Finance Business Analyst

We've been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You'll not only get to see your work make a difference, you'll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

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.

Love turning numbers into insights that drive real impact? As our Business Analyst (Finance), you'll manage end-to-end financial processes for Online Meals, including weekly payment runs, P&L reporting, and variance analysis. You'll provide accurate, timely insights and guidance to help the team make informed decisions, while ensuring compliance and continuous improvement in reporting and processes.

This role reports to the Senior Finance Manager (Adjacent Ventures) and is based in Melbourne. You'll work closely with commercial, supply chain, operations, and marketing teams, as well as external auditors and vendors, making every day varied and full of opportunities to add value. Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Support month-end close processes.
• Coordinate and collate financial budgets, forecasts and business plans.
• Ensure forecast accuracy through the inclusion of the latest market and business information.
• Develop action plans to deliver insightful analysis and commercial recommendations.
• Manage the period end process and advising financial control of necessary accruals and actions required.
• Maintain prepayment schedules and asset registers.

You're a detail-driven finance professional who loves solving problems and finding smarter ways to work. You thrive in fast-paced environments and know how to balance accuracy with agility. You're collaborative, curious, and confident using data to tell a story. You'll also bring:

• Studying towards CA/CPA or equivalent. 
• Experience managing financial processes, including accounts payable and payment runs. 
• Strong background in P&L reporting and variance analysis. 
• Skills in data analysis and developing commercial insights. 
• Familiarity with ERP systems (Microsoft Business Central preferred). 
• Advanced Excel and strong IT skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. 

If you're ready to make numbers matter and help shape the future of online meals, we'd love to hear from 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.

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

Job ID: 176903

Employment Type: Full time