Group Financial Planning Manager

Job Description : GROUP FINANCIAL PLANNING MANAGER AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND The role of the Group Financial Planning Manager is to lead all aspects of financial planning, analysis and reporting across the group, as well as leadership of the finance business partnering functions and playing a key role in M&A for the business. We are working with a market leader that operates across multiple providers with locations across New Zealand. They are a well established organisation with great leadership coming from the top. Located in Central Auckland, you'll be working with a dynamic team and reporting to the Chief Financial Officer. To succeed in this role it requires a strong M&A background in order to lead the team effectively and explore strong financial opportunities for the business. This role will provide opportunity to grow personally under an experienced Chief Financial Officer! Leading the annual budget process, including partnering with ELT on business plans. Quarterly forecast submissions to lead investor and Board. Maintaining complex valuation models. Producing detailed 5-year three statement modelling for banking syndicate and capital management Develop and report metrics to monitor capacity and utilisation. Partnering with CFO to achieve superior commercial outcomes, progressing M&A opportunities and ensuring strong financial integrity around all financial modelling. Lead business partnering functions, providing detailed insight into commercial drivers, highlighting opportunities for the business to improve profitability and grow. Managing a large debt and hedge book. Working closely with trade and syndicate banking teams across multiple banks. Implementing new, robust rolling forecast process. Develop adaptive insights to be a complete financial planning tool. Lead improvements across finance team on directed initiatives. Build staff capability and team engagement for continuous improvement. We are looking for an experienced leader coming from a senior financial and business performance role for a corporate enterprise with a strong commercial background in M&A. CA/CPA or equivalent with a demonstrable commitment to ongoing professional development. 10 years experience in financial management at a senior level in a large, complex organisation. A natural leader, who builds highly engaged teams and drives a high performance culture. Experience with leading change and rolling out a continuous improvement mindset. Comfortable analysing and distilling data into meaningful insights, and capable of writing robust board papers. Excellent verbal/oral communication skills and strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

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