Senior Business Analyst

- ### 12 month Secondment, Norwest (hybrid working environment, 3 days onsite)
- Key finance role within the replenishment finance team delivering high-impact financial reporting and analysis to executive leadership.
- ### Partner with senior leadership to drive performance and sharpen competitive strategy

Welcome to the Finance Team

We believe that the Woolworths Finance team is a high performing, innovative and diverse team across Australia and New Zealand, and is an amazing place to advance your career.

Our teams have multiple flex options, including working from home, multiple on-site locations, job sharing, compressed workweeks and part-time working arrangements. We are committed to flexibility and believe that it should be mutually beneficial. We understand flexibility means different things to different people. Let's discuss, what does flexibility look like for you?

The opportunity

Join our Primary Connect Finance team as a Senior Business Analyst - Replenishment, directly partnering with Replenishment and Primary Connect teams. In this impactful role, you will work closely with senior leaders to provide critical financial insights and actionable analysis. Your core mission is to support the business in meeting and exceeding key Inventory and Working Capital targets to drive overall performance.

What you'll do

- Report and analyze weekly inventory results, collaborating with business partners to deliver actionable insights on key performance trends.
- Support business partners to accurately forecast future inventory positions for weekly outlooks, budgeting, and strategic planning.
- Provide guidance on investment buys and working capital initiatives through effective inventory management and goods receipt strategies.
- Partner with stakeholders to develop and execute practical action plans that maximize working capital opportunities.
- Collaborate with the Primary Connect team to quantify commercial benefits and model IRRs and NPVs for capital allocation.
- Analyze capital expenditure against approved projects and track subsequent commercial benefits while improving reporting processes.

What you'll bring

- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field (CPA/CA qualification preferred).
- Proven experience in financial planning, analysis, and commercial reporting within a large enterprise or retail environment.
- Strong technical capability in capital spend analysis, project benefit tracking, and financial modeling (including IRR and NPV analysis).
- Demonstrated expertise in inventory management, working capital analysis, and forecasting.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a track record of partnering with senior leadership.
- Commercial acumen and a curious mindset is crucial to be successful in this role
- Proactive problem-solving mindset with the ability to turn complex financial data into actionable strategic insights.