Senior Financial Analyst - Retail

Ko wai mātou – About us

Kia ora.  We’re Foodies.  You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right? That’s us! With 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life.

At Foodies, our Finance team is evolving. We're building a modern Performance & Planning function that delivers deeper insights and better decision making across the Co-op.

Te Tūranga – About the role

We're looking for a commercially focused Senior Financial Analyst to help drive performance across our retail network. This role partners closely with Retail, Operations, Finance leaders and Store owners to deliver actionable insights that improve sales, profitability and overall store performance.

This is a hands-on commercial finance role where you'll work alongside Retail teams to understand performance drivers, identify opportunities, and support decision-making across our banners. You'll play a key role in translating financial results into practical actions that help stores trade more effectively and deliver stronger outcomes.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive insight across store and banner performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities in sales, margin and profitability.
• Partner with Retail and Operations teams to influence commercial decisions and improve performance outcomes.
• Support trading reviews and performance discussions, helping stakeholders understand key drivers of results.
• Identify opportunities to improve store execution, operational efficiency and financial performance.
• Deliver forecasting, budgeting and scenario modelling to support retail decision-making.
• Provide clear, actionable insights that focus on future performance, not just reporting results.
• Build strong relationships across Retail, Operations and Finance teams to support the delivery of strategic initiatives.

He kōrero mōu – About you

• Tertiary qualification in Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting or a related discipline.
• Proven commercial finance experience within retail, FMCG or other large, complex organisations.
• Expertise in forecasting, performance analysis, business planning and decision support.
• Advanced financial modelling and analytical capability, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Strong understanding of retail economics and store-level performance drivers, including sales, margin, labour and profitability.
• Advanced Excel, SAP, TM1 and Power BI skills, with strong analytical and modelling capability.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with non-financial stakeholders and communicate financial information in a clear and practical way.
• Commercially curious, with an interest in technology, automation and AI to improve Finance outcomes.
• Continuous improvement mindset, comfortable challenging existing processes and driving better ways of working.

Ngā painga - What we offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
• Southern cross health insurance
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected].  Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Ready to help shape the future of Finance at Foodies?