About:
Officeworks purpose is we bring big ideas to life at low prices. We are Australias leading omnichannel retailer of complete technology solutions, stationery, furniture, art supplies, and learning resources. We also offer services including Print & Create, and Geeks2U. We begin with customers our products and services provide solutions to our diverse range of customers across Australia from households, students, small to large sized businesses, governments and schools.

Why this role exists:

The Head of Enterprise Planning is responsible for leading, delivering, and optimizing the cross-functional Enterprise Financial Planning cycle at Officeworks. This critical leadership role ensures the business maintains a clear, consolidated financial vision while managing short-to-medium-term cycles, including the annual budget and rolling forecasts. By driving the capital investment cycle and prioritizing resources toward strategic initiatives, this role ensures Officeworks achieves its long-term growth ambitions while maintaining rigorous financial governance.

Where you will make a difference:

In this role you will:

Enterprise Strategy & Corporate Planning

- Lead the Officeworks Enterprise Growth Plan, maintaining a robust financial forecast that aligns with functional strategies.
- Support the annual planning process by consolidating vision plans, category business plans, and functional strategies into a holistic corporate plan.
- Leverage and gain socialized alignment on the Enterprise Growth plan for formal submissions to Wesfarmers.

Annual Budgeting & Forecasting

- Lead the cross-functional annual budget process, delivering on all Officeworks and Wesfarmers requirements across P&L;, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
- Prepare enterprise forecasts in partnership with business stakeholders, driving toward a sophisticated 18-month rolling forecast model.




- Direct analytical reporting by identifying key measurement drivers and reporting frameworks to provide clear business insights.

Capital Investment & Governance

- Drive the Capital Investment cycle, collaborating with partners to evaluate the impact of strategic initiatives through cost-benefit analysis.
- Co-ordinate post-implementation reviews to assess the success of major projects against their original financial deliverables.
- Prioritize investments during the budget process to ensure alignment with strategic initiatives and the optimization of returns.
- Manage monthly capital expenditure reporting, providing detailed forecasts and analysis on spend versus budget.

Process Improvement & Team Leadership

- Optimize planning cycles by identifying and executing improvements in processes, systems, and ways of working.
- Foster a high-performance culture that is results-oriented and focused on best-practice financial planning and analysis.
- Lead and develop the planning team, sharing skills and capabilities to support long-term career development needs.
- Ensure financial management of new initiatives remains in line with company policy and compliance requirements.

Who you will be working with:

- Internal Delivery Teams: Finance Managers and Business Partners across the CFO function.
- Internal Partners: Officeworks Leadership Team (OLT), Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and various cross-functional business stakeholders.
- External Partners: Wesfarmers Group Accounting and other external stakeholders as required.

What success looks like:

- Analytical Quality:



Business and customer requirements are captured with high quality and fully understood by all stakeholders.
- Strategic Impact: Delivery of clear business insights that lead to tangible opportunities and a positive impact on whole-of-business processes.
- Operational Excellence: Meeting strict timelines and deliverables for all Corporate Plan and budget submissions.
- Culture & Safety: Actively promoting a safe work environment and fostering a team culture aligned with Officeworks values.

How you will lead:

Line Manager

- Leads a culture based on our Officeworks values and behaviours.
- Builds capability and delivers results across a diverse global workforce.
- Demonstrates resilience, has determination and drive to persist through challenge
- Is self-aware; has humility and is self-reflective; understands how to bring out the best in self and others
- Strong sense of personal and team accountability, drives a genuine commitment to their teams and individual development
- Proactively contributes to a protected working environment, escalates appropriately if there are unsafe conditions or inappropriate behaviour.
- Operates in line with applicable Officeworks company policies and Code of Conduct.

Qualifications and work experience:

Essential

- Education: CPA / CA Qualified.
- Experience: Minimum of 15+ years in commercial finance roles, with FP&A; experience being highly desirable.
- Leadership: Strong, collaborative experience in leading and developing people.
- Technical Skills: Excellent system and modelling skills, including proficiency in SAP, Business Warehouse, and Power BI.
- Competencies: Exceptional planning and organizational skills, with the ability to convert complex inputs into concise insights.

Preferred

- Industry: Experience in the retail industry.
- Systems: Previous experience with OneStream is advantageous but not essential.

📌 Head Of Enterprise Planning (Bengaluru)
🏢 Officeworks
📍 Bengaluru