Finance Partner - Auckland - 57828 - Spark

General information

Location

Auckland

Expertise

Finance

Job Level

Experienced

Employment Type

Permanent full-time

Close Date

18-Sep-2024

Ref #

57828

Description & Requirements

Spark NZ

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.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Finance Partner to join our Consumer SME Team in Finance Transformation and Enablement team. This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to support the Consumer and SME teams. With our Agile way of working, you will be part of a team of financial and data experts supporting the marketing and device functions of the business.

Day to day you will be involved in:

Located in Auckland, you will be working in a cross-functional team supporting the Consumer and SME function of the business. Your focus will be:

Transactional processing and making Commission payments to Consumer and SME staff.
This role requires accountability and ownership on making sure payments are timely and accurate.
The ability to understand and articulate big data sets.
Working closely with our stakeholders in Consumer and SME Segments providing insights.
Monthly Balance Sheet Recs.
Financial tasks such as month end journals/accruals.
You need to be curious, always on the hunt for process improvement and automation of tasks.
Provide Support to the channels area of the business on Ad Hoc tasks.

What experience you'll bring?

Excellent in MS Excel and experience in D365.
Experience in PoweriBI and SQL would be advantageous.
Someone who thrives working on a challenge in a fast-paced and upbeat environment with a great eye in detail.
A relevant tertiary qualification in Finance or Accounting, with CA/CPA qualification would be advantageous.
You have an analytical approach to problem solving, are able to come up with creative solutions and make effective decisions despite constraints such as limited information, too much information, high complexity and limited time.
You have energy, a positive attitude, are a fast learner, take responsibility for your deliverables, are able to manage priorities and deadlines, and are proactive in preventing/dealing with issues as they arise.
You have excellent relationship management and communication skills, work collaboratively within and across teams, and are able to articulate complex ideas in a simple way (both written and verbally).

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 3 days a week, and 2 days 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.

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