Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.
As a Commercial Manager, you will work closely with Practice Group Leaders, Partners, and senior lawyers to provide actionable financial insights and strategic support. You'll collaborate across Business Development, People & Performance, and Finance teams to optimise resource allocation, pricing strategies, and client engagement.
At Corrs, we help you achieve your ambition - at every stage of your career.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as a trusted commercial advisor to designated Practice Groups.
* Analyse key financial and operational metrics (e.g., KPIs, WIP, debtor days, utilisation, realisation) and lead performance improvement initiatives.
* Support pricing strategies, tender submissions, and large client proposals.
* Partner with cross-functional teams to support client arrangements, compliance, and operational planning.
* Enhance working capital management and oversee significant WIP write-offs.
* Assist in resource planning and team structuring aligned with strategic goals.
* Promote financial acumen across the firm through training and commercial awareness initiatives.
* Provide responsive support on ad hoc queries and initiatives.
About You
You're a proactive and analytical professional with strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working with senior stakeholders to drive strategic outcomes.
Skills & Experience
* Tertiary qualification in commerce, law, or business.
* Proven experience in finance business partnering, ideally within professional services or legal environments.
* CA, CPA or equivalent (highly desirable).
* Strong leadership, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
* Exceptional analytical and communication abilities.
About us:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia's leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients' most challenging issues.
Why Corrs?
We pride ourselves on meeting our clients needs in a culture characterised by excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a safe and inclusive workplace, and we focus on creating opportunities and supporting a diverse workforce.
* Flexible working as standard – we've established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
* Bonus leave - an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total).
* Wellbeing program –we support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mental health, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
* Diversity and Inclusion – this is a key area of focus for the firm. We set meaningful goals to improve diversity and an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
* Responsible business approach – we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and are committed to promoting and respecting human rights, supporting the Compact's Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
* Learning and development opportunities – including our Australian-first international study scholarship, our national training program and our mentoring program.
To apply click on the "apply" button or contact Hannah Bennett on +61 3 9672 3156 for a confidential discussion.
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