Woolworths Jobs

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Finance Assistant I – Treasury

Listing reference: woolw_001103

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 28 February 2025

Position summary

Industry: Banking

Job category: Costing

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

Introduction

To ensure accurate and timeous reconciliation of bank and GL cash accounts.

Job description

• Deliver accurate and timeous bank account and GL reconciliations.
• Prepare reconciliations for complex and high-volume transaction accounts.
• Upload accounting information into Oracle financials
• Actively resolve outstanding reconciling items timeously for Store Bank accounts and ad-hoc GL reconciliations
• Analysis of cash, cards and float transactions
• Accurately balance and reconcile allocated accounts in accordance with accounting best practice.
• Actively resolve outstanding reconciling items timeously for cash, cards and float GL accounts
• Process Treasury payments to financial institutions
• Build strong relationships with bank, stores, Rest of Africa in-country teams, Line Managers, cash centres.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests.

Minimum requirements

Technical Skills:

·       Accounting qualification with min 1-year relevant industry experience

·       Computer literacy – Excel a necessity and Oracle (General Ledger) advantageous 

·       Basic understanding of accounting practices

·       Analytical

·       Investigative abilities

·       Previous bank reconciliation experiences a requirement.

·       Understanding of store cash processes

·       Understanding of Recon Assist

 Behavioural Skills:

• Personal Effectiveness
• Passion for the brand and customers
• Connecting people
• Delivering high performance
• Driving quality
• Planning and organising
• Self starter
• Proactive in resolving issues

TERTIARY REQUIREMENT

• Diploma in Accounting (12 month/intermediate stage or equivalent),

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED1-3 years relevant work experience

Profit Analyst (6-month contract)

Listing reference: woolw_001101

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 24 February 2025

Position summary

Industry: Auditing/Accounting

Job category: Financial Accounting

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

EE position: No

Introduction

To assist the BU Financial Manager with providing the business with a sound system of performance management that is aligned with the achievement of companywide financial goals and balanced scorecard. To optimize the ongoing and sustainable profit performance of the decision by providing the necessary decision-making framework and support.

Job description

·       Assist the BU Financial Manager with effective planning in the form of an annual budgeting which is regularly updated with a forecast. Liaise with the BU stakeholders to provide accurate, consolidate budgets and forecasts for the BU.

• Budget & forecast variances are analysed and recommendations are made to correct or improve BU performance. 

• In-depth analysis is performed on key financial risk / opportunity areas in the business. The financial levers are understood and communicated to the business together with clear recommendations.

• Key business initiatives are reviewed to ensure that they meet the required returns.  Support is provided to the BU to present these cases to the Investment Committee. Implementation is reviewed to ensure delivery of benefits.

• Assist the Business Unit Financial Manager with expense reports and variance analyses on BU cost centres.  Identify cost management opportunities – processes or expenses – for ensuring a sound return for shareholders and make recommendations on how these should be dealt with.

• Make an effective and positive contribution to the Business unit in the execution of its strategy and in its performance, and to be recognised as such by the BU leadership team.

 Play an effective role in the broader Finance team and the Planning and Performance team to ensure the combined delivery of the Finance strategy.

Minimum requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

·       Relevant Financial qualification – B.Comm or CA (SA) or equivalent EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

·       CA (SA): 2-3 years commercial experience (if CA, then post qualifying experience)

·       Advanced Excel experience

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

·       Able to develop and use financial models and to define key profit drivers

·       Able to explain financial models to line management

·       Able to use models for ongoing Business Unit performance assessment and management.

·       Able to develop and produce clear financial management information.

·       Able to analyze financial information and make clear recommendations for improvement to line management – even when this is unpopular.

·       Able to communicate complex and often contentious matters to a wide range of audiences both verbally and in writing.

·       Able to inspire and motivate others around them

·       Able to effectively use latest decision support technologies & tools

Cybersecurity Manager: Security Operations

Listing reference: woolw_001096

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 2 March 2025

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Western Cape

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

At Woolies we are on a mission to maintain and develop a high-performing cybersecurity function in support of a complex business undergoing digital transformation. We are looking for a senior leader in the cybersecurity team to take responsibility for cybersecurity operations, specifically purple teaming, across Woolworths South Africa. The objective is to continue building and enhancing the function with a strong focus on people development while leveraging modern technology solutions and specialist third parties to continually improve security posture through threat detection, response and continual control validation. This role reports to the CISO and is a leadership role requiring demonstrable experience in leading blue and/or red teams, with preference towards cybersecurity operations management and SOC experience.

