Title:  Finance Business Partner (International Supply Chain & Supply Chain Strategy)

Description: 

 

Brighter futures start here

Anko Sourcing is the direct sourcing arm for the iconic Australian retail brands, Kmart and Target. As a team of highly experienced retail sourcing professionals, we strive to bring globally compelling, low-cost, on-trend products to our customers in Australia and New Zealand. We follow the highest standards to source ethically and operate with a clear focus on the welfare of our planet and our people. Anko Sourcing operations span the largest sourcing markets across Asia, including China, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

 

We are now looking for a Finance Business Partner who will be partnering with our International Supply Chain team. The major duties include:

  • Providing strategic finance business partnering and robust operational finance support to team and key transformation programs
  • Enabling commercial decision-making, disciplined financial management, and robust strategic modelling
  • Acting as a trusted advisor to shape key decisions, driving financial performance, cost efficiency, and value delivery across the end-to-end supply chain

 

Job Accountabilities

  • Act as a trusted finance business partner to International Supply Chain team, providing actionable insights and robust commercial analysis to support strategic and operational decisions.
  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes, ensuring alignment between financial outcomes and operational plans
  • Deliver accurate and timely management reporting, performance analysis, and financial commentary to support senior leadership decision-making.
  • Develop and maintain financial models, scenario analysis, and business cases to assess investment opportunities and strategic initiatives.
  • Analyse key supply chain cost drivers and identify risks, opportunities, and actions to improve profitability, efficiency, and working capital outcomes.
  • Manage cost-to-serve analysis, benefits tracking, variance analysis, and value realisation reporting across supply chain activities.
  • Support supply chain major transformation and optimisation programs through financial governance, investment evaluation, benefits realisation, and executive reporting.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive business performance and strategic outcomes.

 

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or a related discipline.
  • 7-10 years of experience in Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance, FP&A, or a similar finance role.
  • Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis, and financial performance management.
  • Demonstrated capability in complex financial modelling, scenario analysis, business case development and investment evaluation.
  • Experience conducting cost driver analysis, cost-to-serve modelling, and benefits realisation tracking.
  • Experience in partnering with cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of commercial acumen and attention to detail
  • Experience in supply chain, logistics, retail, sourcing, or other operationally complex environments is preferable
  • Advanced Excel and presentation skills, with experience using financial planning, reporting, and data visualisation tools.

 

A place you can belong

We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities in which we operate. We are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all our team members can contribute and succeed. We believe that all team members should feel valued, respected, and safe, and strive to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and welcoming, with applications encouraged from all candidates.