Finance Business Partner, Meat Retail

We've been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you'll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives-you'll also get to see your impact.

About the team

Finance makes it easier for us to win together as a business. Our team works side-by-side with every other team to help bring commercial thinking into what they do and make moves that support our strategic business decisions.

We offer good work-life balance, flexible working arrangements and excellent compensation benefits. We have an empowering and inclusive culture with open and effective management providing career stability.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Finance Business partner who brings excellent negotiation, influencing and communication skills to join the Coles Finance team, focused on our Meat Retail remit.

This role will see you working side by side with the Merchandise team to deliver sales, margin and cost targets, leveraging your financial expertise and strong communication skills to enable informed decision making and drive digital business strategy.

You will also;

• Identify opportunities to drive sales over and above plans
• Ensure plans are in place to deliver the strategic objectives of the business unit
• Liaise with Meat Production team to provide insight and understanding of impacts to P&
  L from livestock and production costs
• Drive insight and ROI analysis for transformational projects and business cases
• Identify and define process and/or system improvements to enhance ability to deliver on objectives
• Track key initiatives and promotions to ensure they are on target to delivered expected outcome
• Drive the monthly forecast process ensuring all risk and opportunities are understood and communicated

About you and your skills

We are looking for a driven Finance Business Partner who is comfortable challenging and influencing key stakeholders, competent in data-driven storytelling, and capable navigating complex problems and ambiguity.

You will also ideally have;

• CA/CPA or similar business qualification, or near with commercial awareness and business focus
• Financial experience in a retail/FMCG or big 4 environment desirable, but not essential
• TM1 and PowerBI experience desirable
• Strong Excel, financial modelling, and PowerPoint skills
• Proven experience in preparing, understanding and analysing financial information to identify business opportunities/challenges and recommend course of action
  

Take your next step into something bigger, apply now

With us it's not about the discounts (although you do get those), it's about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is our investment and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.

We're continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ' Our Recruitment Process ' section of our careers site or email

Job ID:
124629

Employment Type:
Full time