Category Finance Business Partner

Who we are

Milwaukee Tools is an industry leader in the manufacture of cordless & electric power tools, accessories, and hand tools. We pride ourselves on an unrelenting strategic focus on powerful brands, innovative products and exceptional people.
Our culture is centred around improving the lives of our users, something that not only drives our product development but underpins everything we do.

We are committed to ensuring our people have a great experience at Milwaukee, so in addition to an exciting and challenging role we also provide a range of great employee benefits including:

•  Personal Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning and professional development programs.
• Discounts & Perks: Generous discounts on company products. Laptop provided, novated leasing options.
• Health & Wellbeing: Paid Parental Leave and Employee Assistance Program.
• Social: Recognition programs and social events to celebrate our team's achievements.
• Lifestyle: Hybrid working model to support flexibility.

We are currently looking for a Category Finance Business Partner to join our Commercial Finance team. This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll partner with teams across marketing, sales, demand and supply chain to improve category performance, product profitability and commercial decision-making.

You’ll combine strong financial analysis with commercial thinking, helping the business understand performance, identify opportunities and make informed decisions around pricing, forecasting, investment and product lifecycle management

What you’ll be doing

• Provide financial analysis and insights to support commercial and strategic decisions.
• Partner with key stakeholders to drive category performance and improve product profitability.
• Support rolling forecasts, budgeting and monthly forecast updates.
• Conduct scenario planning across volume, pricing and product mix.
• Support pricing decisions for new product development and annual price adjustments.
• Analyse promotional activity and complete post-implementation reviews.
• Partner with marketing, sales, demand and supply chain teams to support effective product lifecycle management.
• Deliver management reporting and respond to ad hoc analysis requirements.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve efficiency.
• Build financial capability across commercial teams by providing clear, practical financial insights.

About you

You’re an analytical and commercially focused finance professional who can look beyond the numbers and translate financial information into clear business actions.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• 5+ years’ experience in finance or business analysis, ideally within a product-driven environment.
• CA or CPA qualification and a tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting or a related field.
• Strong experience across financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and cost management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel capability.
• Strong communication skills and confidence building relationships across different business functions.
• A proactive, continuous-improvement mindset.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with QLIK, Anaplan, SAP or Microsoft Power Automate will be highly regarded.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional finance reporting and become a genuine commercial partner to the business. You’ll have exposure across product performance, pricing, forecasting, profitability and process improvement, with the opportunity to influence decisions across multiple functions.

If you’re looking for a commercially focused finance role where your analysis can directly influence business decisions, we’d love to hear from you.