Woolworths

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic, customer focused online business, with strong customer momentum and a focus on profitable growth supported by efficient operations.
• Provide valuable commercial and financial support to the eCom Operations team.
• Join a key growth enabler for eCom and expand your knowledge of online fulfilment.

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

BIG W eCom is a dynamic, growing business, with strong growth in new customers, products and we are passionate about making a real difference for families.  We aim to drive increased convenience for our customers, improved store processes to unlock better and faster online experiences for our customers.  This role will primarily focus on facilitating the financial performance, insights, reporting, forecasting and budgeting eCom Operations and Marketplace. As a member of the BIG WX Finance team, you will act as a commercial business partner and trusted advisor who understands the business’ strategic direction and needs. You will work alongside business partners as they seek to optimise productivity across eCom Operations. You will collaborate to shape successful business decisions and maintain trust and credibility through an independent voice whilst maintaining the financial integrity of the business.

What you’ll do

• Commercial Business Partnering & Performance
  • Own the financial narrative for our Digital Operations, delivering timely and insightful reporting on weekly and month-end performance across eCommerce and Marketplace. Go beyond the numbers to provide actionable commentary.
  • Act as a key finance partner to the eCommerce Operations, Carrier, and Store Operations teams. Provide deep-dive analysis and commercial insights to optimise key cost drivers, including fulfilment productivity, store labour, and freight.
  • Drive process improvement initiatives by identifying and tracking opportunities for efficiency and cost savings within our end-to-end fulfilment network including Marketplace.
• Strategic Analysis & Project Delivery
  • Support strategic decision-making by developing robust financial models and business cases for new initiatives, capital investments, and digital projects.
  • Contribute to key planning cycles, including annual budgeting and forecasting, ensuring Digital financial targets are ambitious yet achievable (across eCom and Marketplace).
  • Engage in ad-hoc commercial analysis and project work as required, providing financial expertise to support the broader finance and digital team on emerging opportunities and challenges.

What you’ll bring

In Finance, we have an overarching capability framework that brings to life 5 key capabilities that shape who we are, what we do and how we work together: value co-creator, inspiring leader, trusted advisor, agile learner, and insights generator. We are looking forward to hearing how you may have demonstrated these capabilities whilst providing insights into your past experience and the outcomes you've helped deliver.

Other desired competencies for this role include:

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• SQL skills would be preferred for accessing and manipulating large datasets, as well as GCP familiarity
• Strong data analysis and modelling skills to analyse and summarise high volumes of data.
• Strong presentation skills and able to communicate effectively to a broad range of individuals/audiences in a simple and concise manner.
• Commercial, analytical, and passionate to drive results.
• Competent knowledge of financial accounting standards and ability to interpret and apply the frameworks as required.

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.