Finance Analyst

**About Us
In October 2020, Woolworths Group Supply Chain rebranded to become Primary Connect - an end-to-end supply chain partner within Woolworths Group. Our team of more than 8,000 support businesses within Woolworths Group (such as Supermarkets, Countdown and Big W), and over 1,300 commercial customers across the country, to connect communities with the products we need and love.

Becoming Primary Connect gives us the opportunity to keep growing so we can become the next generation supply chain whilst remaining an essential part of Woolworths Group. There has never been a more exciting time to join our team.
- **Key role within the Primary Connect Finance team with genuine business partnering opportunities**:

- **Permanent opportunity**:

- **Join a fun, engaging and collaborative team
At Primary Connect, we work with our customers and partners to understand their supply chain movements, with the aim of improving efficiencies and reducing their cost of doing business.

At all times, safety is our absolute priority. We work with our trusted transport partners and service providers to ensure that our safety procedures are of the highest standard possible. We take pride in our customer service, our commitment to safety, and the way we take care of our community and environment. So if you’re someone who leads by example and strives to be better every day, then we would love to hear from you.

This is a key role within the Primary Connect Finance team with genuine business partnering opportunities and contribution to the broader finance strategy.

**About the role**
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Analyst to join our Primary Connect Distribution Centre(DC) Operations Finance team. You will be responsible for providing reporting and analysis of DC operations results for the Woolworths business including business unit level granularity, as well as providing insightful analysis and decision support to the operations team and state teams.

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Review DC operations results on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Provide insightful analysis and clear commentary by working with the operations team and state teams on key drivers for performance trends.
- Partner with the state teams and wider national finance team to consolidate accurate forecasting for weekly outlooks, forecasts, budgeting and strategic planning processes as well as identify possible opportunities and risks.
- Identify opportunities to improve DC operations results.
- Partner with stakeholders to develop workable action plans in relation to adverse trends.
- Identify and implement opportunities that improve processes across the wider Primary Connect team.

**About you**
You will ideally have had FMCG experience and supported operations teams across a national retail supply chain environment. You are a commercially minded analyst and able to work with multiple sources of data to provide insight.
- CA / CPA Qualification preferred
- Forecasting and Budgeting experience
- Effective problem solving and analytical skills
- Strong systems experience (SAP, TM1, AFO, WBI preferred) and advanced excel/modelling skills.
- Knowledge of the accounting and supply chain drivers (labour and non labour costs) is desirable.
- Knowledge of distribution center operations or experience in a fast paced retail environment is desirable

**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences - for our customers and for each other.

**We’d love to hear from You