Finance Manager Reporting & Insights (6 months)

Let’s create a more sociable future together

At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

Finance Manager - Reporting & Insights

A 6 month opportunity to lead the Reporting & Insights team, serving as a key partner to our merchandise operations and merchandise brand teams. Your primary goal is to translate data into actionable insights and commercial analysis that drive strategic decisions and support the growth of BWS and Dan Murphy's. You'll build strong relationships with leaders across Merchandise Operations, Pricing, Transformation and Range & Space, using data to inform and enhance our business strategies.

You will provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to two direct reports and the broader Endeavour finance and commercial teams. Your role involves ensuring that your direct reports are integrated within the brand trading teams, and that daily trading decisions are communicated effectively across the wider merchandise finance team. You will also collaborate closely with finance peers across all brands and group finance teams to implement best practices and maintain consistent reporting and processes.

Sounds good? Read on.

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

• Own and manage the weekly and monthly performance insights across the merchandise team for the key retail brands (BWS & Dan Murphy’s)
• Proactively deliver insightful analysis and commercial recommendations to the business on sales and margin
• Streamline reporting and processes to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Build a strong performance narrative, highlight missed opportunities, and drive accountability with the category trading teams on key transformation and strategic initiatives
• Setup tracking and provide insightful analysis and commercial recommendations on our new retail pricing strategy
• Enhance supplier P&L reporting, understand new requirements and optimising best practice across the different categories (Beer, Wine, Spirits)
• Establish clear metrics for evaluating the success of space projects, range reviews and category trials
• Regular reviews of cost and margin impacts to ensure benefits are being realised in the P&L
• Partner with the GM of Merchandise Operations and Heads Of Pricing, Transformation and Range & Space
• Develop a robust framework for analysing key merchandise strategies (Pricing, Costs, Range) and their long term implications
• Proactively challenge assumptions, drive change and influence decision making, which ultimately focus on holistic outcomes for Endeavour Retail
• Ensure performance drivers are transparent and understood by Finance, Merchandise Operations and the wider Merchandise Trading teams

Now let’s talk about you:

• Minimum of 8+ years relevant experience with CA/CPA Qualification
• Strong presentation and storyboarding skills
• Able to communicate complex financial information simplistically
• Ability to navigate through a complex organisational structure and work effectively cross functionally
• Advanced time management and prioritisation skills
• Ability to prioritise team efforts to support business requirements
• Strong leadership, coaching, mentoring and development skills
• Advanced analytical and problem solving skills
• Advanced experience using financial systems in a commercial environment e.g. Excel, Powerpoint, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Desire for ongoing continuous improvement and process excellence
• Retail or FMCG experience 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.

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