Responsibilities
* Provide market insight, transaction support, and expert advice to Wesfarmers senior leadership and the Board
* Support the development and execution of the Group's funding, capital management, and financial risk management strategies
* Work closely with the Assistant Treasurer - Financial Risk Management, and Assistant Treasurer - Funding & Markets
About the team
The Group Treasury team acts as the in-house "banker" to our businesses, supporting them with daily banking and liquidity; management of foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity risk; and working capital efficiency.
In addition, the team is responsible for corporate balance sheet management, particularly in relation to long‐term funding, dividend policy, capital management; maintaining strong relationships with the Group's funding providers and rating agencies; and ensuring financial risk management objectives are met.
The team also supports the Wesfarmers' Group acquisition and divestment activities.
What you'll do
As Principal - Markets you will support the development and execution of the Group's funding, capital management, and financial risk management strategies to ensure strong liquidity, balance sheet resilience, and credit outcomes.
This role also safeguards the Group's credit profile and risk exposures through robust analysis, governance, and stakeholder engagement with banks, investors and ratings agencies.
Working closely with the Assistant Treasurer - Financial Risk Management, and Assistant Treasurer - Funding & Markets, you will:
* Support the development and execution of the Group's funding plan, debt and equity transactions, and capital markets activities
* Monitor funding markets, assess bank proposals, and provide insight to inform long‐term funding strategy
* Manage Board and external stakeholder materials, including funding updates, and investor and rating agency engagement
* Act as a subject matter expert on credit ratings, funding structures and capital impacts of corporate activity
* Support Group‐wide financial risk management across interest rate, FX, commodity and trade risks
* Oversee documentation including ISDA, debt documentation and assist with financial risk management policy decisions
* Contribute to capital management decisions, ESG alignment, and share program execution
What you'll need
This role asks for a commercially astute individual who combines strong analytical rigour with sound judgement. You're a clear communicator, role model best‐practice and high standards of performance, and you operate with integrity.
You will have experience handling operational responsibilities and project‐driven work, and you are comfortable to pivot from detailed analysis to strategic discussions.
Ideally you will arrive with:
* Your bachelor's and/or master's degree in finance, economics, engineering or a related discipline
* Strong working knowledge of financial markets
* Experience in supporting corporate strategy including acquisitions, divestments and international expansion, particularly from a Treasury perspective
* Understanding of Treasury processes and risk assessments is highly desirable
* Exceptional interpersonal skills including to nurturing relationships and influencing outcomes
* Demonstrated capability in project management
* Advanced financial analysis and modelling skills capabilities
* Advanced analytical, problem solving and critical reasoning skills
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