Why You'll Love This Role
This is a unique Group-level finance opportunity for an experienced FP&A leader with strong accounting foundations and a deep understanding of the linkages between the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow. Partnering closely with senior leaders, you'll provide the financial insight and analysis that drives strategic planning, capital allocation, investment decisions and long-term value creation.
Extra Reasons to Join Us
🏆 Hybrid working arrangements, free onsite parking & 5th week of annual leave benefit
📚 Ongoing learning and career development opportunities
🌈 Inclusive, values-led culture where everyone belongs
🤝 Exposure to Executive and Board-level decision-making
📈 Influence strategic planning, investment and capital allocation decisions
🚀 Play a key role in driving shareholder value across the Group
Your Role with Metcash
• Support Group planning, forecasting and performance reporting across the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Develop robust three-way financial models to support strategic planning, scenario analysis and investment decisions.
• Analyse working capital, liquidity and net debt drivers to improve cash generation and balance sheet performance.
• Provide financial insight and recommendations for Executive, Board and Investment Committee reporting.
• Evaluate capital expenditure proposals, business cases and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Total Tools Hardware Group and corporate leaders to drive commercial outcomes and informed decision-making.
• Lead continuous improvement across FP&A processes, systems and reporting.
• Support strategic projects including M&A, due diligence and business transformation initiatives.
What You'll Bring
• CA or CPA qualification with extensive experience across FP&A, corporate finance, financial accounting and management reporting.
• Strong accounting foundations and a deep understanding of how the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow interact to drive business performance.
• Advanced three-way financial modelling skills, including forecasting, scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.
• Demonstrated experience analysing working capital, cash conversion, liquidity and net debt performance.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear, compelling and data-driven recommendations.
• Experience evaluating capital allocation decisions, investment opportunities and business cases.
• Advanced Excel skills, with experience in TM1 and Power BI highly regarded.
Part of Something Bigger
At Metcash, we're proud to support thousands of independent retailers across Australia through iconic brands including IGA, Foodland, Mitre 10, Total Tools, Cellarbrations and The Bottle-O. Join a business that values diversity, encourages growth, and empowers its people to make a meaningful impact.
Please note: This role is being managed directly by our internal Talent Acquisition team – no agencies please.
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At Metcash, we’re the power behind an independent Australia & New Zealand. From the humble origins of our first family-owned corner store in 1927, we’ve been backing independents and strengthening the communities they operate in for almost 100 years. With a national network of more than 10,000 independent retailers and a further 90,000 wholesalers, we’re the driving force behind local, family-owned businesses – sticking up for the little guys and helping them become the best stores in town. And while we may be large in size, we’ll always be locals at heart.
Today we’re Australia and New Zealand’s leading independent retail partner and wholesaler in food, liquor and hardware. We have over 80 years of experience supporting and championing the interests of independent grocery, liquor and hardware sectors. Headquartered in Sydney, our world class distribution facilities across the country allow us to operate on a huge scale to unite Australia's independent grocers, delivering products to more than 10,000 retail premises and a further 90,000 wholesale customers across the food, grocery, liquor and hardware markets. Our network of Successful Independents includes a large portfolio of brands such as IGA, Foodland, Mitre 10, Home Timber & Hardware, Cellarbrations and the Bottle-O.
At Metcash we have a single purpose - Successful Independents - it is at the heart of everything we do. Success starts with our people. Employing over 6,000 people, Metcash champions the interests of the independent retail industry. We are a team of people who are resilient and empowered, who take initiative and pride in their work and above all operate with integrity. Our core operations are key to providing our customers and retailers with merchandising, operations and marketing support through our strong retail brands.
Whilst we operate on a huge scale, we think big but we act local. We believe that independence is worth fighting for and this is at the core of our business divisions.
