Senior Finance Business Analyst

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Are you a talented and versatile Senior Finance Business Analyst?
• Looking for challenge and a rewarding work environment?
• With a customer centric focus and continuous improvement lens, you will drive discussions wider than just finance and challenge the status quo to improve outcomes for the business
• Salary $112,856 - $138,028 depending on experience
• Fixed term  full time Wellington based 

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

The Senior Finance Business Analyst reports to the Head of Finance Business Partnering.  The Senior Finance Business Analyst will support a customer-centric approach and work closely with Finance Business partners in the Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery Business Group to provide high quality reporting and analysis on the numbers, and be able to clearly communicate, influence and support the needs, goals and requirements of decision makers.

The Finance Business Partnering team sits within Corporate & Digital Shared Service Business Group and works in partnership with business groups, supporting them to deliver their services effectively and efficiently, allowing the Ministry to achieve its outcomes. The Finance Business Partnering branch is also the conduit between Finance and Performance and the business groups.

In this role you will bring experience to deliver high quality accounting services and identify relevant insights that highlight inefficiencies and opportunities.  Your analytical, reporting and organisational skills will enable you to engage with the business to provide meaningful insights. This will be complemented by your accounting skills and attention to detail. 

Supported by the finance business partners, you will act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on financial matters.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

• Accounting in large complex organisations
• Reporting of financial numbers and analysis
• Demonstrated problem analysis and sound judgement 
• Proven public sector experience (preferred)
• An ability to convey content in a jargon free way that engages and meets the needs of the audience
• The ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships and to develop trust and credibility with senior managers, staff and key internal and external stakeholders
• A proactive, can-do attitude with a high level of initiative, sound judgement and discretion
• Exceptional teamwork and collaborative abilities and a willingness to share knowledge and expertise with others
• Highly developed communication and writing skills
• A strong customer focus
• Financial modelling (desirable)
• Must be a New Zealand citizens or New Zealand permanent residents

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role. 

Email Dorinda Te Kiri at dorinda.tekiri@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17036 if you have any further questions.

Applications close 27 April 2025