Finance Business Partner Food Manufacturing

Requisition ID: 54557

Employment Type: Full time

**Good things start here**

This could be the very first step towards an exciting new career with us - a fresh beginning. At the Coles Group, these are moments we live for.

Starting good things is what drives our purpose: to sustainably feed all Australians so they can lead healthier, happier lives. With a team of 120,000 people and an iconic portfolio of Australia’s most trusted brands, we’re perfectly positioned to turn a promising start into a whole lot more.

**About the role**

Work in one of the largest and smartest finance functions among ASX-listed companies, with a positive culture, high quality leaders and the opportunity to make an impact on highly commercial, highly visible programs of work that inform and enable business strategy.

We care for our people with a focus on wellbeing, fairness and equity, and you’re trusted to work in a way that works best for you. Because we believe flexible work is a thing we do, not a place we go.

As the Finance Business Partner (Food Manufacturing), you'll be commercially focused and results-driven and have current or past experience managing and leading a small team. Be highly skilled at coaching, stakeholder engagement, with strong communication and written skills.

**What you'll be doing**
- Lead the weekly, monthly and annual performance reporting cadence, and budgeting and planning cycles for RROA (a Coles-owned and operated meat processing facility based in Erskine Park, Sydney)
- Lead the weekly and monthly financial close process, ensuring correct adherence to finance policies and principles, including balance sheet reconciliations
- Partner with the broader finance team to ensure best practice reporting and analysis processes are in place
- Manage the process to correctly record, track and forecast project spend (capex and opex). Assist with business case preparation and appraisal
- Lead the Accounts Payable process for the site (overseeing an Accounts Payable Officer)
- Lead the payroll payment process for the site (overseeing 2 Payroll Officers) and support the centralisation of this activity
- Support the process improvements and testing associated with the implementation of a finance system for the site (currently a mix of Excel and SAP)

**Good things you'll need**
- CPA/CA qualified (or equivalent) with 3-5 years post-qualification experience
- Highly capable in Excel usage, including to report and analyse results. Capability using SAP finance systems or equivalent preferred
- Experience in financial accounting & reporting functions in commercial organisations (FMCG preferred)
- Experience leading teams including effective delegation of tasks, coaching and development, performance appraisal and sharing of regular feedback
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written including strong business writing skills
- Strong commercial and financial acumen #LI-FIN

**Why Coles?**
You’re joining a culture that truly cares about your wellbeing, values what you do and celebrates your success. We’ll invest in you and your career with best practice training, development, and leadership programs. You’ll also receive fantastic team member discounts across our supermarkets and brands.

As part of our focus on achieving a gender balanced workforce, we belong to the WORK180 network as an endorsed employer for women. Our commitment to helping all women thrive in the workplace includes initiatives such as our recently updated parental leave policy, flexible working options and our Employee Assistance Program.

You can explore all this and more at our Coles Careers website.

**For everyone who shares our passion**

**We’d love to meet you