Finance Business Partner

WHAT'S THE ROLE?

The Sales Finance Business Partner or Sales FBP is a highly influential role. Partnering with the Sales director and divisional sales managers, you will be demonstrating insights through financial analysis techniques, tools and concepts, as well as providing practical counsel to drive business results.

WHO IS HILTI?

If you’re new to the industry, you might not have heard of us. We provide leading-edge tools, technologies, software and services for the global construction sector. We have a proud heritage, built over 75 years, and a worldwide reputation for pioneering products and exceptional service. With 30,000 people in more than 120 countries, which we’re looking to expand, we’re a great place for you to show us your worth, step up to new challenges and grow your career.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE INVOLVE?

As the Sales FBP, you will build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with your key stakeholders and their teams. You will be expected to influence decision-making by providing financial insights and which levers to fine-tune in order to improve business performance. You will also collaborate with various senior stakeholders across the entire business, including the organization’s Executive Management Team (EMT), regional team and organization’s leadership team. You will drive standardization, automation and process improvement through the organization and contribute to local and global projects to support Finance or the market’s long-term strategy implementation.

With an entrepreneurial mindset, you will challenge the status quo, taking calculated risks to drive and develop innovation from within. You will proactively monitor the external environment and translate relevant trends into the organisation, to ensure agility and value creation.

**We employ many different nationalities within Hilti New Zealand and many more across the globe. We value the unique contributions of each and every member of our diverse Hilti family. Keeping in mind our core values and customer orientation we never discriminate.**

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WHAT DO WE OFFER?
- We really value our people and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:
- Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
- Competitive salary and above-average performance bonus
- Life Insurance cover
- Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
- Paid birthday leave
- Paid leave to work on charitable projects
- Wellness subsidy to support an activity for your physical or mental health

WHAT YOU NEED IS:

- Degree in Business, Finance, or Related Field and either professional accounting qualifications or Masters
- 3 years’ experience in a financial, consultancy or auditing role within a multinational organization
- Demonstrated knowledge in Accounting, Controlling, Reporting or Financial Advisory
- Effective communication skills, including ability to structure clear presentations
- Proficient English written and verbal communication
- The ability to simplify a financial message to non-finance stakeholders
- Strong business planning, financial planning (forecasting/budgeting) and analysis skills
- Experience in financial planning, modelling and analysis and reporting software preferred (e.g. Excel, Access, Tagetik, SAP Analytics, SQL, Tableau)
- The ability to work effectively under pressure to achieve superior results within the deliverable timeframe, and with the available resources
- Demonstrated resilience to face challenging and critical situations in a constructive and decisive manner, dealing with internal business partners
- Demonstrated commitment to business improvement and be able to drive change to achieve results
- To contribute strong controlling and reporting processes to standardize performance measurement initiatives
- The drive to consistently outperform and exceed targets
- A willingness and ability towards continuous learning
- To be geographically flexible, and have the ambition to pursue an international career

WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?

We employ many different nationalities within Hilti New Zealand and many more across the globe. We value the unique contributions of each and every member of our diverse Hilti family. Keeping in mind our core values and customer orientation we never discriminate.

Hilti New Zealand is committed to creating a fair and respectful working climate for all employees, suppliers, and partners. We promote equal treatment of all employees or potential employees irrespective of ethnic origin, colour, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, belief, disability, age, gender, maternity, marital or civil partnership or any other characteristic. Our zero tolerance approach to discrimination is outlined in our Code of Conduct, and we strive to maintain a culture of inclusivity. We perform at our best in a caring and inclusive culture that creates enthusiastic customers and building a better