Finance Business Partner, Property

Coles Group Pty Ltd; California (MO); Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to join their Property Finance team. This role offers the chance to lead planning and performance processes while collaborating with various stakeholders to drive success. You'll be responsible for delivering actionable insights and ensuring alignment with internal teams, all while enjoying a flexible working environment that promotes work-life balance. With a strong focus on personal and professional development, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and supportive workplace.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Gym facility and fitness classes

Free parking

BBQ area

Discounts on purchases

Paid parental leave

Opportunities for learning and development

Team member share plan

Qualifications

• Strong financial business partnering background, ideally within Property or retail/FMCG.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and performance processes for property, focusing on continuous improvement.
• Provide insights for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements.

Skills

Financial Business Partnering

Data Manipulation

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Excel

PowerBI

Financial Modelling

PowerPoint

Education

CA/CPA or similar

Job description

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We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

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

We have an opportunity available for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join our Property Finance team. This role will see you lead the planning and performance processes for property, including new space incremental sales, capital, opex and write offs, focusing on continuous improvement and ensuring alignment with internal stakeholders.

Please note: This role is a 12-month fixed term contract, parental cover.

You will also;

• Lead and coordinate the new space pipeline, which includes the preparation of monthly reporting, forecasting and KPI performance over the Corporate Plan horizon
• Provide insight into performance to support monthly, quarterly and half/full year reporting requirements, including understanding key historical trends, lead indicators, KPI tracking and impact on forecasts
• Partner with Property and Finance teams to coordinate and prepare monthly reporting including facilitation and analysis against KPIs & Budget for senior management, meeting group finance obligations, investor relations, board reporting, and ad hoc analysis
• Ownership of the bottom up forecasting process to drive accuracy, identifying and communicating emerging gaps and opportunities to plan with the business and management
• Identify and quantify activities that impact forecasts, with risks and opportunities understood and measured

About you and your skills

We’re looking for a strong financial business partnering background, ideally within the Property space, or retail/FMCG. You’ll have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to educate financial and non-financial stakeholders, as well as be comfortable challenging and influencing key stakeholders and working cross-functionally to deliver what’s required.

You will also ideally have;

• CA/CPA or similar, with commercial awareness and business focus
• Excellent data manipulation and analytical skills
• Strong Excel, PowerBI, TM1, financial modelling, and PowerPoint skills
  

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 [e-mail]