Finance Analyst - Country Road Group (Fixed Term)

Country Road; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bi-annual product allowance

Discount across CRG brands for you and

Flexible leave options

Health and wellbeing support

Parental leave program

Internal career opportunities

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Country Road Group is seeking a Finance Analyst on a fixed-term basis to provide analytical support across the Finance team, contributing to reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cost centre management and delivering insights to inform commercial decisions.

The role partners with FBPs to track expenditures, supports month-end processes and scenario analysis, and aims to automate recurring reporting using BI tools.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years’ experience in a Finance Analyst or similar role.
• Towards CA/CPA/CIMA qualification with proactive, collaborative approach.
• Excellent Excel skills and ability to build financial models.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end and management reporting, variance analysis and performance commentary.
• Support budget and forecast cycles through model preparation, consolidation and scenario analysis.
• Partner with FBPs to track, reconcile and allocate expenditure to the GL.
• Provide analytical support for business cases, investment decisions and cost optimisations.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities and translate data into insights.
• Improve recurring reporting and analysis through automation and BI tools.

Skills

Finance analysis

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Excel – advanced

Education

CA/CPA/CIMA qualification

Tools

Oracle Financials

TM1/EPM

Power BI

QuickSight

Job description

Finance Analyst - Country Road Group (Fixed Term)

As a Finance Analyst, you’ll provide flexible analytical support across our broader Finance team. You’ll play a key role in reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cost centre management and providing meaningful insights into financial risks and opportunities. Working closely with teams across the business, you’ll help build financial understanding, contribute to business cases and deliver analysis that supports informed commercial decisions.

Please note, fixed term contract opportunity until September 2027.

How You Will Contribute

• Support month-end and management reporting, variance analysis and performance commentary.
• Support wider Finance team across planning, analysis and reporting.
• Partner with FBPs to track, reconcile and correctly allocate expenditure to the general ledger.
• Support budget and forecast cycles through model preparation, consolidation, reporting and scenario analysis.
• Provide analytical support for business cases, investment decisions, cost reduction initiatives and strategic projects or ad-hoc financial analysis as required.
• Identify and communicate key financial risks, opportunities and commercial insights.
• Build clear financial models and turn complex data into concise, decision-ready insights.
• Improve recurring reporting and analysis through automation, BI tools, and AI-enabled ways of working.
• Work flexibly across Finance priorities as business needs change.

Key Capabilities

• Working towards CA, CPA or CIMA qualification.
• 3–4 years’ experience in a Finance Analyst or similar role.
• Proactive curious and collaborative approach with the ability to manage changing priorities.
• Experience with financial systems, ideally Oracle Financials and TM1/EPM and experience BI tools including Power BI or Quick Sight is advantageous
• Strong commercial focus, with an interest in business improvement and cost optimisation.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights and understand the drivers behind numbers.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective internal and external relationships.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills, including data modelling, pivot tables, complex formulas and data visualisation.

What We Offer

• Flexible work arrangements to support work life balance
• Bi-annual product allowance, access to sample sales and 40% discount for you and your immediate family across all CRG brands
• Flex your leave your way, including birthday leave, volunteer leave, personal leave and more
• Access to health and wellbeing support, including Health Insurance, 24/7 EAP counselling and financial advice services.
• 18 weeks paid parental leave program for eligible employees with return-to-work clothing allowance
• Internal career opportunities across our portfolio brands
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Support meaningful community and charity partnerships across our brands, including OCRF, Our Watch, First Nations Reconciliation, Movember, Red Cross and Landcare

Who We Are

Country Road Group is a design-led portfolio of premium fashion brands, comprising five iconic labels: Country Road, Mimco, Trenery, Witchery and Politix. Each brand has its own story, and together they hold a market-leading position in the mid to upper tier of Australia's specialty fashion segment with a focus on delivering our ambition to build a portfolio of distinctive brands that drive sustainable growth. Country Road Group is part of Woolworths Holdings Limited (South Africa), a leading Southern Hemisphere retail group.

Country Road Group acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present.

We’re committed to inclusion and accessibility. If we can support you with any adjustments at any stage, please let us know