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.

At Woolworths New Zealand, our vision is to ‘make Kiwis’ lives a little better Everyday’. 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 three million New Zealanders every week.

What you’ll do | Hei mahi

You'll be a trusted business partner who is commercially astute and comfortable working with the Finance Manager, and key stakeholders across the eComX portfolio and Woolworths business. 

You'll provide value-add advice, insight, and analysis to drive financial performance. We're looking for someone who can provide a strong commercial lens over the eComX financials to help achieve financial targets and KPIs through leading a robust forecast and budget process, insightful reporting, and performance analysis. You’re just as comfortable completing business cases and financial modelling, as you are rolling your sleeves up and getting things done.

• Strategic Business Partnering: Proactively identify profit drivers and provide commercial recommendations to the eComX and Growth teams to optimise financial performance.
• Insightful Reporting: Deliver accurate weekly and monthly reporting, translating complex data into meaningful insights and actionable plans to resolve performance issues.
• Financial Planning & Forecasting: Lead the preparation of annual budgets (AOP) and regular forecasts, ensuring robust stakeholder engagement and financial accuracy.
• Commercial Decision Support: Develop comprehensive business cases for OPEX and CAPEX initiatives, aligning cost-benefit profiles with long-term financial goals.
• Risk & Opportunity Management: Proactively identify and mitigate financial risks while calling out opportunities to improve the P&L and balance sheet.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive process efficiencies and standardisation across financial support functions, including the integration of AI and lean methodologies.

What you’ll bring | Hei koha

• Professional Qualifications: Finance degree with CA, CPA, or equivalent qualification and 5+ years of post-qualified experience.
• Proven Business Partnering: Prior experience in a Senior Finance Business Partner role, ideally within the Retail, FMCG, or eCommerce sectors.
• Analytical Excellence: Demonstrated ability to interpret complex data from multiple sources to identify patterns, ensuring high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Advanced Systems & Modelling: Strong proficiency in SAP and advanced financial modelling skills to support data-driven decision-making.
• Stakeholder Influence: Exceptional communication and negotiation skills with a proven track record of building credibility and managing relationships across all levels.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: Experience in analysing end-to-end processes and leveraging systems to drive efficiency and best-practice financial support.

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.

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.