Data Analyst - Food & Beverage

Australian Venue Co. operates over 250 venues across Australia and New Zealand, making us one of the largest hospitality groups in the region. From iconic pubs and bars to premium dining and entertainment venues, our Food & Beverage performance is a critical driver of commercial success.

We're looking for a commercially minded Data Analyst - Food & Beverage to join our Revenue Growth team and play a key role in improving menu performance, food margin, promotional effectiveness and venue profitability across the portfolio.

This is an opportunity to work on high-impact projects that directly influence business decisions, partnering with stakeholders across Food, Beverage, Operations, Marketing, Procurement and Finance.

About the Role

As the Data Analyst - Food & Beverage, you'll lead the analytical design and delivery of Food & Beverage optimisation projects. You'll turn complex commercial and operational questions into clear, actionable insights that improve decision-making and drive measurable results.

Working closely with F&B Project Managers and business stakeholders, you'll identify opportunities, build analytical frameworks, develop reporting solutions and translate findings into practical recommendations that can be implemented across venues.

This role combines advanced analytics, commercial thinking and stakeholder engagement, making it ideal for someone who enjoys solving business problems through data.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the analytical design of Food & Beverage projects, defining methodologies, data requirements and success measures.
• Analyse sales mix, GP$, GP%, COGS, menu performance, pricing, promotional activity and venue-level performance.
• Partner with project leads to prioritise opportunities and focus analytical effort on the highest-value commercial decisions.
• Deliver insights and recommendations that support menu engineering, margin improvement, pricing initiatives and promotional optimisation.
• Build and maintain dashboards, scorecards, models and reporting processes using Power BI, Excel and available data sources.
• Ensure analytical outputs are accurate, commercially relevant, reproducible and easy for stakeholders to understand.
• Support project implementation by identifying target venues, operational risks, commercial assumptions and performance measurement approaches.
• Track post-implementation results and recommend adjustments to improve profitability, compliance and adoption.
• Contribute to stakeholder communications, project updates, training materials and executive reporting.

About You

You'll be a highly analytical professional who enjoys using data to influence commercial outcomes. You can simplify complex information, challenge assumptions and communicate insights in a way that drives action.

You'll bring:

• Strong experience in data analytics, business analytics or commercial analysis roles.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with Power BI.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience working with large datasets and translating findings into business recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The ability to balance multiple priorities and deliver outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• A commercial mindset with a genuine interest in improving business performance.

Desirable

• Experience within hospitality, retail, consumer, food service or multi-site operations.
• Exposure to menu engineering, pricing, margin analysis or promotional performance analysis.
• Experience with SQL or other data querying tools.

Why Join Australian Venue Co.?

• Work on projects that directly influence commercial performance across a large and diverse venue portfolio.
• Join a collaborative and high-performing analytics and revenue growth team.
• Access career development opportunities within one of Australia's leading hospitality groups.
• Enjoy a vibrant CBD office environment and employee benefits across our venues.
• Be part of a business that values innovation, data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.

If you're passionate about turning data into commercial outcomes and want to make a meaningful impact across one of Australia's largest hospitality businesses, we'd love to hear from you.

Desired Skills and Experience

Data Analysis

Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Business Intelligence (BI)

Commercial Analysis

Data Visualization

Reporting & Analytics

Stakeholder Management

Pricing Strategy

Food & Beverage Operations