Finance Business Partner - Supply Chain

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 - Supply Chain you will play a critical role in driving commercial performance and informed decision making across multiple sites, partnering closely with operational leaders to deliver insight, optimise cost outcomes and enhance financial processes across transport and site operations. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting performance reporting to enable strong, data led commercial decision making across multiple sites.
• Reviewing and analysing site financial P&L performance with a focus on labour and transport cost optimisation.
• Managing and engaging third party logistics contracts across sites to ensure commercial value.
• Delivering timely and accurate KPI reporting across weekly and monthly cycles.
• Supporting annual and periodic planning cycles including budgeting, forecasting and robust risks and opportunities analysis.
• Conducting ad hoc analysis and financial modelling to support site leadership decision making.
• Partnering with stakeholders to translate financial data into meaningful business insights.
• Managing the commercial impact of continuous improvement initiatives across multiple sites.
• Driving consistency, accuracy and integrity across financial reporting frameworks.

About you and your skills

You are a commercially minded finance professional who thrives in complex environments, brings strong analytical capability and is motivated by delivering insights that influence operational outcomes and strategic decisions. You will also bring:

• CA/CPA qualified coupled with retail/FMCG industry background, ideally with exposure to supply chain finance environments, ideally within large scale or multi-site operations
• Capability to build trusted relationships with stakeholders and influence at multiple levels
• Proven ability to navigate complex problems and deliver structured, outcome focused solutions
• Strong analytical capability with experience managing and synthesising multiple data sources
• Ability to present financial information clearly, drawing out key insights that influence decision making
• A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on driving efficiency and commercial outcomes
• Proven ability to identify key drivers of performance and translate them into actionable insights
• Advanced Excel and analytical capability to support detailed modelling and performance analysis

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: 185201

Employment Type: Full time

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