Head of Commercial Finance

**Why you'll love working with Tower**

At Tower, we put our people first and pride ourselves on creating a diverse and inclusive space that provides opportunities for everyone to thrive. As a uniquely Kiwi and Pacific insurer operating for almost 150 years, with roots all the way back to Dunedin, we embrace and encourage our people to bring their whole selves to work.

We celebrate all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, religions, and anything else that helps to make our people special. We are proud holders of the Rainbow Tick which is an important symbol for us.

**What will you be doing?**

We are looking for a **Head of Commercial Finance** to join our Information & Technology Senior Leadership Team.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the Finance Senior Leadership Team, you will provide strategic oversight of the teams responsible for Tower's Procurement, Property, and Customer & Accounts Payments functions in our New Zealand and Pacific offices.

You will contribute to the success of Tower by leading a team that is focused on delivering value to Tower through the provision of robust and efficient commercial services within Tower and for our customers

You can expect to be involved across a variety of areas including:

- Drive commercially focused procurement outcomes that will deliver savings for Tower, including ensuring there are practical procurement frameworks in place that support business owners in managing their procurement activity.
- Lead the Customer Billing & Payments team to deliver automations and process simplifications that deliver efficiencies for Tower and more rewarding experiences for our customers.
- Lead the Accounts Payable team to deliver internal efficiencies, including alignment with the Procurement function.
- Oversee the outsourced property and facilities relationships and ensure simple self-service tools and support are in place for the business to access.
- Drive transformative change in a complex business, push the boundaries as needed; initiate and achieve fundamental change with positive, high impact results.
- Attract, lead, and build world-class talent within the business; inspire people to perform at a higher level by leading by example, translate strategies into operational plans, manage performance, lift overall capability, and increase overall engagement.

**What you'll need**

You will have excellent relationship management and communication skills to collaborate with and influence internal and external stakeholders and partners. A proven track record of agile thinking, challenging the status quo, and creating and delivering innovative solutions is also key. You will have exceptional leadership capability to inspire and lead a high-achieving team to deliver results

**To be successful in this role, you will also be able to demonstrate the following**:

- 10+ years' commercial experience at a senior level, with procurement experience.
- Tertiary qualification or equivalent industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience in building and fostering strong relationships with business partners.
- Proven expertise in systems, implementations and change delivery.
- Exceptional leadership capability to inspire and lead a high achieving team to deliver results.
- Prior experience in leading complex commercial negotiations.
- Proven track record of agile thinking, challenging the status quo, and creating and delivering innovative solutions.

**What we'll bring to the table**

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of perks and benefits to celebrate and look after our Tower employees.

**Highlights include**:

- A paid day off on your birthday, as well as two extra annual leave days every year and the option to buy an additional eight days of leave. So up to six weeks off
- Wellness leave instead of sick leave so you can proactively look after your health and wellbeing before you get sick
- Career growth - we promote internal capability; we have programmes that recognise star performers
- Flexible workplace opportunities at our beautiful new Fanshawe St office
- Discounts on Tower insurance products of up to 50%
- Free Life Insurance of up to four times your annual base salary
- Paid parental leave top-up for 12 weeks
- Retail deals and discounts