• Permanent, full-time position
• Town Hall CBD location with hybrid working arrangements
• Charity volunteering & Wellbeing Leave
• Employee discount across Australia and New Zealand

We are looking for an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to manage a team of analysts and support with Group reporting, commercial and financial analysis and the coordination and consolidation of budgets for our network of stores across Australia and New Zealand.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, you will work alongside various stakeholders of our 4 business units in order to provide meaningful insight into business performance and to accurately forecast the financial results.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and presenting financial performance results
• Preparing and presenting the bi-annual forecast, annual budget and 3-year plan
• Preparing financial reviews with Category Managers, Regional Managers and the Executive Team to analyse and review monthly performance
• Reporting & providing accompanying commentary
• Preparing ad hoc analysis to identify opportunities for improvement
• Participating in cross-functional teams on strategic projects
• Preparing reports, presentations and analysis for submission to senior leadership teams and Corporate Head Office (Paris)
• Ad hoc projects as required
• Mentoring, coaching and managing team of financial analysts

We are looking for a commercially adept and proactive individual with experience operating in a complex, global organisation with the following attributes:

• Tertiary Qualifications in an Accounting/Business or related degree
• At least three years' experience in a similar role
• Proven analytical skills with sound commercial acumen
• Demonstrated leadership qualities
• Solid experience within the retail sphere
• Confident communicator at all levels, with the ability to clarify financial results to a non-financial audience
• Computer literacy using MS Office, in particular Excel at an advanced level
• Knowledge of TM1/Cognos, Power BI and Magnitude will be highly regarded

Lagardere AWPL is the Pacific region's largest and most experienced Travel Retail operator. Located in Australia, New Zealand and Noumea we have 180 store locations and 40 unique concepts across four Business Lines: Travel Essentials, Specialty, Duty Free & Luxury and Food Service. Two is better than one, and together, the people of Lagardere AWPL work hard to deliver on our promises to our customers, our partners, our teams & ourselves. We are guided by our values of Excellence, Adventure & Respect, which help us make decisions, challenge ourselves and create magical moments for everyone, every day.