Woolworths

• Open on location - East Coast based
• 12 Month Secondment Opportunity
• Significant Transformation Project

We are Woolworths Group
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

Welcome to the Finance Team
We believe that the Woolworths Finance team is a high performing, innovative and diverse team across Australia and New Zealand, and is an amazing place to advance your career.

Our teams have multiple flex options, including working from home, multiple on-site locations, job sharing, compressed workweeks and part-time working arrangements. We are committed to flexibility and believe that it should be mutually beneficial.

We understand flexibility means different things to different people. Let's discuss, what does flexibility look like for you?

The Opportunity
This is a critical project role coordinating the E2E Process & Controls stream of the Finance Systems Transformation (“FST”) program. It delivers systems and process transformation to address key finance (and related business) pain points, process and controls deficiencies, unlocks Finance capacity and capability, enables a finance maturity uplift and enables finance to achieve its strategy

This Business Analyst role will play a key role in the delivery of the Group’s Record to Report (“R2R”) and other business and finance processes. This will include the detailed design, standardisation and implementation of best practice processes and controls, leveraging the S/4 upgrade and its capabilities.

You will also contribute to the scope, design and delivery of technology solutions that are directly related to these e2e processes, as required.

What you’ll do

• End-to-End Business Process Management: Oversee the complete lifecycle of business and finance process improvements, including design, development, implementation, and control embedding.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Alignment: Coordinate with other program streams to ensure interdependencies are considered and decisions align with enterprise-wide objectives.
• Risk Management and Governance: Assess, manage, and support delivery and delivered risks through relevant governance and delivery forums, using an iterative approach.
• Process Transformation and Optimization: Identify and implement opportunities for process optimization, standardization, automation, and control enhancement, including leveraging upstream systems.
• Knowledge Management and Documentation: Document end-to-end processes and establish a knowledge management operating model with process owners.
• Leadership and Team Support: Provide project leadership, advocate for the program, and offer guidance and thought leadership to junior team members.

What you’ll bring

• A minimum of 3 years experience in a variety of finance roles
• Experience in designing business and finance processes (P2P, A2R, R2R and O2C experience would be highly regarded)
• Experience working in a large and complex finance systems and process implementation program (accounting process design and implementation highly regarded)
• Experience in facilitating a variety of people; experience in storytelling and presenting to senior business stakeholders
• Proactive, independent problem-solver who thrives on ambiguity, drives initiatives forward, and collaborates effectively with stakeholders to achieve optimal business outcomes.

What you’ll experience

• A progressive and flexible ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing.
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus paid superannuation for up to 12 months while the Team Member is on parental leave - eligible from the first day of employment

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems.

Woolworths Group is an inclusive, team-first company and we value all skills and experiences. If you meet some, but not all of the requirements, we encourage you to submit your application.