Finance Business Partner

2 days ago


Dunsandel, New Zealand Synlait Full time

**About the role**

We are seeking a Finance Business Partner to join our team in our Christchurch and Dunsandel sites. This is an exciting role where you will form strategic relationships and a commercial understanding of the business plans and priorities for the portfolio you support. You will drive business goals through strategic planning and providing financial advice.

The main responsibilities of this role include..
- Support the Leadership team in the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecasting cycle, providing sufficient challenge to ensure the budget outputs are challenging yet realistic and achievable
- Develop financial models and business case analysis to support business unit operational decision making and support commercial negotiations with sound financial insights.
- Supporting business case analysis, challenging assumptions, preparing financial modelling and providing insight for key strategic projects
- Providing coaching and mentoring to wider team members.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment of business goals and associated financial outcomes.
- Drive business knowledge and external market insights into the development of business unit and site based strategies
- Prepare and/or review of the monthly performance packs for your portfolio providing insights to the leadership team of financial metrics, business drivers and all aspects affecting business and financial performance
- Monitor actual results against budget and forecasts, undertake analysis to identify issues and recommend possible corrective actions where appropriate

**Skills and Experience**

To be considered for this role will require
- CA/CFA qualification or equivalent preferred.
- Ideally you have previous experience within the dairy industry and 7 years plus experience in a similar role.
- A strategic thinker with experience in strategy development, financial modelling, reporting and ability to identify areas for business improvement.
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Ability to understand business issues and demonstrate a business focus
- Previous leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

**About Us - The Synlait Way**

Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World We pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success, shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.

You’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.

We will challenge you by providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.

**What we offer**:

- Health insurance cover + Partnered with top brands for great benefits and discounts
- Excellent parental leave with our Matua policy + Flexible working options available
- World Class manufacturing facilities and BCorp TM certified
- Social Club membership opportunities

**What's next?**

Together we will continue to create a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best.



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