Principal Advisor Strategic Finance at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Wellington

• Exciting opportunity for you to drive integrated investment planning and performance reporting across the Ministry
• A leadership role supporting the Manager of Enterprise Performance
• Work in a collaborative, inclusive, fun, high performing team 
• Appointing Salary – $132,417 - $160,472 negotiable relating to experience, KiwiSaver plus health and wellness benefits 
   

This is your opportunity to provide leadership on best practice financial investment management and performance analysis to drive improved business performance. You will provide strategic planning and performance advice and analysis to the Senior Leadership Team and business groups that enables monitoring and reporting of MBIE’s progress against MBIE’s investment plan.

You will lead the development of long-term strategic financial planning, including leading the development of a long-term investment model and affordability analysis for the Ministry. Working with a high performing team you will provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to enable team members to perform to their maximum potential.  

• In this role you will enjoy a high level of autonomy to influence and build relationships to drive the integration of strategic investment planning and performance across the Ministry
• Provide leadership on best practice financial investment management performance analysis to drive improved business performance in a Public Sector organisation
• The Finance and Performance branch, which sits within Corporate Services, Finance and Enablement is responsible for leading MBIE wide strategic financial and commercial planning and establishing organisational frameworks. The branch presents an enterprise view to our Senior Leadership Team providing advice and oversight to ensure MBIE is financially sustainable, and value driven
• Support to develop your career and goals with access to our extensive learning and development programmes and budget to attend externally run training

Skills and Experience Required

• Excellent understanding of and demonstrated technical expertise at a senior level in developing and applying best practice financial business planning and performance reporting
• Significant experience advising on and modelling a long-term investment plan within a large complex and diverse organisation including capital management, depreciation funding, SAAS, and lease arrangements
• Highly developed business analysis, performance and reporting skills and the ability to provide high quality and innovative strategic advice
• Highly developed technical, conceptual and analytical ability, with the ability to deal with complex and emerging issues that contain a high level of ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, demonstrated through experience at a senior level in successfully leading and producing key accountability, planning and budget related documents and performance reports
• Public Sector finance management expertise
• Proven ability to think independently and coordinate organisation-wide systems and processes
• Welcomes and values diversity, and contributes to an inclusive working environment 
• High standards of professionalism and performance driven
• Experience leading successful change initiatives 
• Chartered Accountant (CA) with 5+ years post CA experience in Public Sector roles

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role. 

Email Demi Matheson at demi.matheson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/13527 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Sunday, 24 September at 11:59pm.