Finance & Accounting Jobs in Hawthorn East, Australia (Now Hiring) — 9 open

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

About the team

Our Sustainability team is working together to create a better future for all Australians. Together, we’re focused on making a positive difference through our three strategic pillars of climate, nature and circularity. These areas align with our most material issues and stakeholder expectations and are the areas we aim to have the most significant impact. We’re also committed to supporting human rights, diversity and inclusion, health, safety and wellbeing, community support, and providing healthy, safe and affordable food. Together, we’re making sustainability part of everything we do at Coles.

About the role

We’re looking for a highly capable Sustainability Data & Disclosure Manager to play a critical role in shaping how sustainability performance is measured, governed, and reported across a complex, enterprise environment.

This role sits at the intersection of sustainability, finance, and disclosure, ensuring that sustainability data (particularly emissions and nature-related data) is robust, decision-useful, and aligned to evolving regulatory expectations.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a growing and evolving sustainability function, helping shape how sustainability performance is measured, governed, and disclosed in line with emerging global standards. Play a key role in ensuring sustainability insights are not just reported, but trusted, assured, and embedded into business decision-making.

You’ll also:

• Lead the consolidation and governance of sustainability data, creating a single source of truth across climate, nature, and broader ESG workstreams
• Ensure sustainability data (including Scope 3 emissions) is accurate, auditable, and fit for external disclosure and assurance
• Drive the preparation and coordination of climate-related financial disclosure and broader sustainability disclosures, including engagement with internal and external stakeholders
• Translate complex sustainability datasets into clear insights and performance reporting to inform executives and the Board
• Support integration of climate and nature risk data into enterprise reporting and decision-making processes
• Develop approaches to measure ROI, impact, and emissions outcomes of sustainability initiatives
• Strengthen data governance, controls, and assurance readiness in line with evolving regulatory expectations
• Partner closely with Finance, Risk, Legal, and Sustainability teams to align reporting with financial and corporate disclosures

About you and your skills

You are an experienced and commercially minded sustainability professional who understands that high-quality sustainability reporting is grounded in financial discipline, audit rigour, and regulatory alignment.

You bring a strong grasp of greenhouse gas emissions accounting and reporting, and sustainability reporting frameworks and can confidently operate across both sustainability and finance stakeholders to ensure data stands up to scrutiny.

You’re equally comfortable navigating complex reporting requirements and influencing senior stakeholders, with a sharp eye for detail and a passion for improving how organisations measure and communicate sustainability performance.

You’ll also ideally have:

• Proven experience in sustainability/ESG reporting, emissions accounting, or climate disclosure
• Experience supporting or leading external disclosures and audit/assurance processes, preferably in a large ASX-listed organisation (or similar)
• Deep understanding of GHG Protocol and Scope 1, 2, and Scope 3 emissions data and reporting challenges
• Exposure to ASRS, TCFD, TNFD or similar disclosure frameworks
• Experience working at the intersection of sustainability and financial reporting
• Understanding of climate scenario analysis and modelling
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder data collection and validation processes
• Deep understanding of data governance, controls, and assurance requirements
• Ability to translate technical sustainability data into clear, decision-useful insights

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email [email protected]

Job ID: 189233

Employment Type: Full time

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