Finance Business Partner

Stellar Recruitment; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Impactful role

Business partnering focus

WFH flexibility

Process improvements

Major contract exposure

Job summary

Stellar Recruitment is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to join a high-performing team supporting a large, long-term contract within the utilities and telecommunications sector. This pivotal role blends commercial insight with financial leadership, partnering with operational and project leaders to drive performance, budgeting, forecasting, and profitability.

You will manage WIP, working capital, and cash flow while identifying risks and opportunities, with flexible working

Qualifications

• Strong Finance Business Partnering, Project Accounting, or Commercial Finance experience.
• Solid understanding of project-based environments, including WIP, forecasting, costing, and contract performance.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and confidently challenge when required.
• Strong communication skills and a commercial mindset.
• Experience within infrastructure, utilities, construction, engineering, telecommunications, manufacturing, or other complex operational environments is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational and project leaders to provide commercial insights and challenge decision-making.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial performance analysis.
• Manage WIP, working capital, cash flow, and contract profitability.
• Identify risks and opportunities and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, reporting enhancements, and process optimisation.

Skills

Finance business partnering

Project accounting

Commercial finance

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to join a high-performing team supporting a large, long-term contract within the utilities and telecommunications sector. This is a key role where you'll combine commercial insight, stakeholder engagement, and financial leadership to help drive performance across a complex operational environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Partnering with operational and project leaders to provide commercial insights and challenge decision-making.
• Leading budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial performance analysis.
• Managing WIP, working capital, cash flow, and contract profitability.
• Identifying risks and opportunities and providing data-driven recommendations.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives, reporting enhancements, and process optimisation.

ABOUT YOU

• Strong Finance Business Partnering, Project Accounting, or Commercial Finance experience.
• Solid understanding of project-based environments, including WIP, forecasting, costing, and contract performance.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and confidently challenge when required.
• Strong communication skills and a commercial mindset.
• Experience within infrastructure, utilities, construction, engineering, telecommunications, manufacturing, or other complex operational environments is highly regarded.

WHAT’S ON OFFER

• Clear career progression pathway with scope to take on leadership responsibilities in the future.
• Genuine opportunity to influence business performance and operational decision-making.
• Strong focus on business partnering, not just reporting numbers.
• Flexible working arrangements, including WFH flexibility
• Opportunity to drive process improvements, automation, and smarter ways of working.
• Exposure to a major contract with significant operational and commercial complexity.
• Supportive leadership team that values initiative, innovation, and continuous improvement.

If you have the skills and experience mentioned above, we would love to hear from you!