Senior Business and Finance Advisor

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Provide expert advice on sustainability, business plans and financial matters
- Porirua based permanent full-time opportunity
- Provide data-led recommendations to inform decision making
- Salary range: $95,103 - $115,585 Tēnei tūranga - About the role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an inquisitive and experienced finance and/or business professional to make a difference to New Zealand. This role forms part of an enhanced risk and verification network for Immigration New Zealand.

As a Senior Business and Financial Advisor you will form part of a global network that supports immigration decisions within Immigration New Zealand.

You will act as an expert and provide advice for all internal clients, specifically as it relates to financial and business risk within the immigration system.

Utilising strong investigative techniques and technical knowledge you will be responsible for providing sound advice relating to sustainability, business plans and other financial matters. Strong analytical skills and the ability to make timely decisions and provide informed communications will be essential to be successful in this role.

You will work collaboratively with both onshore and offshore staff, developing strong professional relationships to build competency across the business, facilitating robust decision-making and ensuring the integrity of visa processing.
Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required:

- A minimum of five years' experience as a professional operating in a finance or business-related role.
- A relevant tertiary qualification / professional registration (such as CA) and / or extensive and comparable experience in business management, business planning and / or financial investigation, such as forensic accounting.
- Demonstrated problem-solving analytical skills and sound judgement.
- Demonstrated communication, facilitation, influencing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to clearly communicate technical information in plain language.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and effectively manage risks, sensitive issues and confidentiality in a regulatory environment.
- The ability to gain and maintain a national security clearance as required.
- To be considered for the role you must have a strong command of the English language, both written and verbal. In addition, excellent interpersonal skills and an in-built radar and understanding for fairness and natural justice; you will play a key role in defining informed, sound and just immigration decisions on behalf of Immigration New Zealand.
- All applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or hold a permanent residence class visa. 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 Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōki