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Finance Business Partner - Commercial Finance

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We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you will be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

About the team

Our Finance team are a vital partner in every aspect of our business, providing commercial insights to drive our success and influence everything we do. With presence in every department, we analyse performance, and deliver actionable insights that shape our strategic decisions.

About the role

As a result of an internal promotion, we are now seeking a Finance Business Partner within the Commercial team. The role plays a critical part in enabling performance through financial insight, strong governance, and performance reporting, to support consistent delivery of business objectives. Your key responsibilities include:

• Partnering side by side with Merchandise teams to deliver sales, margin, and cost targets
• Identifying and quantifying opportunities to drive sales performance above plan
• Influencing commercial decision‑making through fact‑based, insightful, and innovative analysis
• Ensuring clear and executable plans are in place to deliver Business Unit strategy and key initiatives
• Driving ROI and commercial analysis for transformational projects and business cases
• Tracking the performance of key initiatives and promotions to ensure expected outcomes are delivered
• Owning financial governance and performance reporting to support accountability and transparency
• Supporting the annual strategic planning and budget process
• Driving the monthly forecasting cycle, clearly articulating risks and opportunities
• Identifying and implementing system and process improvements that enhance insight, efficiency, and delivery against objectives

About you and your skills

You bring strong commercial acumen and a collaborative approach, with the ability to translate financial insight into practical business action and influence outcomes across diverse stakeholder groups. You will also have:

• CA or CPA qualification, with retail/beauty or FMCG commercial industry experience
• Proven experience partnering with and influencing non‑financial stakeholders
• Strong capability in analysing and interpreting financial information to identify opportunities and risks
• Demonstrated ability to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders to achieve balanced outcomes
• Experience managing competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to operate effectively across functions
• Flexible and adaptable working style, responsive to changing business needs
• High level of self‑motivation with a strong focus on delivery

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work‑life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini‑Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in‑store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job‑specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre‑tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

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 inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 183039

Employment Type: Full time