Finance Business Analyst

Finance Business Analyst - Store Delivery FP&A | Norwest

• 10 month Fixed Term contract opportunity
• Norwest location - Hybrid working arrangements
• Oversee and analyse the national performance of Primary Connect's Store Delivery Operations

Welcome to Primary Connect

Primary Connect is the most extensive food and retail supply chain network in Australia and New Zealand. Our 10,000-strong team are an essential part of the expansive Woolworths Group, which encompasses Woolworths Supermarkets and Metro stores, BIG W, Quantium, and more. With us, your possibilities are not limited to a single opportunity.

We're delivering to more than 3,000 retail stores every day (stores like Woolworths, BIG W, Dan Murphy's, and BWS), but at Primary Connect, we're more than just a supply chain business. We're a big team, but every individual plays a pivotal role and leaves a distinctive impact.

We are Woolworths Group

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.

The Opportunity
 

Due to an internal move we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Business Analyst to join Primary Connect. Reporting to the Primary Connect FP&A Finance Manager, you will be an integral player in providing decision support and business partnering for the National store delivery team.

What you'll do

Performance Reporting

• Lead and maintain oversight of Primary Connect's Store delivery.
• Provide support to the Transport managers and provide visibility into the drivers of the results at a National level.
• Responsible for the weekly, monthly and quarterly business performance reviews
• Support in depth analysis and decision support on topical areas.
• Support ad hoc analysis including opportunities to improve recovery of costs

Process Improvement

• Proactively identify opportunities that improve processes across the team and business
• Define solutions to automate and improve reporting

Business Partnering

• Build internal relationships across the business to help facilitate information flow needed for decision support
• Partner with a range of stakeholders in particular the freight, internal logistics, DC and business teams to deliver insights

Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting

• Support the budget setting & strategic planning processes and contribute to the strategy development
• Responsible for driving the cadence process to understand key performance drivers

What you'll bring
 

To be successful in this role, you will have a strong commercial focus with proven experience in insights delivery and driving improvement. You are naturally curious and enjoy building relationships with the wider business and customers equally.

Together with experience in a similar role, we are seeking the following skills and experience:

• A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience
• CA/CPA or studying towards is preferred
• Experience with EOM, budget / strategy process
• Strong data analysis and modelling skills to analyse and summarise high volumes of data
• Systems experience within IPA, SAP and GCP is desirable
• Attention to detail whilst seeing the big picture
• Strong financial analysis, modelling and forecasting skills
• Strong partnering and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Supply chain experience is desirable

What you'll experience

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

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.