Senior Commercial Analyst, Supply Chain

CHEP; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CHEP is seeking a Senior Commercial Analyst - Supply Chain in Auckland. You will be the primary Finance Business Partner to the Supply Chain function, shaping operational and strategic decisions in a complex environment.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning, provide insights on costs and productivity, and develop financial models for strategic initiatives, while partnering with leaders to solve business challenges and drive improvements.

Qualifications

• CA, CPA or equivalent accounting qualification.
• Strong commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering background.
• Experience supporting operational leaders in a complex environment.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive financial analysis, including profitability reviews, variance analysis, and financial modelling, to support business decisions and optimize performance.
• Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and alignment with strategic business goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide actionable insights that enhance financial decision-making and operational outcomes.
• Provide analytical support for business case development, cost analysis, and evaluation of strategic initiatives to ensure informed decision-making.
• Drive process improvements by supporting the implementation and optimization of financial tools, automation efforts, and standardized processes.
• Perform post-investment reviews to assess the performance of strategic initiatives and recommend corrective actions where needed.
• Support efforts to improve reporting, forecasting, and financial data quality, ensuring timely and accurate consolidation of financial information.
• Support ad-hoc financial analysis and special projects, including pricing strategies, cost savings initiatives, and performance tracking, to drive business improvements.

Skills

Commercial finance

FP&A / business partnering

Stakeholder management

Financial modelling

Budgeting & forecasting

Excel

Education

CA / CPA or equivalent accounting qualification

Tools

Power BI

SAP BW

Job description

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities May Include

• Lead comprehensive financial analysis, including profitability reviews, variance analysis, and financial modelling, to support business decisions and optimize performance.
• Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and alignment with strategic business goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., supply chain, commercial, sales) to provide actionable insights that enhance financial decision-making and operational outcomes.
• Provide analytical support for business case development, cost analysis, and evaluation of strategic initiatives to ensure informed decision-making.
• Drive process improvements by supporting the implementation and optimization of financial tools, automation efforts, and standardized processes.
• Perform post-investment reviews to assess the performance of strategic initiatives and recommend corrective actions where needed.
• support efforts to improve reporting, forecasting, and financial data quality, ensuring timely and accurate consolidation of financial information.
• Support ad-hoc financial analysis and special projects, including pricing strategies, cost savings initiatives, and performance tracking, to drive business improvements.

As the Senior Commercial Analyst - Supply Chain, you'll be the primary Finance Business Partner to our Supply Chain function, working with the New Zealand Supply Chain Leadership Team and helping shape key operational and strategic decisions. Acting as the link between Finance and Operations, you'll provide commercial insight and financial leadership across a complex supply chain environment.

About The Role

This role directly influences how our supply chain performs today and how it evolves for the future. We're looking for a commercially minded finance professional who thrives at the intersection of finance and operations.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Leading budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning activities for Supply Chain
• Delivering insight into productivity, labour, transport, and network costs
• Developing financial models, commercial cases and investment evaluations
• Providing detailed performance analysis and variance commentary
• Supporting strategic projects
• Identifying opportunities to improve operational and financial performance
• Partnering with leaders to solve business challenges and support informed decision making

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you'll:

• Build trusted relationships with Supply Chain leaders and become their first point of contact for financial guidance
• Bring clarity to complex operational and financial information
• Challenge thinking constructively and influence decision making through evidence based recommendations
• Translate data into practical insights that improve business performance
• Manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes with minimal supervision
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

About You

You’ll be an experienced commercial finance professional who enjoys working closely with operational stakeholders and influencing business outcomes.

Essential Experience

• CA, CPA or equivalent accounting qualification
• Strong commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering background
• Experience supporting operational leaders in a complex environment
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability skills
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management ability

Highly desirable

• Supply chain, logistics, manufacturing or operations finance experience
• Experience supporting capital projects and investment decisions
• Exposure to Power BI & SAP and BW
• Experience analysing operational cost drivers such as labour, transport and productivity

If you're looking for a role where you can apply commercial thinking, influence outcomes and make a tangible impact on business performance, we'd love to hear from you.

Remote Type

Hybrid Remote

Skills To Succeed In The Role

Adaptability, Budget Management, Business Case Development, Cost Analysis, Empathy, Experimentation, Financial Advising, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Process Improvements, Taking Ownership, Teamwork, Understand Customers, Variance Analysis

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

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