Senior Commercial Finance Partner - Treasury & Member Funding

Ko wai mātou – About us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Four Square and Gilmours, 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.  Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.   

We are a financial ‘supermarket’ for our Co-op, providing end-to-end capability across commercial finance, funding, store ownership, financial planning, reporting, and transactional services, all critical to enabling sustainable growth.

Te Tūranga – About the role

This is a senior, high-impact role at the heart of our Co-op’s financial stewardship.

As a Senior Commercial Finance Partner, you’ll lead treasury and membership funding activities, balancing strategic oversight of capital, liquidity, and risk with commercial partnership to support store ownership and growth.

You’ll support and report to the Head of Treasury & Member Funding.

What you'll be doing

• Lead treasury activities across cash flow, liquidity, funding strategy, and financial risk management


• Partner with store owners (i.e. “Members”), banking partners, and external advisors to design and deliver funding solutions across the ownership lifecycle


• Provide strategic advice on capital structure, lending, and funding decisions to protect and optimise the Co-op’s balance sheet


• Assess and support investment decisions, financing proposals, and business cases


• Drive continuous improvement in treasury frameworks, controls, governance, and reporting


• Contribute as a senior member of the Treasury & Member Funding team, including coaching and supporting others

This role blends deep technical treasury expertise with commercial influence and plays a critical role in safeguarding and enhancing the long-term financial strength of our Co-operative.

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). 

He kōrero mōu - About you

You’re a senior finance professional with deep treasury expertise and the ability to operate confidently at both a strategic and hands-on level.

• Significant experience in treasury, corporate finance, banking, or funding environments


• Strong understanding of capital structure, liquidity management, debt funding and treasury risk management.


• Proven experience working with external stakeholders such as banks, advisors, or investors


• Advanced financial modelling, forecasting, and analytical capability


• Strong commercial judgement with the ability to influence senior stakeholders


• CA/CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred


• FMCG and SAP experience desirable

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.