Finance Business Partner - Pricing

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’ll 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 the Finance Business Partner - Pricing, you will partner with senior commercial leaders to shape Coles’ Pricing & Value strategy, delivering financial insights and commercial decision support that enhances customer value and business performance, your key responsibilities will include:

• Partner with the senior stakeholders across Pricing & Value to influence strategic pricing and value initiatives across the business.
• Deliver commercial insights that optimise price investment, promotional effectiveness and customer outcomes.
• Lead financial modelling, scenario planning and investment appraisals for key strategic decisions.
• Monitor and evaluate pricing performance across sales, volume, margin, EBIT and market share metrics.
• Identify risks, opportunities and emerging trends to strengthen financial outcomes and business performance.
• Provide clear, data driven recommendations that support executive and commercial decision making.
• Drive best practice forecasting, reporting and governance across pricing investment activity.
• Champion continuous improvement through process simplification, automation and enhanced commercial insights.

About you and your skills

You are a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys influencing senior stakeholders and is passionate for turning complex data into meaningful business outcomes. You will also bring:

• CA, CPA or equivalent qualifications coupled with strong commercial finance experience within retail, FMCG or a similarly complex environment.
• Proven ability to partner with and influence senior leaders to drive strategic outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience navigating ambiguity and building clarity. 
• Advanced financial modelling, forecasting and commercial analysis capability.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present compelling insights and tell a clear story.
• Strategic thinking combined with strong commercial acumen and problem solving skills.

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: 189862

Employment Type: Full time

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