Commercial Finance Business Partner

4 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Simplot Full time

Simplot Australia is a food manufacturing and agriculture business encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood, and sauce operations that supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and food service customers.

As a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, we are focused on creating food Australians and New Zealanders love by maximising value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include the likes of Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

We have five manufacturing sites in Australia and six sales sites and employ almost 2000 people across these operations. We are an integral part of the global J.R. Simplot Company.

**Culture and Benefits**:
At Simplot, we are fuelled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

- Respect for Resources
- Spirit of Innovation
- Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

**The Perks**:

- Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging Health and Wellbeing programs
- Diverse Leadership Development Programs and Professional Development Support
- Employee Reward and Recognition Program
- Bonus incentives
- Discounted Health Insurance and Gym Memberships
- Sensory Club Program - Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our Culinary cooking sessions
- Novated Car Leasing Agreements
- Income Protection Insurance
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Simplot Australia values the innovation and relationship building that comes from face to face connection but also recognises the need for flexibility in the lives of our team members. This is why we have a hybrid work environment, with one dedicated day per week where we all come together to maintain our successful culture of innovation, connection and collaboration.

**About our Role**:
We now have a fantastic opportunity for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic and growing business. Reporting to the Finance Manager - Retail, you will be a trusted business partner to the Retail Sales team, providing financial information and insights to support effective management and strategic decision-making across the Commercial function. This will include being responsible for providing insights and support to positively impact business performance for key categories and customers through exemplary finance leadership.

**What you will you do**:

- Partner with the Retail Sales team in the development and execution of the channel strategic priorities across categories and customers, providing commercial insights on the drivers of category/customer performance and profitability
- Develop robust financial modelling to support the delivery of commercial value including through customer negotiations, new contracts, and product launches (NPI)
- Support for budgeting, forecasting and performance management, including promotional spend effectiveness and trade spend efficiency
- Provide analysis, evaluations and implications of key learnings that will be applied in the development of future best practices
- Build financial awareness and knowledge across the Commercial team and provide thought leadership on matters impacting financial performance

**About you**:

- Proven experience in a finance business partnering role within a complex and large organisation ideally within FMCG and/or Retail
- Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (CA) or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and draw meaningful insights
- Excellent presentation and visualisation skills (story telling)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to collaborate and influence across multiple stakeholders
- Ability to meet deadlines and influence others to meet deadlines
- Experience with business budgeting, planning and forecasting
- Experience with financial modelling and analysis
- Intermediate to advanced skills in the Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel and Powerpoint
- Knowledge of financial systems (SAP/JDE) and proficiency in BI tools (Power BI/Axiom) preferable but not essential

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**Job Requisition ID**:17343

**Travel Required**: None

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