SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Your success in this role will be driven by your proactive approach to building strong, collaborative relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Proven experience as an analyst with the ability to build and model robust Business Cases
• Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical skills
• A solid understanding of business issues with a clear commercial focus
• A results-driven mindset, committed to achieving challenging objectives
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to influence and engage effectively

Applicants outside of New Zealand will only be considered if you have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

ABOUT US

Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World!
We pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success, shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.
You’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.
We will challenge you by providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a Finance Business Partner to join our team on a permanent basis. In this role, you will build strategic relationships and develop a deep commercial understanding of the business plans and priorities for the Operational portfolio you support.
You will contribute to and drive business goals through the provision of strategic and consultative financial services, influencing key stakeholders while building commercial acumen across the business.

The main responsibilities of this role include..

• Support the Leadership team in the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecasting cycle, providing sufficient challenge to ensure the budget outputs are challenging yet realistic and achievable
• Drive business knowledge and external market insights into the development of business unit and site based strategies
• Prepare and/or review of the monthly performance packs for your portfolio providing insights to the leadership team of financial metrics, business drivers and all aspects affecting business and financial performance
• Monitor actual results against budget and forecasts, undertake analysis to identify issues and recommend possible corrective actions where appropriate

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Proven experience as an analyst with the ability to build and model robust Business Cases
• Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical skills
• A solid understanding of business issues with a clear commercial focus
• A results-driven mindset, committed to achieving challenging objectives
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to influence and engage effectively