Woolworths

• Sydney Location | 2 year Fixed Term Contract
• Be part of a significant Finance Systems Transformation Project
• Drive the future of finance at Woolworths by shaping our reporting and analytics landscape to deliver powerful data that informs business decisions.

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 work in a flexible work environment, including working from home 2 days per week, multiple on-site locations, job sharing 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 role exists to support the design and implementation of the future-state Finance reporting and analytics landscape at Woolworths. You will play a key part in improving the accuracy, efficiency, and usability of our financial reporting, helping to deliver the foundational data that empowers the business to make better decisions.

Operating within an agile, cross-functional team, this role will support the transformation of Finance systems and directly impact the quality and velocity of decision-making across the Group. Key areas of focus include:

• Supporting the design of a persona-based approach to reporting and analysis.
• Working with technology experts to ensure reporting systems and tools are fit-for-purpose.
• Collaborating with other Finance Systems Transformation streams to identify and address interdependencies.
• Defining the value drivers and metrics that will guide the reporting and analytics strategy.

What you’ll do

• Contribute to the Reporting Landscape: Assist in the design and implementation of the future-state reporting and analytics landscape. This includes helping with the design of new insightful reports a  solutions like a semantic layer to simplify ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
• Support Requirements & Documentation: Support the team in the elicitation, analysis, and detailed documentation of business requirements for complex reporting. Your high-quality work will help to accelerate project delivery.
• Collaborate on Technology: Work closely with technology experts to validate and help select the right tools for the job. You'll be working with our modern technology stack, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and SQL, visualisation tools like Looker and Tableau and planning tools like IBM Planning analytics and OneStream
• Business Partnership: Act as a key support to the core finance business partners, helping to offer commercial advice and validate assumptions.
• Communicate & Engage: Assist in translating complex financial information into clear and actionable insights and documentation for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field
• Strong systems experience, particularly with SAP, GCP and SQL
• CPA/CA qualified or working toward qualification
• Familiarity with agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
• Hands-on experience using Confluence for documentation and Jira for task management in an agile or project-based environment.
• Experience with modern reporting and data platforms, including data modeling tools, data visualisation software like Tableau, Looker, or cloud-native analytics

What you’ll experience

• Hybrid Flexibility: Blend in-office engagement with work-from-home opportunities for a balanced work week.
• 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.