08 May 2025
Senior Finance Business Partner
May 8, 2025
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This leading professional services firm specialises in engineering and consulting across complex infrastructure and built environment projects. The firm prides itself on technical excellence, client-focused delivery, and a collaborative culture. The company has offices in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and North America, the NZ business has office locations in both Auckland and Wellington.
About the Role
This is a pivotal commercial finance role spanning New Zealand and Canada, directly supporting strategic and operational decisions through financial insight. You'll be empowered to drive performance, support innovation, and partner with senior leaders to realise commercial outcomes. This role offers flexibility, challenge, and the opportunity to contribute to impactful international projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive forecasting, budgeting, and month-end reporting for both the NZ and Canadian offices.
- Deliver deep commercial analysis to support strategic planning and cost control.
- Act as a trusted advisor to project leaders and office managers across regions.
- Champion process improvements and financial compliance across the group.
- Lead the annual budgeting process and monthly P&L reporting for multiple branches.
coupled with a high degree of ad-hoc analysis, data interrogation, and work in
progress reviews at a project and office level.
So Who Are You And What Is Your Profile?
You’ll be a qualified finance professional (CA/CPA/ACCA) with a degree in finance, commerce, or economics, and ideally bring at least four years of experience in business partnering or management accounting within a medium to large, project-driven organisation. Ideally you will come from a consultancy type background with a preference for those coming from the Engineering and Construction sectors.
Your strengths lie in financial modelling, analysis, and stakeholder engagement, supported by your expertise in Excel and ERP systems. You're known for your problem-solving mindset, resilience under pressure, and ability to turn complex data into actionable insight. You’ll thrive in a collaborative environment and be confident engaging across regional and virtual teams, with the ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance audiences.
To find out more or apply in confidence, contact Andy Hickey on 0211693764 or email andy.hickey@consultrecruitment.co.nz
Studies have shown that women and people from under-represented backgrounds are less likely to apply for roles where they don't match the job description criteria exactly. If you're excited about this role, but your experience aligns less than 100%, we encourage you to apply.
- Auckland CBD based
- Highly commercial business partnering role
- Large international consultancy firm
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