Head of Finance - Commercial

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!

• Bring your passion and feel the energy
• Drive Business Performance
• Located in either Sydney or Melbourne

We are seeking a Head of Finance - Commercial to drive business performance, growth, and transformation for our Endeavour Retail Merchandising business, supporting retail Brand strategies with revenue of over $10Bn.

Reporting into the General Manager, Retail Finance and partnering with the Director of Merchandising Endeavour (Exco member), this role demands a strong commercial mindset and will also provide strategic finance support to our Retail Merchandise team.

Sound good? Read on.

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

With your deep Retail Commercial Finance experience you'll have;

• Experience in the financial elements of a buying or category management function.
• Proven ability to manage near-term trading performance, specifically understanding the key drivers of category, event, and initiative performance and providing recommendations to improve performance.
• Experience partnering with the Merchandise team to improve GMROI (Gross Margin Return on Inventory) and range optimisation.
• Experience driving working capital efficiencies through supplier terms and inventory management.
• Experience partnering with teams managing pricing and promotions, including preventing ‘deal funding leakage’.
• Experience providing detailed analysis/recommendations on supplier performance and negotiations.
• Proven ability to build strong partnerships with numerous Senior Leaders, acting as a trusted 'commercial advisor' over and above reporting & insights.
• The ability to step out of the daily trading activities to provide high-level strategic support for longer-term Merchandise initiatives and commercial direction
• Strong presentation and storyboarding skills to communicate complex financial information to a broad audience, up to the Executive level, simplifying the complex and delivering action-oriented takeaways.
• Experience guiding businesses through change (particularly given next year will be full of it), specifically adapting to new pricing strategies, new promotional activities, and range optimisation.
•  A track record of strengthening and rationalizing reporting (reducing manual effort) and partnering with Advanced Analytics to provide deeper insights and drive new growth opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to drive and ensure strong commercial governance and financial oversight is embedded in key merchandise business processes.

Now let’s talk about you: 

• Minimum of 12+ years relevant experience with CA/CPA Qualification
• Previous management experience of a multi-functional team and/or experience in the retail or FMCG sectors desirable
• Strong presentation and storyboarding skills and able to communicate complex financial information to a broad audience; able to make the complex simple
• Ability to prioritise team efforts to support business requirements

Desirable

• Advanced experience using financial systems in a commercial environment e.g. Excel, Powerpoint,
• Advanced leadership, coaching, mentoring and development skills
• Advanced time management skills
• Advanced Advanced analytical and problem solving skills

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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