Chief Financial Officer

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment Full time
Date: 30-Mar-2023- Location: Wellington, NZ, 6011
Discover a career with purpose at MBIE:

  • Significant and broad finance leadership role
  • High profile and complex strategic programmes of work
  • Provide effective management/stewardship of the Ministry's financial sustainability

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

This is a significant opportunity for a collaborative senior leader to directly influence the financial and non financial performance of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).


The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) reports into the Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services, Finance & Enablement and is responsible for leading the development of strategic advice to Ministers, Treasury, and MBIE's Senior Leadership Team including the Chief Executive.

This is a crucial role overseeing the stewardship of MBIE's financial and non financial performance while providing support to mitigate financial risks along with developing and implementing organisational frameworks.

We're looking for an experienced senior leader with proven success leading large, finance teams.

You'll have a reputation for working with the business to drive innovative strategies, frameworks and work programmes which help to develop people, shape systems and processes, and meet the changing needs of customers and government.

Building key relationships and leading a highly skilled team of finance business partners are key accountabilities of the role.

The CFO is a key contributor to the Senior Leadership Team at MBIE.

You will have a deep understanding of the principles and conventions of government and whole-of-government basis on which the New Zealand State sector operates.

This knowledge will help support the stewardship of MBIE, including its medium to long term fiscal sustainability, capability and capacity, and place in the wider public sector.


Establishing effective trusted relationships within MBIE and also with Treasury, Te Kawa Mataaho, Audit New Zealand, crown entities, other agencies and key private organisations are critical in this role.


Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -:

Skills and Experience Required
To be successful in this role you will bring:

  • Significant experience at a senior executive level in the State Sector with extensive experience in policy leadership
  • A reputation for leading complex, diverse functions and delivering results;
  • Proven strategic leadership experience at a senior level in a large and complex organisation;
  • Demonstrated ability to take a broad perspective and consider the implications of situations in terms of the wider context beyond MBIE; and
  • Demonstrated political acumen and ability to work with Ministers.
  • Demonstrated commitment to the principals of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
  • Top Secret security clearance required

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.


We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.


People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.


  • Mahi Tahi
  • Better Together


 Māia
  • Bold and brave


 Pae Kahurangi
  • Build our Future
  • Pono Me Te Tika
  • Own It
Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki - which broadly means 'lifting to make successful'.


MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand.

We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.


E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei.

He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui.

E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi M

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