**Surry Hills based with a hybrid working model**:
- ** Permanent Fulltime**:
- ** Work within a collaborative team environment**
**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
**The Opportunity**
The Business Analyst serves as a key business partner within the WAW business, providing analytical insights that support effective decision-making and drive performance improvements. This role is central to managing financial cycles, including annual budgeting and monthly forecasting, and involves close collaboration across the organization to ensure alignment and support the evaluation and execution of growth initiatives
**What you'll do**
- ** Month-end Reporting & Analysis**: Manage month-end close, reporting, and analysis (including ad-hoc quarterly, half-year, and annual reports). Collaborate with Food eCom Finance for accurate P&L; reporting.
- ** Performance Management Reporting**:Prepare and submit monthly BPM deliverables with analysis and financial highlights.
- ** Trade & Capital Reporting**: Lead weekly trade reporting with insights on sales drivers and risks/opportunities. Manage monthly capital reporting, tracking expenditure against budget.
- ** Business Case Development**: Develop business cases for strategic initiatives, including future cash flow projections.
- ** Budgeting & Forecasting**: Support annual budget and forecast preparation, ensuring understanding and ownership. Provide analysis of opportunities and risks, and support driver-based budgeting. Manage costs against budget/targets.
- ** Business Partnering & Support**: Partner with Enterprise+ & BusinessOne stream leads to achieve commercial objectives (revenue growth, margin improvement). Support margin expansion initiatives.
- ** Balance Sheet & Capex Management**:Own balance sheet reconciliations and FSS sign-off. Manage capital expenditure, including capex requests, AUC reports, asset transfers, and depreciation tracking.
**What you'll bring**
- CA/CPA qualified with at least 3 years experience in relevant finance role
- Prior experience of multi-functional team and / or experience in the retail or FMCG sectors desirable
- Strong modelling and analytical skills with advanced Excel / Google sheets skills
- Strong data skills with Big Query / SQL skills highly preferred
- Strong presentation and storyboarding skills - Desirable
- Strong attention to detail and good commercial sense
- Advanced time management skills and able to work unsupervised
**What you'll experience**
- A progressive and flexible 'Work from Anywhere' policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing.
- 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 Current 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.