G8 Education is one of Australia’s largest early education and care providers, with more than 420+ centres across Australia and over 10,000 team members who are all helping shape the lives of over 42,000 children every day.  Our core values of passion, innovation, dedication, compassion, and integrity, unite us on our journey to ensure the health and happiness of future generations. We are committed to developing a culture that empowers and rewards our team of early childhood educators, teachers, leaders, and support office.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Commercial Analyst to provide strategic and analytical support to the business by interpreting financial and market data, identifying trends, and delivering actionable insights that enhance commercial decision-making.

This role will support various business functions by conducting analysis on occupancy performance, customer behavior, and market conditions. The Commercial Analyst will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive revenue growth, improve profitability, and contribute to overall business goals through accurate and insightful analysis and reporting.

Your day-to-day

No two days are the same; this role is diverse, with depth and breadth to cement your career, now and into the future. Areas of core responsibility include, but are not limited to:

• Understand, interpret, and blend large volumes of data from different sources
• Liaise with the Data & Analytics tea Power BI to build operational reports and model data for analysis
• Using data analytics to generate insights in all operational areas
• Undertake regular reviews of existing portfolio for demographic, economic and commercial drivers
• Produce documentation of results and findings, interpret and present back to the business, including to the executive management team
• Providing financial and strategic analytics to support senior management on operations, new business opportunities, acquisition analysis, marketing campaigns and other projects
• Creating efficiencies in reporting methodologies
• Business partner with departments within the other areas of the business to provide reporting and analytics to drive increased revenue and lower costs
• Present information using Power BI and Powerpoint to a range of levels in the organisation including executive management
• Coordinate the operations submissions into the group forecasting and budgeting process
• Prepare business cases for operations initiatives and present to senior management

About You

You thrive in a fast-paced and engaging work environment, valuing strong partnerships, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. As someone who takes ownership of outcomes, you embrace the complexity and challenges that come with this role, while maintaining an agile and result-driven mindset. To be successful in this role, you should possess the following skills and experiences:

• 1-3 years' experience in a similar role
• High level understanding of data and experience of blending large volumes of data from different sources
• Prior experience in extracting, integrating, manipulating and displaying data from various systems using automation where possible
• A good communicator across all levels of the business
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload
• High attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Early Childhood Education sector experience is desirable 
• Experience in Jedox, D365 or PowerBI is desirable 
• Hold, or be willing to obtain, a valid working with children check

Benefits Include: 

• Competitive salary package
• Work From Home & Hybrid working conditions encouraged.  
• Career development opportunities as part of a large ASX-listed company
• Flexible working arrangements and role autonomy
• Access a 50% discount on early education and childcare fees at any G8 Education Centre.
• Exclusive access to our employee benefits program covering a wide range of discounts and promotions. 

This is a rare opportunity; if you want a diverse, challenging and personally fulfilling role, apply now! 

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only.  G8 Education reserves the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible. 

G8 Education is a committed advocate for child protection, safety and wellbeing. We have a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse or harm. The safety and wellbeing of children will always be our priority and all team members are expected to embrace this shared commitment. All G8 Education employees will need to hold a relevant Working with Children Check upon their commencement into the business.