Senior Financial Business Analyst at New Zealand Transport Agency, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Work in a friendly and highly agile environment
• Help build and shape efficient business processes
• Great mix of business support, solution design, analysis, and system development
• Wellington based with flexible/hybrid working available

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

The purpose of this role is to support and advance the use of financial systems across the organisation. You will help improve our organisational decision-making through ensuring reliable and accurate information is captured, and can be accessed and interpreted through system-based reports. You will work with finance and the wider business to ensure processes are efficient and effective; and information is accurate and easy to understand.

We provide a friendly, well equipped working environment and support flexible/hybrid working arrangements. The work is highly varied so you will always be challenged and learning. We offer ongoing development through internal and external training courses and encourage learning by sharing knowledge with our peers. This role provides an opportunity to get involved in a huge variety of work and help shape the way forward with financial systems.

Ko koe'tēnei | About you

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Previous experience working as a Systems Accountant or similar
• Analytical mindset
• Experience and subject matter expertise in complex financial management processes and financial systems
• Experience working with ERP systems
• Be fluent in assessing the risk of change on ERP systems and financial processes
• Able to identify and recognise benefits of improvement opportunities
• Great work ethic and team spirit
• Can-do attitude and self-motivated

You will demonstrate knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori and promote tikanga and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector.

Ko wai mātou | About us
Investment and Finance helps capture and manage financial information as well as setting and guiding investment policies. Investment & Finance provides critical checks and balances to decisions and services Waka Kotahi delivers and ensures plans and investments represent best value for money.

Along with our other benefits we also have new Waka Kotahi Life, Income Protection and Critical Illness Insurance scheme available for permanent employees.

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Rā Katinga | Applications close: 11 June 2023

For further information, email: careers@nzta.govt.nz

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.

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