Senior Finance Business Partner

About the Company

Our client is a large, established New Zealand manufacturing business with a national footprint. Finance here is not a back office function. It sits at the centre of how the business makes money.

The Role

Reporting to the Commercial Manager and leading a small team of business partners and analysts, you will bring the strongest commercial challenge to pricing, volume, margin and mix decisions across sales, operations and supply chain. You will own the planning, insight and modelling behind those decisions, and act as trusted deputy to the Commercial Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the finance business partnering function across sales, operations and supply chain
• Challenge pricing, discounting and rebate decisions with credible commercial evidence
• Own the budget and forecast build, including process and timelines across all functions
• Lead monthly performance reporting and senior leadership packs
• Deliver advanced volume, price and mix modelling to underpin major decisions
• Set the direction of the pricing framework using market and competitor intelligence
• Provide commercial rigour to business cases developed across the team
• Coach and develop the team, building capability and clear performance expectations

Key Skills & Experience Required

• CA or CPA qualified with a tertiary qualification in business, commerce or finance
• Proven commercial finance or business partnering experience, including people leadership
• Track record partnering directly with a sales function on pricing, discounting and rebates
• Manufacturing experience strongly preferred; you understand overhead absorption, volume and factory economics
• Advanced modelling capability, including complex commercial and margin models
• The credibility and conviction to challenge senior leaders and hold an opinion under pressure
• Advanced Excel with strong BI, reporting and planning tool exposure
• Experience building high-performing teams through feedback and development

What’s In It For You

You will lead a capable team and work directly with the Commercial Manager, with genuine influence over how the business prices, sells and makes margin.

Benefits

• Broad commercial exposure across sales, operations and supply chain
• Hybrid working with flexible hours
• On-site parking

To be considered for this position, please submit your CV via the link below. For a confidential discussion, email Caroline Ledger at ***email_hidden***.