Finance Business Partner | Wellington

My national corporate employer is wishing to appoint 2 Finance Business Partners, based in Auckland and Wellington.

They are offering hybrid working and it is expected you will be in the office a minimum 2 days per week and the balance will be working from home. The Wellington Finance Business Partner will also support the Christchurch office.

You would be tasked with supporting the CFO in ensuring that the organisation achieves value for money and maximises value from the services it delivers while meeting the needs of the Business. This will be achieved by helping provide insight and support mainly at an operational level, highlighting potential risks/opportunities and identifying options to drive continuous cost reductions and performance improvement within the reducing budget envelope.

This includes:

Supporting the CFO in providing the Executive with value added and timely analysis regarding actual results and forecasts, proposing options to ensure the organisation achieves its operational goals, whilst continually reducing costs and improving performance.

Building good relationships with the Business Managers in order to influence and deliver value for the organisation through according to the financial strategy.

Support the CFO with the design, build and maintenance of costing models that address structure and service issues. The analysis should address the commercial needs of the business and focus on identifying areas of improvements, controlling spend and continually analysing critical categories of expenditure in order to help implement the financial strategy.

Provide support for projects (regular and adhoc) including business and strategic planning, investment appraisals, acquisitions, disposals and contract bids.

Assist managers in producing and managing the group budget and strategic plan process, including providing effective support during the budget process through analysis of divisional budget proposals and presentations to ensure that budgets and savings plans are robust.

Develop analytics that support the tracking of operational demand (including trend analyses) so that business units can effectively introduce demand management mechanisms where applicable for the services.

To apply for this position, submit your resume along with a covering letter online here.

These 2 positions do not have a close date and will remain open until the positions are fulfilled.

Only those who have a minimum of 5 years as a financial accountant within NZ will be considered.