Commercial Finance Manager

at  Goodman Fielder

Goodman Fielder is New Zealand’s largest food & beverage manufacturer, serving customer needs with a portfolio of iconic brands that New Zealanders have grown up with and enjoy every day. We own a host of iconic brands that generations of people have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys every week including Vogels, Meadow Fresh, Molenberg, Puhoi Valley, Fortune and Edmonds to name a few. We also supply key ingredients to our customers in food services such as fats/oils, sugar, rice, and flour.
We are passionate about our iconic brands and products and strive to be the best place to work in New Zealand. We are looking for talented and passionate individuals to join our business and be part of our success.
Our Opportunity
Due to a adding additional heads to the team via a restructure we currently have an opportunity for a Commercial Manager to partner with the business to help drive volume and profitability across our categories through the total P&L. You will act as a key business partner to provide financial support for the Integrated Business Planning as well as managing financial performance, commercial decisions and providing advisory support.

In order to achieve this, your key responsibilities will include:

• Partner with the Category leaders to ensure delivery of strategic objectives and provide commercial management across new business opportunities and risk mitigation
• Provide insight & analysis to business performance, including managing commodity pricing, risk/opportunities, and projects versus business case
• Lead the financial input into tenders, capex and growth opportunities

About You
In order to make this role a success, we are looking for an experienced finance professional who can demonstrate strong commercial and financial acumen as well as a strategic mindset and the ability to influence key stakeholders, translating complex information to push for better results.

Specifically, some of the experiences and skillsets we are looking for include:

• Strong business partnering and commercial skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholder expectations
• Strong planning / forecasting process management, along with experience in financial modelling
• CA/CPA, or MBA qualified (desired)
• Experience in FMCG or manufacturing industry would be advantageous

What we offer
You will be joining a driven team of professionals who genuinely enjoy working together resulting in a highly collaborative and flexible work environment. In return for your passion and success, we will reward you with a competitive remuneration package and help you to achieve personal and professional growth and development.
At Goodman Fielder, we aim to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don’t just offer jobs - we offer long-term careers.
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• Partner with the Category leaders to ensure delivery of strategic objectives and provide commercial management across new business opportunities and risk mitigation
• Provide insight & analysis to business performance, including managing commodity pricing, risk/opportunities, and projects versus business case
• Lead the financial input into tenders, capex and growth opportunitie