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, Countdown NZ, 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.
Our extensive reach opens up boundless opportunities for learning, growth, and professional development. By raising your hand, fostering relationships, and seizing the moment, you can take control of your own unique path.
* Partner with business Leads with supporting financial development of investment initiatives
* Sydney based with optional hybrid work arrangements
* Newly created, permanent, full time role
About the opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join our Primary Connect – Investments & Benefits team. In this newly created role, you'll work closely with business leaders, supporting the financial development of investment initiatives while co-piloting key projects to highlight investment benefits and ensure approval and governance frameworks are adhered to. You will provide financial leadership for the launch of the Moorebank DC Program, the group’s largest single investment to date. Additionally you will lead a small team fostering a collaborative high performing culture.
What you’ll do
* Partner effectively with the Primary Connect Senior Leadership Team to achieve financial and strategic objectives. You’ll collaborate to identify and solve problems, provide strategic insights, and influence decision-making with an end-to-end perspective.
* Drive strong relationships within Primary Connect and across Woolworths Group ensuring ownership and contribution.
* Promote a Benefits Realisation culture by tracking performance against promised benefits and driving accountability.
* Manage multiple in-flight projects, ensuring structured oversight, clear milestones, effective cadence and promote risk management and financial transparency throughout project lifecycles.
* Develop and oversee robust financial models to support business cases and investment decisions.
* Monitor and report on project progress throughout their lifecycle, proactively identifying gaps and improving performance reporting.
* Prepare and present financial models, business cases, and commercial proposals for senior leaders.
* Support the articulation of investment objectives and their alignment with strategic priorities.
What you’ll bring
In Finance we have five key capabilities that shape who we are, what we do and how we work together: value co-creator, inspiring leader, trusted advisor, agile learner and insights generator. We are looking forward to hearing how you may have demonstrated these capabilities along with your experience in:
* CPA, CA, or CFA with ideally 8+ years post-qualification experience.
* Strong financial analysis, valuation, and modelling capabilities
* Excellent presentation, storyboarding, and communication skills.
* Proven ability to communicate complex financial information clearly, drive process efficiencies, and coach and mentor team members.
* Agile and flexible mindset, able to navigate and consider business impacts in decision-making.
* Excellent stakeholder engagement with ability to build trust and maintain relationships across diverse perspectives, with a proven track record of effective business communication.
What you’ll experience
* Strong mentorship and development; opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia
* A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere’ policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing
* Get your Woolies worth through team member benefits across all of our brands
* Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.
Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group
We’re a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’
Here you’ll be supported and empowered 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. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
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.
You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or via www.wowcareers.com.au. #LI
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