI analysis and post-campaign reviews to assess effectiveness and inform future investment decisions
• Translate campaign and investment performance into clear commercial insights for Marketing leaders
• Manage budgeting and forecasting processes for APAC Marketing, ensuring accuracy and accountability
• Track actual spend against budget and forecast, identifying risks, variances and required actions
• Own the month-end process for marketing costs, including accruals, reporting, commentary and stakeholder follow-up
• Maintain strong financial governance and compliance across marketing expenditure, including policy adherence, approval discipline and cost attribution frameworks
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve forecast accuracy, streamline processes, automate reporting and strengthen the integration between Finance and Marketing workflows

• Strong experience in commercial finance, FP&A, business partnering or management accounting within a complex, fast-paced organisation
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior stakeholders, building trust, influencing decisions and constructively challenging when needed, with the communication skills to explain financial concepts clearly to non-finance audiences
• Experience supporting Marketing, Sales, Growth, Product or digital businesses, with exposure to ROI, campaign performance, customer acquisition or performance marketing analysis
• Ability to translate financial and business performance data into clear commercial insights and practical recommendations
• Demonstrated experience managing end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and month-end financial processes
• Strong financial modelling, analysis and problem-solving skills, with advanced Excel capability across financial systems, reporting outputs and large data sets
• High attention to detail, with the ability to balance accuracy, pace and commercial judgement while managing competing priorities independently
• Relevant degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Business or a related discipline; CA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent desirable
• Experience working in a regional or multi-market business, particularly across APAC, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving priorities
• Experience improving finance processes, reporting workflows or planning cycles through better systems or ways of working (desirable)

At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050

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.