Job description

• PEOPLE
• • Enhancing cyber intellectual capital: Leadership and management of the cybersecurity SOC/purple team covering talent development and performance management.
  • Building culture and teaming: Management of internal partnerships for execution, including context setting, skills transfer, and up-skilling.
  • Management of key external security partner and service relationships (e.g. MSSP).
• PROCESS
• • Take responsibility for cybersecurity operations covering offence and defence: threat detection, incident response operations, threat hunting, and red teaming.
  • Enhance SOC capabilities through continual improvement of quality, visibility, coverage and effectiveness.
  • Work with other cybersecurity team leaders, the CISO, and other key stakeholders, to define and drive a threat-informed and risk-based cyber security strategy.
  • Contribute to the ongoing improvement of cyber security operations, processes and ways of working.
  • Enhance purple teaming processes with the philosophy of continual threat identification and continual control improvement and validation.
  • Translate strategic security operational requirements into practical solutions and drive implementation.
  • Leverage modern technology and AI capabilities to enhance operations.
  • Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Cyber and Information Security Policies, Standards, Procedures and Guidelines.
  • Remain aware of global security industry trends and influence the strategy accordingly.
  • Define and maintain SOC playbooks.
  • Manage forecasts and budgets. 
• CUSTOMER
• • Understand Cyber, IT and Business strategies and contribute to the creation and delivery of the annual cybersecurity roadmap and execution with a specific focus on purple teaming.
  • Plan and prioritize projects and workload to deliver to the roadmap.
  • Provide updates, context and feedback to relevant stakeholders.

Minimum requirements

• 12 years relevant experience in the cyber and information security discipline.
• 5 years experience in people leadership.
• 3-year IT qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in leading a specialised cybersecurity team within a large environment.
• Experience with security operations tools, frameworks, practices, and processes.
• Resiliency, determination, and pragmatism.
• May be required to assist outside of working hours.

 ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

• Experience in both red and blue teaming is advantageous, specifically response operations.
• Experience in building and maturing SOC capabilities, including automation.
• Practical experience with adversarial frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Working knowledge of PCI-DSS.
• Post-graduate degree, industry certifications and community/lab involvement are advantageous.

IT BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYST II

Listing reference: woolw_001097

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 28 February 2025

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

Responsible for facilitating and defining business requirements and ensuring translation into effective business solutions.

Job description

• Develop  a Business Analysis Approach in project execution or investigation

o   Understand project context to determine applicable BPA approach

• Lead the definition and review of business processes

o   Understand current business processes and define future business processes

o   Document future business process/es

• Facilitate Business requirements workshops or sessions to elicit and define system requirements

o   Plan and execute business requirements elicitation sessions/workshops

o   Develop Business Requirement Specifications

• Participate in solution design workshops

o   Develop Functional Requirement Specifications

o   Provide input to System Requirement Specification and other Technical oriented documents

• Contribute in development of testing and training materials

o   Document test scenarios and review test cases

o   Assist testing capability in ensuring that new system meet requirements

Coordinate and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT

Minimum requirements

• Relevant 3 year Information Technology or business-related qualification
• 3 – 5 years Business/Process Analysis experience, preferably across multiple disciplines/domains
• Working knowledge of relevant methodology and tools e.g. Process modelling tools, project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile etc.)

ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

·       Proven experience in leading solution design workshops

·       Expert knowledge in delivering typical Business Analysis Artefacts

·       Faculty Training Institute Business Analysis qualification advantageous

·       General understanding of Retail Merchandising and / or Supply Chain & Logistics will be advantageous

·       Experience of Agile methodologies and frameworks including Scrum and Kanban and of the Business Analyst role within agile frameworks

·       Experience in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) implementation(s) will be advantageous

·       Proven experience of stakeholder relationship management and influencing skills, demonstrating success in facilitating collaboration, influencing, communicating and negotiating at all levels

·       Expertise and extensive experience in process modelling, gap analysis and requirements engineering with the delivery of appropriate artefacts to progress development and achieve business objectives

·       The ability to interact and work collaboratively within a team as well as the ability to run with a piece of work autonomously where required

·       Ability to research technology-related concepts, trends and best practices, and apply findings

·       Synthesises data from different sources to identify trends

·       Presents problem analysis and a recommended solution rather than just identifying and describing the problem itself

·       Demonstrates a results-oriented mindset in planning and implementing activities/projects

·       Anticipates potential obstacles and their impact on the accomplishment of goals and timelines and propose/ take corrective action where required

·       Listens attentively and checks understanding of the message being received.

