Business Manager, APAC

We’re seeking a senior Business Manager to partner with the Asia Pacific leadership team and drive commercial and financial performance across the region. 

The Role

This is a highly hands-on role providing strategic insight and commercial leadership to support the firm’s APAC strategy, practice group plans, and overall business objectives. 

You will play a critical role in improving regional profitability, supporting business planning and performance management, and delivering decision support across offices, teams, clients, and matters. Acting as the finance partner to a Global Sector Head, you will provide clear, actionable analysis and insight to support performance and growth. 

You will also lead and develop a Senior Pricing Analyst and Finance Analyst, ensuring consistent, high-quality financial support across Australia. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Business Partnering & Financial Management
  • Partner with the APAC Leadership Team and Asia Pacific partners to strengthen financial management, with a strong focus on profitability
  • Deliver in-depth financial and commercial analysis by office, team, matter, and client 
  • Review resourcing models and the regional cost base to optimise service delivery and utilisation 
  • Lead budgeting, re-forecasting, financial analysis, and reporting within a matrix environment
• Commercial & Strategic Support 
  • Provide pricing support for bids, tenders, and client proposals 
  • Support delivery of the firm’s strategy and APAC business plan 
  • Prepare financial and commercial analysis to support partner appointments, team hires and promotions 
  • Deliver insights to support ad-hoc initiatives, including office expansion and relocation projects
• Firm-wide Collaboration
  • Operate as part of the broader Finance business management and decision support team, ensuring consistency of approach and effective use of data 
  • Contribute to the development of firm-wide solutions, processes, and best practices

This is a full-time, permanent role that can be based in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, or Melbourne. 

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a senior management or operational role with profit centre accountability, ideally within a professional services or leading global organisation
• Significant international experience
• Accounting qualification with an MBA or equivalent
• Strong strategic and commercial acumen
• Background in consultancy, business strategy, or professional services (preferred)
• Proven experience working across cross-functional teams, including IT, HR, BD, and Finance
• Demonstrated ability to lead and drive change
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint capabilities
• Ability to travel across APAC when required by the business

Why join Pinsent Masons?

• We have a global reach and a local feel. With 30 offices and 1500 lawyers operating across Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, you'll be exposed to domestic, international and multi-jurisdictional high-profile work, yet be in an office where everyone knows your name.
• We do things a bit differently. Legal services are at the core of our business; however, we have diversified into other areas providing complimentary services to clients through offerings like Brook Graham and Vario flexible services.
• We like to be flexible. Our firm is professional but also relaxed, you can dress for your day and in your own style. We also promote practices that support wellbeing, mental wellness and work/life balance so that everyone can thrive at work and at home.
• We're lots of fun and very inclusive. Proud of our leading reputation for diversity and inclusion, we have created an open environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work. You'll also have plenty of opportunities to participate in, and even run, social activities, diversity and inclusion networks, and charitable initiatives.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Applications

If you're interested in learning more or discussing this opportunity in further detail, please contact Talent Acquisition Advisor Kara Powell.

To apply for this role, please upload your resume and supporting documentation via this advertisement.

Please note that we only accept CVs submitted via our recruitment portal. We will engage our preferred recruitment agencies directly should any external support be required.