Finance Business Partner

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE - Competitive salary $132k - $160k with Kiwisaver and wellbeing benefits
- Flexible working arrangement to support work-life balance
- Career development opportunities
- Permanent position based in Wellington CBD

**Tēnei tūranga - About the role**:
The Finance Business Partner Immigration New Zealand (INZ) role reports to the Manager Finance Business Partnering INZ within the Finance Business Partnering branch of F+P. In this role, you would partner with the INZ portfolio GMs and the Manager Finance Business Partnering INZ to set the direction and drive the implementation of INZ’s financial strategy. While doing so, you will ensure alignment with the overall Ministry’s strategic plan and stated outcomes.

You would use your extensive financial expertise to work with the Manager Finance Business Partnering INZ to effectively lead the financial management and support the non-financial management processes. You will achieve this by collaborating with your stakeholders and by providing insightful financial advice to influence the strategic and operational decision-making processes.

You would effectively influence senior stakeholders and provide assurance to the Senior Leadership Team by ensuring financial management processes, procedures and reporting comply with legislative requirements and best practice.

MBIE supports flexible working including but not limited to start and finish times to support work and home balance. As a senior finance professional, the Finance Business Partners are expected to deliver within a high trust and autonomy environment. Talk to us about what works for you and us.

We will provide you with training opportunities to support your professional and career development.

About the branch

The Finance Business Partnering branch, which sits within F+P, works in partnership with business groups, supporting them to deliver their services effectively and efficiently, allowing the Ministry to achieve its outcomes. The Finance Business Partnering branch is the conduit between F+P and the business groups.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required:
We are looking for a self-driven and pragmatic CA (or equivalent) who has:

- Significant experience in financial management & reporting within large, complex and diverse organisations
- Strong experience in driving outcomes and managing diverse stakeholder interests
- Great communication skills and experience in leading conversations, influencing decisions and presenting performance insights in an articulate and easily comprehensible manner to non-accountants
- Strong analytical, strategic and planning skills as well as being commercially savvy
- Experience being a strong team player who is comfortable with collaborating and contributing at senior leadership team level
- Ability to engage and establish effective working relationships
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand
- Must be CAANZ qualified or equivalent

**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