Financial Insights Advisor

TeWhiwhingamahi The Opportunity 

Were hiring two permanent Financial Insights Advisors to help embed our new Finance operating model and support our next organisational wide strategy Contact which will power us and provide linking operational activity with financial outcomes and elevating our financial storytelling across the business. Youll be part of a transformed One Finance function (Foundational. Empowered. FutureFocused) that guides investment enables confident decisions and safeguards trust across the enterprise. 

Youll help teams make better decisions with insight build trust across functions uphold governance and control practice champion inclusion and continuous improvement and deliver initiatives to a high standardon time and with impact. 

What youll do 

• Partner with Team/Initiative Leads to deliver outcomes and enable confident commercial decisions. 
• Support the enterprise wide financial insights framework helping drive consistency clarity and commercial relevance across value streams.  
• Help uphold technical standards for variance analysis performance commentary KPI frameworks and cost allocation logic so insights are decision ready.  
• Collaborate in cross functional initiative teams to embed insight early in decision-making.  
• Contribute to technical signoff of key insights deliverables; assist with strategic input into Board & Committee reporting as required.  
• Mentor Analysts participate in Future Finance operating rhythms and help teams adapt to new ways of working.  
• Translate financial data into actionable insights for investment decisions business cases and enterprise planning. 

Qualifications :

Kowaikoe About You 

Youre someone who thrives at the intersection of analysis storytelling and partnership.  Youre great at turning data into stories that make sense for everyone no jargon needed. Dont worry about ticking every box from day one; what matters is that youre curious keen to learn and know how to build trust with the people around you. 

Were ideally looking for: 

• 3 years postqualification experience (CA CPA CIMA ACCA or equivalent) ideally with exposure to business partnering or financial insights work.  
• Background in inhouse finance or commercial environments  
• Strong analytical capability and confidence with Excel; you enjoy exploring data and pulling out the so what.  
• Able to translate financial analysis into clear decisionready insights for nonfinance audiences  your storytelling is as strong as your spreadsheets/dashboards. 
• A collaborative team player who builds trust quickly and enjoys working across functions and Initiative Teams. 
• A positive adaptable mindset. Comfortable with pace ambiguity and evolving ways of working. 

We know no one arrives as a finished product and we dont expect you to. From your very first day youll have the support and encouragement to keep developing and growing your skills. Storytelling is part of our DNA at Contact its what keeps our energy flowing! If youve got one that connects with this role send it our way. 

Additional Information :

If youre looking for a role where you can generate real impact grow your career and be part of a supportive futureready team wed love to hear from you! 

We support our people to work how where and when works the best. This role would be best placed in Auckland Tauranga or Wellington; however were open to applications from all over Aotearoa.  

Applications close on Wednesday 4th February but just like peak demand great talent surges early so if this role sparks your interest power up your application now! 

Contact is not a place youll stagnate. We are growing and offer superb learning and development opportunities along with a bunch of other perks like free health insurance cover boosted KiwiSaver access to Contact Shares a Good to be Home annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing a trail-blazing parental leave policy twice yearly payments towards our products if youre a Contact customer and more! 

Here at Contact Energy (Te Mata Hiko) we know our strength lies in developing a sense of belonging - one that helps us attract and retain people with a broad range of perspectives and experiences.

Were committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued respected and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our customers and communities to help build a better Aotearoa New Zealand.

We have a rich community of talented people that we support to thrive at Contact.

Our inclusive hiring process is designed to embrace the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand ensuring a wide range of perspectives are included in our decision-making and helping reduce bias along the way.

The wellbeing of our kaimahi is super important to us.

We use employee insights to offer a range of initiatives and resources to support physical mental financial and emotional wellbeing including flexible working arrangements employee network groups and a market-leading parental leave policy.

At Te Mata Hiko we want everyone to thrive. We welcome applicants far and wide - of every age stage background and pride. Join us and be part of a team that values your passion and attitude just as much as your experience and skills.

Please note only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. Were not about box ticking so if you think you have what it takes but dont meet everything stated above please still get in touch. Wed love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time