Finance Business Partner - Product Development at Fisher & Paykel Appliances

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

12 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Finance Business Partnering, Management Accounting, Commercial Finance, Analytical Skills, Financial Modeling, Scenario Analysis, ROI Analysis, Investment Cases, Cost Savings, R&D, Product Development, Commercial Mindset, ERP, Power BI, Decision Making, Stakeholder Management

Industry

electrical;Appliances;and Electronics Manufacturing

Description

The Role Are you passionate about driving commercial value and influencing strategic decisions? Join our Product Development team as a Finance Business Partner and play a pivotal role in shaping the financial success of our innovation pipeline. About the Role As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll collaborate with Product Development and Product Management leaders to provide strategic and commercial insights throughout the new product lifecycle—from early concept to production readiness. Your expertise will ensure development investments deliver maximum value and align with corporate finance standards. This is a mix of strategic, commercial and analytical work so you’ll be someone with solid partnering experience who understands the drivers and trade-offs for robust decision making in a R&D/product design context. What you’ll be doing Partner with NPI project teams to model EBIT and cash flow impacts of design, cost, and timing decisions. Build and maintain financial models, producing scenario analyses and ROI outputs (NPV, IRR, payback). Design and embed commercial tools and frameworks to support better, faster decision-making. Influence product and portfolio decisions through clear, actionable insights. Champion commercial thinking across the Product Development community. Our ideal applicant… You have a deep understanding of product, pricing, and cost decisions and their impact on EBIT and cash flow. An ability to structure and critique investment cases and articulate trade-offs clearly, along with strong analytical skills and proficiency in tools like ERP, Power BI enables you to build trust with your customers and stakeholders, and you demonstrate a commercial mindset with courage to challenge assumptions and influence outcomes. In addition, You have at least 5 years in finance business partnering, management accounting, or commercial finance roles, Proven ability to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and deliver cost savings through financial insights, Experience in R&D, appliances, or innovation-led environments is a plus. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting and CA or CIMA qualification preferred. Why Join Us? This is your opportunity to make a real impact in a dynamic, innovation-driven environment. You’ll work alongside talented engineers and scientists, shaping products that reach our customers in global markets while ensuring financial sustainability. Are you ready to step up in 2026? Apply now and be part of our journey to create world-class products. We’ll interview as soon as we identify suitable applicants so don’t delay! Fisher & Paykel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. Fisher & Paykel has been designing products since 1934 and has grown into a global company with products sold in more than 50 countries around the world. The best innovators don’t just understand technology, they understand people. We design technology that enriches and improves people’s lives. By challenging conventional appliance design these world-first technologies have changed the way we live forever. Learn more about Fisher & Paykel

Responsibilities

As a Finance Business Partner, you will collaborate with Product Development and Product Management leaders to provide strategic and commercial insights throughout the new product lifecycle. You will partner with NPI project teams to model EBIT and cash flow impacts of design, cost, and timing decisions.