Kaitātari- Whakamahere, Tutukinga Planning

Kaitātari
- Whakamahere, Tutukinga Planning & Performance Analyst

Contract

**Company Description**:
Z has a clear purpose: Powering better journeys, today and tomorrow. As one of New Zealand’s largest transport energy companies, we have a commitment to delivering safe, secure, and reliable transport energy - with the opportunity to deliver new journeys, with new energy solutions in a changing world.

We are proud to be the Kiwi contingent of Ampol, an independent Trans-Tasman energy company, with trading offices across the globe, which are united behind our shared purpose. While many of the challenges and opportunities we face go beyond national boundaries, together we have the scale, influence, and capability to deliver for our customers, communities, and our people.

Our Performance and Value function understands and communicates the key drivers of current business performance to wider leadership teams, conducts annual forecasting and regular reforecasting during the year, and provides financial modelling and analysis to support decision making.

We’re looking for a Kaitātari
- Whakamahere, Tutukinga Planning and Performance Analyst to join our team for a 12-month fixed term contract, with a key focus of delivering business planning, forecasting and insights across Z.

**You will have the opportunity to**
- Deliver high quality business planning and forecasting including annual forecasting, 5-year planning and in-year forecasting
- Provide clear insights to our financial performance and execution of our strategic objectives with data and critical thinking
- Deliver monthly reporting/forecasting information across our P&L and capital spend for our ZLT performance paper, monthly business review (MBR) reporting, and other channels
- Update our Planning system (EPM) with budget and forecast data and maintain a spreadsheet ‘planning model’ to reflect our latest view of P&L, capital spend and balance sheet
- Build strong working relationships within the Performance and Value team, across Finance and Corporate and deliver financial and forecasting data to Finance, Treasury and Ampol Group Finance teams
- Provide other planning and performance management tasks as required, including providing support to our Technology, Data and Digital teams

**Qualifications**:
**What you’ll bring to Z**
- Demonstrated experience in financial analysis and a solid grounding of general financial knowledge, approximately 3-4 years
- A passion for solving problems and using analysis to support commercial and strategic decision making
- Great people skills to allow you to work across the organisation with multiple stakeholders
- The tenacity to navigate ambiguity and adapt to changing circumstances
- Sound commercial acumen
- Excellent Excel skills
- Excellent communication skills to explain analysis and provide recommendations

And of course, you’ll be passionate about what matters to Z, embracing and living our values to help us deliver on our aspirations and broader commitment to Aotearoa New Zealand.

**Additional Information**:
**What we can offer you**
- A competitive remuneration package including enhanced employer contribution for KiwiSaver
- The balance of hybrid working, enjoy some of your week at home and some in our welcoming office space
- Access to Z’s Benefits & Recognition platform providing you access to retail discounts and cashbacks at over 150+ retailers in Aotearoa New Zealand that assist with everyday living expenses
- The opportunity to contribute and be part of a supportive team that is here to make a difference
- A chance to build your own capability through learning from some of the industry’s most knowledgeable people who have a desire to share their insights along with access to upskilling opportunities and career development across the organisation
- Two days a year to do Good in your Hood, though our volunteering scheme, a chance for you to help others in your community in a meaningful way to you

The base salary range for this role is $92,900 to $109,300 per annum, we also offer a 5% KiwiSaver employer contribution.

**Why Z?**

Z has always been a proud Kiwi company. We’re aspirational for our future, confident of our role in Aotearoa New Zealand’s success and deeply loyal to our customers, communities and people.

At Z we focus on achieving extraordinary outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by telling our people what to do. By doing this, high performing and talented people deliver better results and are more personally fulfilled.

We care deeply for our people while pushing them to achieve their best as individuals and collectively as an organisation. Our flexible working approach and Rainbow Tick and Gender Tick accreditations - backed by our strong company values, Tū Kaha Stand Up, Tū Maia Speak Out, Tū Kotahi Side by Side - have created an open and inclusive workplace that promotes personal development and is underpinned by a desire for our people and our communities to succe