At MECCA, our Finance team plays a critical role in driving business performance and supporting strategic decision-making across the business.
We are looking for a Commercial Business Partner to join our high-performing Commercial Finance team and partner with key stakeholders to deliver financial insights, influence decisions and help drive profitable growth.
This is an exciting opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio, providing commercial analysis, forecasting, reporting and strategic support that enables leaders to make informed business decisions and achieve their objectives.
The Role You Could Play:
Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, you will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, providing commercial finance support and actionable insights across sales, margin, costs and strategic initiatives.
You will:
- Partner with stakeholders across your portfolio to provide commercial insights, recommendations and decision support
- Deliver financial reporting, forecasting and performance analysis to identify risks, opportunities and key business drivers
- Support budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling and business case development for strategic initiatives and investments
- Translate financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights that support decision-making and business performance
- Drive continuous improvement across reporting, planning and commercial finance processes
What You Will Bring:
You are a commercially minded finance professional who thrives on partnering with stakeholders and translating data into meaningful business insights. Ideally, you will bring:
- Degree qualification in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline
- 5+ years' experience in commercial finance, business partnering, management accounting or financial analysis, ideally within retail, FMCG, hospitality or another fast-paced environment
- Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, reporting and performance analysis
- Advanced Excel skills, with experience using Tableau, SQL, TM1/Planning Analytics or other data visualisation tools highly regarded
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions and simplify complex financial information
Your Life At MECCA
Whilst we are focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn't be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!
Some of our other team member benefits include:
- Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering
- Health and well-being initiatives
- Reward and recognition programs
- Access to bonus and incentive programs
- Access to quarterly product allowance
- Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy
There are also so many other ways in which you'll be made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way.
To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, follow us on LinkedIn at MECCA Brands or @lifeatmecca and for all current opportunities, visit www.mecca.com.au/careers.
Skills Required
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or related discipline
- 5+ years' experience in commercial finance, business partnering, management accounting or financial analysis
- Experience within retail, FMCG, hospitality or another fast-paced environment
- Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, reporting and performance analysis
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience with Tableau, SQL, TM1/Planning Analytics or other data visualisation tools
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with ability to influence
What We Do
Since our very first day in 1997, our purpose has been to enable our customers to feel and look their best by offering them the world’s best line-up of beauty and skin-care brands (+ more), coupled with exceptional service. Fast forward to today, and we have over 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day. Our ongoing growth is fuelled by opening new stores and reaching new customers, launching new products, and harnessing the latest technology to constantly innovate and evolve our concepts, experiences, and service offerings. Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or our Distribution Centre (DC), you will be an integral part of the MECCA family. Our Retail Store teams are known for their energy, passion and expertise; bringing MECCA to life and helping us deliver on our purpose across four unique concepts – MECCA Cosmetica, MECCA Maxima, MECCA and our online stores (mecca.com.au and meccabeauty.co.nz). Working in our Support Centre will give you the opportunity to be part of high-impact, cross-functional projects, where you will get to immerse yourself in cutting-edge technologies and market-leading innovations. Not only do we work with over 150 of the best global beauty brands, we also develop, produce and distribute MECCA’s very own signature line of products. From supply chain to digital design, from software development to strategy, and everything in between, we are looking for diverse people from all backgrounds to continually challenge our way of thinking. Last but certainly not least, our rapidly expanding DC teams are the backbone of our operations and are key to the delivery of a seamless customer experience through online fulfillment and ensuring our stores have the right products at the right time.
