Senior Finance Manager - Capital & Corporate Advisory

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!

• Work with a supportive team
• Love what you do and leave your mark
• A pivotal role within the Group Finance team

Are you a seasoned finance leader with a passion for optimizing shareholder returns and shaping strategic investments? We're on the hunt for a Senior Finance Manager - Capital & Corporate Advisory to join our dynamic team.

Reporting into the Head of Finance - Capital, Property & Formats, this critical role, you'll lead the charge on our 3-year capital strategy and planning, directly influencing the deployment of capital across our entire group. You'll partner closely with our Group Property team to optimize investments within our retail network, while also collaborating with finance leaders on all other capital deployment initiatives. You'll look for exciting growth opportunities, secure essential capital for sustained business operations, and guarantee that every investment delivers exceptional returns for our shareholders.

Beyond strategy, you'll be instrumental in the financial execution of our investments. This means leading everything from establishing robust project budgets and overseeing assets under construction (AUC) to meticulously reviewing capital investment disclosures in our financial reports. We'll rely on your expert judgment to review high-value or complex business cases, and you'll collaborate with business owners to unearth key performance drivers that unlock future investment insights. Furthermore, you'll spearhead long-term financial planning for our extensive property network, empowering our retail finance and property teams to identify and quantify growth opportunities, mitigate risks, and optimize overall network performance. As a senior leader, your contributions will also extend to shaping and achieving the broader team's strategic goals and objectives.

Sounds good? Read on.

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

The Senior Finance Manager - Capital & Corporate Property Network, supported by a team of finance analysts, has the following primary responsibilities:

• Lead the 3 year capital strategy and planning process, identifying investment opportunities for growth and assessing minimum capital investment requirements to sustain the current business, determining if investment returns are aligned to shareholder expectations, and advising on appropriate investment hurdles to support achievement of returns.
• Lead the prioritisation of capital projects for the budget period, and maintain a reporting and forecast framework to ensure investment is realised in line with plan.  
• Lead processes to ensure capital spend is approved in accordance with the DOA policy, including establishment of effective approval workflows for committee review of investments, and oversight of business cases approved under divisional DOA.  
• Lead the process and system aspects of investment delivery including establishment of project budgets, oversight of AUC/capitalisation and review of financial report disclosures for capital investment.  Be the business lead for development of future capital accounting and reporting processes in the OET program.
• Provide independent and expert review / support for business cases which have a high level materiality, complexity or risk. 
• Understand drivers of under/over performance, working with business owners to unlock and share insights for future investments.
• Lead the long term financial planning processes for the property network, supporting the retail finance and property teams in the identification and quantification of network growth opportunities, network risks and opportunities to optimise network performance. 
• Evaluation of organic network opportunities and risks through business case development to approval, budgeting and impact on forecast results.  
• As a senior finance manager and people leader, contribute to the shape and implementation of broader teams goals and objectives. 

Now let’s talk about you

• 10+ years experience, including commercial and capital investment finance
• Experience working within a large complex ASX listed organisation
• Previous or current experience within one of the Big 4 consulting firms highly regarded
• Qualified accountant (CA/CPA)
• Retail / FMCG experience highly regarded
• Proven leadership ability within a large complex organisation
• Excellent communication skills, able to influence key business partners
• Excellent presentation and reporting skills
• Commercial thinker, able to critically evaluate and solve problems
• Self-starter who continuously improves processes and outcomes
• Expertise in developing and reviewing investment proposals / business cases for complex programs of work and projects 
• Strong analytical background including valuation and modelling skills, investment decision making
• Extensive experience building and reviewing financial models
• Experience in investments benefits tracking

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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