Finance Brand Business Partner

20 hours ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mars Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Description
We're on the lookout for a
Brand Business Partner
to join our
Finance team
and collaborate closely with Marketing, Sales, and Strategic Revenue Management (SRM). You'll be the critical connector between numbers and brand strategy—translating insights into action and enabling our teams to make bold, informed decisions.

As part of our
iconic Chocolate segment
, you'll partner with some of Australia's most loved brands, helping drive strategy, innovation, and value creation that delights millions of consumers every day. This is more than just a finance role—it's an opportunity to
shape the future of our chocolate portfolio
by driving growth, unlocking efficiencies, and empowering innovation.

What You'll Do

  • Be a true business partner for all Chocolate portfolios—shaping brand strategy and supporting the delivery of operational and 3-year value creation plans, while standardising and scaling winning approaches.
  • Drive strategic decision-making by understanding market dynamics, competitive trends, and consumer behavior to uncover opportunities.
  • Champion commercial insight by rolling out ROI models, supporting promotional effectiveness, and partnering with Strategic Revenue Management to optimize pricing and portfolio mix.
  • Lead impactful projects—from major product launches to portfolio transformation initiatives, and ensure robust post-implementation reviews.
  • Fuel a value-creation mindset across cross-functional teams through digital tools, insightful reporting, and commercial acumen.
  • Upskill and inspire marketing stakeholders by enhancing financial literacy and encouraging use of Mars innovation toolkits for disruptive innovation with strong financial evaluation and storytelling.

What You'll Bring

  • A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
  • 3–5 years (for T2 level) or 7+ years of broad financial experience, including planning, forecasting, and commercial business partnering.
  • A passion for driving performance through data-led insights and strategy.
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate numbers into strategic narratives.
  • Experience working cross-functionally—particularly in partnership with Marketing, Sales, or Category teams.
  • A proactive mindset, always seeking ways to simplify, improve, and add value.

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Genuine career progression with a focus on you and your career goals. Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  • Global health and wellbeing program to support flexibility and work-life balance.
  • Opportunity to make a difference with our volunteer and ambassador programs.
  • Be part of a company that is contributing to making the world a better place today and every day through on our sustainable generation plan.
  • A culture that offers collaboration, leadership and rewards you for the role you play within Mars.
  • At Mars Wrigley, take pride in your contribution in creating better moments for millions through our brands, to the way we source, make and market our products.

This position will be offered as a fixed term contract, ending 31st of September 2026.

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