GM NZ Finance Manager

Job Description

Work Arrangement
This role is categorized as On-site. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to New Zealand Headquarter & Cadillac Auckland Experience Centre full time.

The Finance Manager will report directly to GM ANZ CFO (based in Melbourne Australia).

What Youll Do:

• The Finance Managers responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Key finance business partner for the GM NZ leadership team owning financial operations forecasting planning reporting and governance to ensure sustainable financial performance
• Working closely with NZ commercial team on pricing decisions for both vehicles and parts
• In discharging these responsibilities the Finance Manager shall promote an atmosphere of doing the right thing by modeling and communicating the companys cultural priorities of accountability customer service and speed; and be responsible for financial reporting achieving financial results and evaluating business growth opportunities.Financial Planning & Analysis
• Lead monthly forecasting annual budgeting and long-term planning & forecasting for GM NZ
• Analyze volume revenue margin incentive spend and operating costs across all business lines
• Provide clear actionable insights to the CFO ANZ and NZ leadership team to drive performance improvements
• Prepare monthly business review packs performance dashboards and variance commentary
• Provide support for ad hoc financial / operational analysis and special projects
• Commercial Finance & Business Partnering
• Act as the primary finance partner for internal teams - Sales Marketing Aftersales etc. and external partners Dealers Fleet Customers Vendors and others
• Support negotiations and commercial decision-making with NZ partners dealers and vendors
• Work closely and provide mentorship and guidance to shared services team based in Philippines who provide support on financial planning & accounting activities

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Knowledge:
• Broad Accounting and Finance Knowledge
• Proficient understanding of SAP and S4 functionality
• Skills:
• Comprehend interpret and present to leadership financial summary
• Work with hands-on approach in a lean operating environment
• Prepare analysis and presentations through advanced use of Microsoft Excel Word and Powerpoint (this is an absolute must)
• Develop strong relationships with offshore shared service center team and other local and global functions
• Ability to work and effectively communicate with senior-level business partners
• Act as a finance lead on ad-hoc projects and achieve project milestones through use of strong project management capabilities
• Demonstrate qualities (e.g. ethics integrity expertise) that establish credibility with all internal and external partners

About GM

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Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day individually and collectively to drive meaningful change through our words our deeds and our culture. Every day we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

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