Group FP&A Manager

At Metcash, you’re part of something bigger. We’ve got the heart of a small business with the strength and support of a big business. When you join Metcash, your work makes a real difference to independent businesses and local communities, empowering you to:

• Grow your career with tailored development programs
• Make your mark in a high-performing, values-led team
• Thrive your way with flexible work options

About the Opportunity

Our Corporate Finance team plays a pivotal role in driving performance, enabling informed decision-making and delivering financial excellence across the Group. We’re now looking for an experienced Group FP&A Manager to partner closely with senior leaders, bring clarity to complexity, and turn numbers into meaningful commercial insight.

This is a high-impact role for a finance leader who combines a strong accounting foundation with sharp analytical capability, commercial curiosity, and a genuine willingness to roll up their sleeves to understand the detail behind the numbers.

As a key member of the Finance leadership team, you will lead Group-wide planning and performance processes, provide strategic insight to senior stakeholders, and act as a trusted business partner to the Total Tools Hardware Group and corporate cost centre owners.

You’ll own the Group’s long-range planning and forecasting rhythms, influence investment decisions, and continuously improve the way we plan, analyse and report financial performance.

In this Role

• Lead Group-wide financial planning and reporting, including the five-year plan, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly performance reporting across P&L, balance sheet and cash flows.
• Prepare Board and Executive strategy materials, delivering high-quality analysis, overlays, sensitivities and clear narratives on key performance drivers.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to the Total Tools Hardware Group and corporate cost centre owners, providing insight, challenge and guidance to drive performance and optimise costs.
• Partner with Corporate Accounting to ensure integrity, consistency and governance across actuals, budgets, forecasts and cost allocation methodologies.
• Lead continuous improvement of FP&A processes, systems and models (including TM1), driving automation, standardisation and higher-value analysis.
• Support strategic initiatives including Investment Committee submissions, M&A due diligence and major Group projects, providing robust commercial analysis and decision support.

You’re Likely a Match If

• CA or CPA qualification with deep experience across FP&A, management reporting and accounting.
• Background in retail, FMCG or supply chain-led environments.
• Strong ownership of planning and reporting systems (ideally TM1 and Power BI).
• Advanced financial modelling capability, including scenario analysis, cash flow modelling and investment appraisal.
• Proven experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional deliverables.
• A track record of driving automation and process improvement in finance functions.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to distil complexity into clear insight.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including Executive-level presentations.
• A highly analytical mindset, attention to detail and ability to work with large, complex data sets.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the confidence to challenge constructively.
• Being self-driven, adaptable and effective in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

What’s on Offer
🏖️ Extra Leave: 5th week of annual leave, 2 well-being days, 1 volunteer day
📚 Career Growth: Endless learning and development opportunities
👶 Parental Leave: 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid leave for primary carers
🌈 Inclusive Culture: Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion
⚖️ Neutral Pay Gap: Gender pay gap under 5% (WGEA 2024–2025)
🧠 Mental Health: Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia
🏡 Flexibility: Flex Ready and Family Friendly Workplace accredited

About Us

Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company, with $19.5 billion in sales (FY25) and a proud spot in the ASX Top 125. We believe in the power of independent, family-owned businesses to shape vibrant communities. Through our food, liquor, and hardware pillars, we help retailers become the ‘Best Store in Their Town’ by providing merchandising, operational and marketing support.
We’re committed to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability — and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including First Nations. If you need support during the application process, just let us know. Your privacy and dignity are always respected.

Join us and be part of something bigger!

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