
Head of Audit
3 days ago
Work options: Flexible
- Senior leadership role in Wesfarmers Corporate Office
- Work with some of Australia's most iconic retail, industrial and health businesses
- Unique opportunity to strategically transform the internal audit function and gain exposure to a wide variety of risks and complex projects
- Commercial, results-oriented, flexible and collaborative work environment
- Newly created, full-time permanent role, based in Perth or Melbourne
About the team
Within the Wesfarmers Corporate Office, our Group Assurance team has a strong commercial focus and is responsible for the internal audit program across the Group. The team works closely with our businesses to deliver meaningful insights and provide pragmatic solutions to continually improve business performance.
What you'll do
Reporting to our General Manager – Group Assurance, this role will:
- Lead the development and execution of the Internal Audit Plan across relevant portfolios within the Wesfarmers Group
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders to establish new ways of working that support the strategic transformation of the internal audit function
- Oversee the day-to-day management of outsourced audit providers
- Lead and participate in internal audits and other projects across the Group
- Prepare and deliver quality reporting for Executive Management, Divisional Audit and Risk Committees and the Wesfarmers Board
- Lead work to support the design and development of payroll related assurance programs or other major projects
- Ensure that the Wesfarmers' approach to internal audit is aligned to leading practice and emerging industry trends
What you'll need
- Extensive experience in a senior internal audit and/or assurance role within a large complex environment (ideally a large ASX-Corporate or professional services firm)
- Proven track record in auditing complex organisations and projects, delivering robust assurance and pragmatic, value-add recommendations
- Strong commercial, analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a drive for delivering results
- Ability to collaborate with multiple organisational levels and stakeholder types
- Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal) along with influencing and presentation skills and an ability to communicate complex topics simply
- Strong people management and leadership skills
- An inquisitive mindset
- Tertiary qualification in a Commerce, Engineering or IT related discipline and have completed CA/CPA/CIA accreditation
About Wesfarmers
As one of Australia's largest listed companies, we're proud of our longstanding contribution to Australians. We continually reinvent ourselves and invest in the businesses we own and operate, including leading retailers like Bunnings, Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Priceline. We also have an online offering, including OnePass and the Group shared data asset. Our work doesn't stop there, we operate in the industrials sector which supplies the nation with chemicals, energy and fertilisers, and industrial and safety products. And we participate in an integrated lithium joint venture, including the operation of a mine and concentrator and the development of a refinery.
Join the team at Corporate Office which provides support and advice across the Wesfarmers Group
The Corporate Office provides corporate services and support to the autonomous businesses within the Wesfarmers Group, enabling the achievement of Group objectives. It leads capital allocation and portfolio management for the Group and focuses on leveraging and enhancing the Group's reputation to support attraction and retention of talent, securing investment opportunities and maintaining a low-cost capital. To do this, we need great people, working together and role modelling our values and ways of working.
Our culture
We're results focused, but we're a business that cares. Here we are less about titles and more about everyone playing a valuable role. We provide autonomy and space with freedom to operate, quickly learning from mistakes because we know they are part of the way forward. We're curious, open minded, and collaborative. And although we're thought leaders, we're humble, and willing to share knowledge and learn from one another.
We know that diversity fosters greater innovation and better customer connection, so we strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment.
Next steps
If this sounds like your next career move, then combine your cover letter and resume into one document and click on the 'Apply' button by Friday, 31 October 2025. Please note that we may commence interviewing of candidates prior to this closing date.
For brief enquiries please contact Human Resources on
We're hiring the best and the brightest talent. Let's start to explore the possibilities of achieving great things together.
For more information, visit our website
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