·       Prepares written reports and briefs and communicates ideas clearly.

·       Speaks fluently in team meetings when presenting information.

·       Convinces others by identifying benefits for all; looks for ways to increase the value of the partnership for all parties.

·       Genuinely cultivates personal bonds with colleagues in order to enhance performance throughout the organisation.

·       Adjusts to work effectively within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures

·       Anticipates change and continuously remains prepared for change

Cybersecurity Manager: Business Information Security

Listing reference: woolw_001095

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 2 March 2025

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Western Cape

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

At Woolies we are on a mission to maintain and develop a high-performing cyber security function in support of a complex business undergoing digital transformation. We are looking for a senior leader in the cybersecurity team to take responsibility for scaling information and cyber security across the Woolworths South Africa business. The focus is on business-related security capabilities including access management, security training and culture, third party and ecosystem security, and data security and protection. This role reports to the CISO and is a leadership role requiring experience in security risk management, analysis and advisory

Job description

• PEOPLE
• • Enhancing cyber intellectual capital: Leadership and management of the business information security team covering talent development and performance management.
  • Building culture and teaming: Management of internal partnerships for execution, including context setting, skills transfer, and up-skilling.
  • Management of key external security partner and service relationships.
  • Fostering business and IT relationships to define requirements in the context of business risk.
• PROCESS
• • Work closely with Cyber Delivery Management, Architecture and Engineering capabilities to provide proactive advisory services to IT and business stakeholders.
  • Take responsibility for core capabilities of access management, data security, third party security and awareness training, bridging the gap between business and cyber technical functions.
  • Work with the SOC to manage threat and vulnerability management.
  • Work with other cybersecurity team leaders, the CISO, and other key stakeholders to define and drive a threat-informed and risk-based cyber security strategy.
  • Contribute to the ongoing improvement of cyber security processes and ways of working.
  • Translate strategic security operational requirements into practical solutions and drive implementation.
  • Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Cyber and Information Security Policies, Standards, Procedures and Guidelines.
  • Remain aware of global security industry trends and influence the strategy accordingly.
  • Manage forecasts and budgets.
• CUSTOMER
• • Understand Cyber, IT and Business strategies and contribute to the creation and delivery of the annual cyber security roadmap and execution with a specific focus on business information security and advisory.
  • Plan and prioritize projects and workload to deliver to the roadmap.
  • Provide updates, context and feedback to relevant stakeholders.
  • Build close relationships with business and IT stakeholders to scale security and to drive the required level of controls over core assets.

Minimum requirements

• 8 years relevant experience in the cyber and information security discipline.
• 4-year IT qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in leading a specialised cybersecurity team within a large environment.
• Experience with security operations tools, frameworks, practices, and processes.
• Industry certifications (e.g. CISA, CISM, CISSP).
• Resiliency, determination, and pragmatism.
• May be required to assist outside of working hours
• ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

• Comfortable giving presentations and training.
• People leadership experience is advantageous.
• Good report and technical writing skills.
• Working knowledge of PCI-DSS.
• Practical experience with the industry frameworks (e.g. CIS and COBIT).
• Hands-on technical security experience is highly advantageous.

System Support Analyst

Listing reference: woolw_001100

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 24 February 2025

Position summary

Industry: Auditing/Accounting

Job category: Other: Banking, Finance, Insurance, Stockbroking

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

Introduction

To provide the business with quality financial reports that are accurate, timeous and relevant using latest decision support technologies (e.g Cognos, Excel, Hyperion, Qlikview, FR, Smartview and Essbase) with further training extended to Onestream. To support the Finance business unit with the objective of producing effective, reliable, and timely financial performance management information that is aligned with the company wide financial goals and balanced scorecard. To ensure that there is financial integrity across the financial planning and reporting systems for management and financial reporting and to provide input into financial system design to ensure that the finance objectives control objectives are achieved.

Job description

·       Ensuring the financial data integrity of the reporting environment across the various financial reporting systems, including Onestream (training provided)

·       Ensuring the non-financial and statistical data integrity, received from multiple business sources

• Apply constant innovation in the process of report production – making information easier to produce, greater accuracy and quicker delivery
• Managing the financial data integrity checking process and providing resolution

·       Supports the month-end reporting period close process

·       Supports the annual and quarterly financial planning process through budget loads and financial system checks

·       Co-ordination and integration with ITS to facilitate financial systems requests, data integrity and issue resolution

·       Workshop complex processes with cross-functional stakeholders to understand and communicate finance’s business requirement across multiple departments/divisions

·       Preparing adhoc business requirement specifications for new reporting standards and business initiatives, and project managing financial process system enhancements and resolution of system defects

·       Continuously identify opportunities to improve and streamline finance system processes across the finance community

Minimum requirements

·       Personal effectiveness and time management to be able to deliver to strict deadlines

·       Excellent numerical, analytical, and interpretive ability with a passion for business analytics.

TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL

·       Able to develop and use financial reporting models

·       Good communication skills – able to explain financial models to line management

·       Good problem resolution ability

·       Able to develop and produce clear financial management information

·       Able to analyze financial information and make recommendations for improvement

·       Able to effectively use latest decision support systems and other technologies (e.g Cognos, Excel, Hyperion, Qlikview, FR, Smartview and Essbase)

·       Open to learning new system/ ways of working.

        Behavioural Skills

·       Knowledge of Business IT systems

·       Analytical skills

·       Problem solving ability

·       Understanding of Finance processes

·       Process thinking ability

·       Computer Literacy, including general Microsoft Office skills

·       Business analyst skills

·       Process design and documentation skills

TERTIARY REQUIREMENT

·       Relevant Financial qualification – B Comm

     EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

·       B Comm – 1-3 years’ experience within a retail (or similar) environment

Cybersecurity Manager: Architecture & Engineering

Listing reference: woolw_001094

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 2 March 2025

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Western Cape

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

At Woolies we are on a mission to maintain and develop a high-performing cybersecurity function in support of a complex business undergoing digital transformation. We are looking for a senior leader in the cybersecurity team to take responsibility for cybersecurity architecture and engineering across Woolworths South Africa. This role leads a small technical team that designs, maintains and enhances the security technology stack with a zero-trust philosophy, supporting the key principles of ‘security by design and default’, and leverages modern technology and AI capabilities. This function enables security and technology teams through both change and operations. This is a highly technical role that reports to the CISO and requires demonstrable experience in security design, engineering and threat modelling.

Job description

• PEOPLE
  • Enhancing cyber intellectual capital: Leadership and management of the cybersecurity architecture and engineering team covering talent development and performance management.
  • Building culture and teaming: Management of internal partnerships for execution, including context setting, skills transfer, and up-skilling.
  • Management of key external security partner and service relationships.
• PROCESS – ARCHITECTURE
  • Maintain the cybersecurity architecture covering the current and future technology landscape. Identify solutions to enhance our architecture (e.g. improve visibility, reduce noise, automate or consolidate).
  • Contribute to Business Case formulation with the relevant security input – advisory, standards and security patterns.
  • Support proactive threat modelling with other cyber and technology stakeholders.
  • Own cybersecurity Enterprise Architecture (EA) principles and drive adoption through EA and across the business.
  • Make security architectural information easily accessible and self-service to support scale, speed and security by design.
  • Proactively identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and provide required changes or enhancements. Document these as relevant for re-use.
  • Remain aware of global security industry trends and translate these into meaningful contributions to the cybersecurity strategy, principles and ways of working.
• PROCESS – SECURITY ENGINEERING
  • Take responsibility for the cybersecurity technology landscape across Woolworths.
  • Lead a small team of engineers to improve cyber technology in support of the SOC and Business Enablement capabilities with a focus on continual identification of threats and validation of controls, and in support of key principles such as visibility, coverage and quality.
  • Enhance technology solutions to automate and streamline operations.
  • Take responsibility for the infrastructure of identified cybersecurity tools – maintain, enhance, secure and upgrade where relevant.
  • Work with the SOC to configure (including coding and scripting) SOC tools and alerts.
• PROCESS – BOTH
  • Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Cyber and Information Security Policies, Standards, Procedures and Guidelines.
  • Manage forecasts and budgets.
• CUSTOMER
  • • Understand Cyber, IT and Business strategies and contribute to the creation and delivery of the annual cybersecurity roadmap and execution with a specific focus on security architecture and engineering disciplines.
    • Plan and prioritize projects and workload to deliver to the roadmap.
    • Provide updates, context and feedback to relevant stakeholders.

Minimum requirements

• 12 years relevant experience in the cyber and information security discipline.
• 5 years experience in security engineering.
• 2 years experience in security architecture.
• 2 years experience in people leadership.
• 4-year IT qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in leading a specialised cybersecurity team within a large environment.
• Experience with security operations tools, frameworks, practices, and processes.
• Industry certifications (e.g. Palo, Google, AWS, Qualys).
• Resiliency, determination, and pragmatism.
• May be required to assist outside of working hours.

 ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

• Experience in programming and scripting is highly advantageous.
• Experience in building and maturing SOC capabilities is advantageous.
• Experience in cloud security architecture and technologies.
• Experience with automation and ML/AI capabilities.
• Practical experience with adversarial frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.

EXCEL MODELLING ANALYST (12 MONTH CONTRACT)

Listing reference: woolw_001104

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 28 February 2025

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Western Cape

Contract: Temporary

EE position: No

Introduction

To own and serve as custodian of the Value Delivery Excel-based toolset, as well as the related inputs and outputs. Design & build new functionality in excel-based toolset, maintain & enhance existing tools.

Job description

• Work with the Value Delivery Category Leads to gather their requirements, design & develop solutions for those requirements in the excel-based toolset.
• Convert conceptual user needs into practical solutions that are operationally viable in excel, scalable within the constraints of the project, and minimise the risk of user error in their design.
• Constantly seek to optimise user experience of the tools, by adapting the existing tools or creating new ones according to need & viability.
• Collaborate in the planning, sizing, dependency identification and timing of functional enhancements to the tools & supporting system.
• Own the maintenance of the existing tools; support with troubleshooting, fix bugs, prioritise & communicate bug-related fixes to the relevant stakeholders.
• Work with the Value Delivery System Support Specialists to drive the optimisation of BAU tools & related processes to enable scalability.
• Work with the Value Delivery System/Database Custodian to develop new exports as required to populate new solutions in excel tools.

Minimum requirements

• Relevant commercial degree/diploma.
• Strong numeric acumen & logical thinking.
• Demonstrated independent experience with building models & tools in Excel.
• Extensive proven capability in using Excel functions such as lookups (VLookup, HLookup, XLookup), Index Match, Data management in tables, Power Query, intermediate mathematical formulas, IF statements, conditional formatting, validations, pivots & slicers, graphs.
• Prior experience with requirements gathering and solution design.
• Prior experience in manufacturing data management preferred.
• Attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Results orientation
• Good communication skills
• Collaboration skills
• Adaptability

Packaging Specialist

Listing reference: woolw_001098

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 26 February 2025

Position summary

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

Introduction

To ensure the Fashion|Beauty|Home sourcing strategy is supported with the most appropriate sources of packaging in terms of speed to market, plant capacity, capabilities, value and competitiveness. Constantly strive to achieve quality packaging on time and in full at an acceptable cost whilst considering the technical, commercial, legal and environmental aspects of packaging materials. Ensure functional packaging, in line with the development brief which is aligned to the WW brand across all products.

Job description

·       Develop a packaging sourcing and supplier strategy that aligns with the group product strategies.

·       To interface with product suppliers, designers, product developers, packaging suppliers and printers in order to drive consumer focused packaging which is innovative and optimized

·       Manage Critical Path and delivery of  in packaging in product development cycle

·       Developing cost effective, functional packaging on time and in full whilst ensuring optimum quality including supplier audits adherence

·       Be part of in house artwork creation and approval process

·       Assess and approve all digital and hard copy print proofs, printing, production and technical testing on all packaging to ensure compliance with quality standards

·       Ensuring all pack labelling regulations and legislation are adhered to

·       Evaluate current range and offer and make suggestions of how packaging can be improved, updated, including waste reduction in line with GBJ & Sustainability guidelines.

·       Constantly communicate with the buyers with regards to progress and issues relating to packaging development and to ensure that new pack designs are technically viable

·       Examine alternative packaging formats to deliver innovation and cost reductions, either in the form of constructional packaging or new technological advancements in materials, ink and, or printing techniques

·       Resolving packaging quality and customer return issues on existing and new products including robust transit trial studies

·       Attend factory feasibility and capability trials on new product development (NPD) where necessary.

Minimum requirements

• 6 – 10 year’s packaging experience.
• Diploma/degree in packaging technology or related qualification
• Understanding of the South African Packaging industry. 
• Practical packaging development experience in a retail, packaging manufacturing or FMCG environment and working knowledge of the different printing processes on various substrates from plastic, paper & board, glass and flexible packaging.
• A working knowledge off varied packaging materials, processes & formats
•  Good understanding of packaging, printing and manufacturing processes
• Ability to understand and translate the design requirements into packaging
• Strong material knowledge and very good technical packaging knowledge
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and influencing ability
• Project Management skills
• Risk assessment and management skills
•  Strong attention to detail
• Innovative and problem solving ability
•  Quality and delivery orientation Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects at once
• Computer literacy

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