Senior finance business partner
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Job Description
Role Type: Permanent Full-Time
Location: Wellington
Salary Band: $136,214 - $159,525 - $182,836 depending on skills & experience
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role
As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you will lead the strategic financial management and provide decision support to the Deputy Director-General and Directors within your portfolio.
You will represent the Finance team on a range of organisational initiatives and in governance groups which requires financial thought leadership and expertise.
The key accountabilities of this position include:
Providing senior technical expertise and advice to inform future decision making, providing financial support and assurance for investment cases in the external Government budget cycle submissions
Leading the development and implementation of financial management strategy
Leading medium and long term financial advice, investment planning, and reporting
Leading engagement with relevant governance groups for major programmes
Researching, analysing, and presenting historical, current, and future projected financial information for use in planning, reporting and operational decision making for proposed budget initiatives and investment cases
Supporting DDGs and Directors to evaluate investment opportunities using financial modelling and support advice to MPI's Investment and Finance Committee and other governance boards.
Working with the Business Accountants and Cost Recovery to facilitate a seamless business planning, budgeting, and reporting process.
Mentoring and coaching Business Accountants in their portfolio and other less experienced business partners to develop talent and build the people capability required to deliver outcomes.
Mōu - About You
To be successful in this role, you will have extensive experience in financial management within a large and complex environments, ideally within the public sector. You will have advanced strategic ability an experience applying commercial principles and concepts to business and financial management strategies.
Specifically, your experience will include:
Using financial modelling and analysis to identify risks and translate these into management actions
Understanding of business planning, budgetary processes and systems relating to business performance, reporting and governance
Communicating the “big picture” and being prepared to deliver and analyse the detail
Analysing technical issues and making business decisions with financial impact
Importantly, you will also have the ability to influence and constructively challenge others, have excellent written an verbal communication skills, proven negotiation skills, and be able to build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders.
Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team
The Finance Business Partner team provides business and financial information and advice to inform strategic and investment decision making to support our portfolios in maximising the use of resources available, driving improved outcomes and value.
The team build relationships, turning data into insight and bringing numbers to life.
Mō Te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki – guardianship of our natural resources.
To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.
Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
Up to 3 additional MPI leave days
Ability to purchase extra annual leave
Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames
Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.
Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.
We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatū Ahu Matua a great place to work for all.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.
To view the position description and/or apply online, please click “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it – click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.
Applications close at 11.59pm on 21 April
If you have any questions about the role, please email [email protected]
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