Finance Business Partner

Company Description

**Best-ever Work Situation**

BWS stands for Beer, Wine, Spirits but it could easily be Best-ever Work Situation. With over 1,400 stores and 10,000+ team members we’re the biggest local bottle shop in Australia. We’re on a mission to make every day fun for everyone. We welcome people in. That includes you. The true you, that feeds off the energy, dreams big, and makes a difference. BWS, the place where good times start, especially for careers.

**Job Description**:

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Bring your passion and feel the energy**:

- ** Hybrid/Remote working - we value our people**:

- ** Team discounts across Endeavour Group**

The BWS Finance team are responsible for the financial leadership of a highly competitive +1,450 store retail liquor business. To be successful, the BWS Finance team focuses on partnering across multiple teams driving optimal store performance whilst maintaining an objective viewpoint and a strong financial control framework.

As the **Finance Business Partner - Operations, **you will partner with the BWS Operations team and other key stakeholders providing commercial support that will drive store performance and insight leading to effective decision making across our network.

Sound good? Read on.

**Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role**
- Business partner to the State General Managers (Operations).
- Support decision making through commercial insight that enables the optimisation of store performance across the retail network (+1,450 stores)
- Responsible for the production and distribution of accurate, timely and insightful performance reporting including state based business reviews which drive actions across the Operations team.
- Build ad hoc reports and analysis based on the needs of the Operations teams, including category, channel, or competitor insights to drive improved outcomes whilst keeping team, customer and commercials in mind.
- Ownership for the planning, preparation and review of store budgets; including clear communication and engagement with third party contributors and alignment from the Operations team.
- Partnering with other key stakeholder groups including the Dan Murphy’s finance team, Endeavour format finance team and the Simpler for Stores (SFS) team to understand financial performance, track business initiatives and align process across our retail brands.
- Maintain a continuous improvement mindset, always seeking to promote efficiency, through a culture of continuous improvement.
- Develop initiatives with supporting analysis and recommendations on cost reduction opportunities and/or to improve store financial performance.
- Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring across Endeavour finance as well as the broader Operations team including our Connected Communities. Play the role of financial advisor in Operations activities

**Qualifications**:
**Now let’s talk about you**
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, with Operations experience desired
- CA / CPA Qualified preferred
- An ability and passion to work with teams outside of finance to deliver great end to end outcomes
- Excellent communication skills and previous experience managing senior stakeholders in a retail or matrix environment
- Ability to plan and coordinate reporting and project timetables, and deliver on multiple work streams
- Able to communicate complex financial information to a broad audience; able to make the complex simple
- Sound organisational and effective time management skills, can handle pressure and manage expectations whilst supporting people from across different departments
- Strong experience using financial systems in a commercial environment e.g. Excel, Tableau, SAP)

**The benefits are good too**
- We offer flexible working in every sense
- An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
- Monthly meeting-free days
- Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
- Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.
- At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply._

Additional Information

**We are together creators**

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of ho