Hybrid Finance Business Partner – Operations Finance

at Coles Group

• Job title: Finance Business Partner – Operations Finance
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Australia

About the role

• Finance Business Partner driving financial and operational targets at Coles Group. Collaborating with senior stakeholders to enhance performance through data-led analysis in the retail sector.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with Operations leaders to deliver financial and operational targets.
• Identifying opportunities to improve performance, efficiency, and return on investment.
• Influencing business decision-making through fact-based, insightful, and commercially focused analysis.
• Ensuring robust plans are in place to deliver the strategic cost-out plan.
• Identifying and driving process and system improvements to enhance forecasting, reporting, and decision support.
• Leading insight and ROI analysis for transformational initiatives and business cases.
• Producing clear, timely, and insightful performance reporting, including variance analysis, trend commentary, and forward-looking risk and opportunity assessments.
• Providing executive-ready reporting and narrative to support senior leadership forums and performance discussions.
• Ensuring consistency, accuracy, and transparency of performance metrics across financial and operational reporting.
• Owning financial governance and performance reporting, including: Leading the monthly forecast process with clear articulation of risks and opportunities, Setting effective budgets and forecasts, Conducting disciplined monthly reviews of results against plan.

Requirements

• CA or CPA qualification, with experience in retail, FMCG, or a listed corporate environment.
• Proven experience partnering with and influencing senior non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong capability in analysing financial information to identify insights, risks, and opportunities, and convert them into clear recommendations.
• Well-developed influencing skills, enabling constructive challenge and win-win outcomes.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and stakeholder expectations effectively.
• A flexible and adaptable working style.
• A collaborative mindset, contributing to team outcomes through knowledge sharing and coordination.
• High levels of motivation and self-drive, with a passion for improving business performance.
• Strong time management skills and a continuous improvement focus.

Benefits

• 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.