Senior Finance Business Partner

6 months ago


Wellington City, New Zealand HAYS Full time

Permanent Senior Finance Business Partner in Central Wellington

**Your new company**

This complex government organisation works in partnership with the wider public sector domain in order to work smarter and continuously find ways to be better at what they do. As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you'll be at the forefront of driving positive change, best practice and thought leadership.

**Your new role**

This role reports into the Manager Business Partnering and is ultimately responsible for combining financial expertise with strategic insights to guide decision-making and enhance overall organisational performance. Duties can be broken down into the following areas:
**Strategic Support**:

- Engage with portfolios to develop financial management strategies for long-term sustainability
- Ensure business strategy considers key financial implications
- Provide strategic input for portfolio-wide financial governance
- Address financial risk issues and adapt to changing portfolio needs
- Act as a change agent where this relates to finance related activities

**Business Governance**:

- Support portfolio leaders in understanding financial implications
- Offer specialist input on financial risk matters
- Drive recommendations to reduce portfolio financial risk
- Improve financial management awareness within portfolios

**Relationship Building and Communication**:

- Act as a trusted advisor to key SLT members
- Influence finance function alignment
- Strengthen working relationships between the finance team and key stakeholders

**Financial Management**:

- Deliver timely, accurate and forward-looking financial information to ensure effective decision-making and risk management
- Consult, challenge and guide portfolio thinking to achieve sound decision-making

**What you'll need to succeed**

In order to be considered for this role, you must have an excellent working knowledge of relevant standards, principles, policies and processes including the Public Finance Act. You will also have extensive practical experience (7-10 years post CA) in a finance/accounting or similar role in a large organisation, with a minimum of 3 years senior management experience. It would be highly regarded if you have prior experience working for a NZ government entity however applicants with strong complex commercial entity experience will also be well-received.

**What you'll get in return**

**What you need to do now**

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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