Woolworths

We are Woolworths Group | Ko Woolworths Tātou 

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand.  Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'.  That Purpose 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.  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.

What you’ll do | Hei mahi

As a trusted business partner to our Commercial Fresh leaders, your day-to-day will involve:

• Driving Performance: Leading the timely and accurate weekly and monthly management reporting for the Trading Department, identifying key trends, variances, and performance drivers.

• Strategic Insights: Translating complex financial data into clear, actionable insights and strategic recommendations to optimise commercial outcomes, proactively spotting both risks and opportunities.

• Forecasting & Planning: Partnering with the Buying teams to prepare regular and annual Sales and Gross Profit forecasts, as well as tracking key profitability indicators.

• Relationship Management: Supporting the Commercial Finance Manager in tracking financial relationships, analyzing contractual terms, and monitoring the financial performance of key partners, including Hilton Foods.

• Business Partnering: Acting as a trusted advisor to the CPR team, providing sound guidance on financial results, budgeting, and forecasting.

• Continuous Improvement: Identifying opportunities to streamline financial processes, improve data accuracy, and enhance our overall reporting capabilities.

• Leadership & Coaching: Mentoring staff and providing training to business teams to lift their understanding of key profitability levers.

What you’ll bring | Hei koha

To be successful in this role, you will be a collaborative and commercially minded finance professional with a knack for storytelling through data. You will bring:

• Qualifications: A finance-related degree paired with a professional accounting qualification.

• Experience: Proven experience in budgeting, financial reporting, and deep commercial analysis.

• Business Partnering: A highly collaborative approach with a track record of building strong relationships and facilitating win-win outcomes with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Communication Skills: Exceptional presentation skills, with the ability to "storyboard" financial information simply and effectively to influence senior audiences and gain buy-in.

• Strategic Thinking: The ability to scan both internal and external environments, generate insights from complex data, and recommend optimal courses of action for short- and long-term growth.

• Values-Led Leadership: A commitment to our Woolworths values: I care deeply, I listen and learn, and I always do the right thing.

What you’ll experience | Ngā Huanga

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

• A commitment to flexibility through a hybrid working model which combines time spent at a support office or hub and time working from home, supporting both in-person connection and balancing the flexibility that remote working provides for our teams

• High-impact role supporting our teams who enrich our communities. 

• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

• A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.

• A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.  

• 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.

Endless possibilities with the Woolworths Group | 

We’re a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ 

Here you’ll be supported and empowered 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. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group | No Woolworths tātou

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. 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.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.