Finance Business Partner - Transformation & Property

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 - Transformation & Property you will drive the execution of Coles’ transformation programs across network optimisation, format development and integrated food and drink. Partnering closely with the business, you will deliver high‑quality reporting, insight and analysis to support commercial decision‑making at all levels of the organisation. Your key responsibilities include:

• Owning end‑to‑end performance reporting and dashboards, presenting insights to senior and executive leadership.
• Proactively generating commercial insights to inform strategic and operational decisions.
• Leading deep‑dive analysis and root cause reviews in partnership with Transformation and Analytics teams.
• Adapting, simplifying and continuously improving reporting to support strategic priorities.
• Supporting the development of financial business cases, challenging assumptions and testing investment logic.
• Leading post‑implementation reviews to assess benefits realisation and investment outcomes.
• Partnering with Property Finance and Transformation teams to ensure consistent modelling and governance approaches.
• Supporting ad‑hoc format initiatives requiring detailed commercial and financial evaluation.
• Leading regular results and performance review forums for transformation programs.

About you and your skills

You are a commercially minded finance professional who thrives in complex, ambiguous environments and enjoys partnering closely with the business to influence outcomes. The successful candidate will have:

• CA/CPA qualified, ideally starting your career in Big 4/Mid-Tier firm.
• Proven experience within a complex Property/Retail or FMCG environment.
• Experience supporting large transformation programs, including business cases and investment governance.
• Strong analytical and financial modelling capability, including large and complex data sets.
• Proven ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills without direct authority.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and presenting at executive level.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and solving complex business problems.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills; PowerPoint highly proficient.

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: 181040

Employment Type: Full time

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