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As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark's purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses. 

We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand. 

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi - About the Role

In this role you will be supporting the Network Investment Lead to help support our Network team with commercial finance. You will be analysing business operations and financial data to provide insights that drive strategic decisions. This will involve working with many stakeholders across the business.

Ngā mahi o ia rā - Daily tasks

• Supporting the planning, and management of our Capital budgets to allow Network and Operations to focus on the right priorities, and deliver within our budget constraints
• Supporting the financial modelling associated with strategic incentives including the development and maintenance of the 3–5-year forecast which evolves with the Network and Operations Strategy
• Supporting Network and Operations in relation to new commercial contracts including advice and analysing the impacts 
• Providing ongoing financial analysis of contracts which are currently being executed  
• Support the execution of business opportunities that are aligned to the strategy
• Support the financial modelling associated with strategic initiatives
• Return on investment of both strategic and tactical initiatives is maximised
• Supporting strategic project governance ensuring benefits and risks are reassessed when necessary (including TDP, TPS and Quarterly Operations Board Report)

Tō wheako - Your experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools, such as Excel, and potentially Business Intelligence tools like Power BI or Tableau.
• Strong financial modeling skills.
• A good understanding of business principles and financial concepts.
• Experience in a relevant commercial or finance role.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related fie

He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou - So, why choose us? 

Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai 

At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture.  Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be "how things are done at Spark", embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices.  We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability. 

Sustainability: Toitū

 Sustainability is a key focus for us.  We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand's recovery and economic transformation.  The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion. 

Benefits: Awhina

 Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we've got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including: 

• Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection.  Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme. 

• Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, and 1 day being flexible. 

• Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave.

• Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products. 

• Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme. 

• Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.

Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining).