Finance Manager - Data Driven Transformation

Experience the endeavourX difference

endeavourX brings the best of data, design and tech to make the world of drinks easier & more exciting, in-store and online. Our innovations enable personalised, digital experiences to empower memorable moments for our customers and team members across Australia, and our portfolio of brands including Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks, Langton’s, Shorty’s and Jimmy Brings.

• Bring your passion and feel the energy
• Hybrid/Remote working - we value our people
• Career progression to realise your potential.

The Finance Manager - Data Driven Transformation will partner with the Advanced Analytics leadership team, broader data product areas and brand stakeholders and will oversee the financial performance of Advanced Analytics. This includes leading the financial performance management and forecasting activities that enable company decision-making, cost optimisation, investment prioritisation and strategic planning. The role will enable transparency and visibility to performance against the plan, including management of key risks & opportunities and use case benefits tracking. 

Sound good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role

• Business partner with the Advanced Analytics Leadership team in conjunction with the Senior Finance Manager to provide financial and commercial insight, business case preparation, gain commitment to financial targets and constructively challenge the business.
• Financial performance management: Monitor and report on performance of capital and operational expenditure. Provide insights that influence actions within the business to facilitate cost optimisation and prioritisation processes. 
• Budgeting and forecasting: development of Advanced Analytics expenditure plans and forecasts, ensuring alignment to strategy and balancing short and long term business objectives. Identifies and evaluates the impact of events and operating activities on business performance
• Introduce transparency & visibility of business performance including identifying risks and opportunities, plans for mitigating risks, rollout of new reporting and forecasting processes at initiative and brand level to enable partnering with Merchandise, Retail and Hotels finance as benefits into segment P&L’s accelerate
• Performance insights and optimisation: Provide leadership and guidance on how to measure, analyse and optimise benefits from our digital AI investment program. 
• Partner with key stakeholders on digital investment projects, including preparation of financial analysis / modelling, business case tracking, and ROI measurement
• Financial Control for expenditure including review of capitalised v opex funded expenditure and process improvement
• Support the creation and monitoring of KPIs - particularly in an agile delivery context (measuring economic value and business optimization)

Now let’s talk about you

• 7+ years in financial management experience
• Bachelor or higher university degree in relevant field re MBA, CA
• Experience in working a large corporate or matrix organisation
• Experience with benefits tracking and benefits methodology
• Strong commercial acumen - able to translate business performance drivers into financial outcomes
• Strong modelling and analytical skills
• Experience partnering with business
• Effective time management
• Deals effectively with conflict
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Experience working in agile organisations/with agile technology teams (desirable)
• Digital retail, media, Technology or financial services experience (desirable)
• Experience in benefits tracking and methodology (desirable)

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.

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 how we roll.  

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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