Senior Finance Analyst

**Senior Finance Analyst**
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**AUC11994**
- Britomart location and work from home flexibility
- Great banking benefits + 10% superannuation on top of your salary
- Develop your career with Westpac

Reporting to the Senior Manager - Change, this role primarily exists to support the wider Finance Team.

**Tō mātou rōpū | Our Organisation**

For over 160 years we’ve been supporting New Zealanders to help them achieve their financial goals. From opening your first account through to retirement, we’re here to support you along every step of your financial journey. We’re driven to use our experience and size to help local communities and businesses achieve great things - because alone we are strong, but together we are stronger.

**Mō te Tūranga | About the Role**

As Senior Finance Analyst, you will be responsible for the timely and accurate preparation, analysis and reporting of financial performance across the Change portfolio. The role will require you to partner with a variety of Initiative Owners and become the financial SME around squad capacity and effort allocation. There is also a significant ad-hoc component to the role in supporting additional requests/analysis, including but not limited to providing reporting packs to the business. This role also exists to serve as a contact point for the wider finance team as well as the wider organisation for financial information and control processes.

In this role, you will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

- Adhoc presentations and support for Senior Finance Business Partners, ensuring accuracy and integrity of the financials as well as non-financial output
- Preparation of monthly financial results and commentaries for the business
- Preparation of reporting tasks with attention particularly to timeliness, quality and accuracy in all areas
- Preparation and analysis of quarterly Forecasting and Annual Budget setting.
- Working with Business Partnering teams to monitor and automate, rebase as required and report performance
- Pro-active issue identification as well as provide recommendation for solution
- Understand the business result, and driving reporting improvements
- Develop knowledge in the structure of products and be able to articulate drivers of business performance
- Foster a strong and effective working relationship with the business, Senior Finance Business Partners, the wider NZ Finance team, Product and Distribution teams, Westpac Group Financial Performance and the wider Bank for customer, risk and product information
- This position is specifically accountable for meaningful, accurate and timely analytical services that align with business key value drivers and highlight business performance opportunities or issue
- Responsible and maintain the data integrity of analytical financial and non-financial outputs from a business perspective
- Continuously seek process improvements in the preparation of financial information through re-engineering initiatives and problem resolution.

**Me aha ahau kia angitu? | What do I need to be successful?**

You will possess:

- Strong Accounting and GL knowledge
- Advanced excel skills
- University qualification
- Be CAANZ qualified (or equivalent) - or working towards
- 3-5 years’ previous financial services or listed company experience (preferred).

**Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac**

You’ll be joining a dynamic team with a fantastic culture where diversity is openly celebrated, and you’ll be challenged and supported to achieve personal and business goals. Expect a work environment that is highly collaborative, fast-paced, inclusive, and progressive - with no two days the same

In addition to the appropriate experience and capabilities, the alignment of your values is essential. We’re a company who are progressive, we’re committed to continuous improvement, we’re actively involved in the community, and we nurture a culture that celebrates diversity. We’ve been awarded the rainbow tick accreditation, we promote, and support flexibility and we’re listed as one of the top 50 employers in the world for women.

Now more than ever we are committed to leading by example to help New Zealanders succeed - because together, we are greater.

**Nā mātou te rourou | What you’ll get**
- We offer flexible working arrangements (work from home & office)
- 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave
- Purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year
- Banking benefits and insurance discounts
- Career growth - we promote internal capability; we have programmes that recognise star performers
- Market leading superannuation and Kiwi Saver options
- Environmental and community care programmes
- Staff matching gifts - matching your donations to charities
- Generous parental leave - and top up government paid parental leave
- School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holidays

**Whangai ka tupu ka puawai |That which