Finance Business Partner – Commercial Analyst

Job title: Finance Business Partner – Commercial Analyst

Company: Plumbers’ Supplies Co-Op


Job description: This is an exciting time to join the Plumbers Co-op, a cooperative organisation with nearly 70 years of history, proudly owned by over 6,500 plumbers across Australia.This role will own and drive the analytics function to provide insights and recommendations that will drive the commercial ambitions of the business.The role will work closely with the CEO, CFO, Financial Controller and the leadership team.A deep understanding of business drivers, together with strong commercial acumen, relationship building, financial modelling, influencing and communication skills is required to add value and provide a persistent challenge to the leadership team, enabling business growth.Key Responsibilities:

• Business partner with the leadership team to identify opportunities to increase profitability, competitor advantage, member value and business growth.
• Build meaningful relationships to deliver beneficial commercial outcomes to the business, teams and members.
• Sales and Financial performance, including gap reporting.
• Trend, competitor and product/customer profitability analysis.
• Act as a critical lead to the leadership team by supporting and guiding them on the preparation of internal reports for key business decision making.
• Provide commercial support for price planning and cost benefit analysis.
• Support business initiatives across promotions, supplier income and rebates, margin improvement and price & mix analysis.
• Key business lead for Finance Projects
• Own and Manage Phocas Dashboards and Standard Reporting in Phocas reporting tool
• Ensure accuracy of data in Phocas databases
• Act as Administrator for Phocas User Access
• Preparation of the annual Sales and Margin Budget including load to Phocas reporting tool
• Support broader Finance Team as and when required

Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience: 3+ years in finance/analytics

• Skills: Strong analytical and strategic planning skills, advanced utilisation of reporting tools and BI tools, hands on, ‘can do’ attitude, proactive personality, results orientated and reliable, passion to drive continuous improvement, exercise sound judgement, strong interpersonal and leadership skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or Business.
• CA/CPA or studying towards – not essential

Join us in an environment that encourages learning, risk-taking, and creativity, where your efforts contribute to the success of our member-owned cooperative.

Expected salary:

Location: Silverwater, NSW

Job date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 23:01:02 GMT

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