Finance Project Manager

New Zealand Government Joba; Wellington; On-site; NZD 152,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Wellness package

Public transport subsidy

Parental leave provisions

Fitness passport

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

The Reserve Bank - Te Pūtea Matua in Wellington seeks a Finance Project Manager to provide senior financial leadership and take primary accountability for the financial oversight of the investment budget and the funding flowing through it.

Working across the project portfolio, you will challenge assumptions, deliver strategic financial insight and ensure robust cost management, capital and operating expenditures, benefits and run costs, while supporting project managers and business owners with

Qualifications

• Senior-level leadership experience within a major financial institution or similar organisation.
• Qualifications in a financial discipline with relevant professional experience.
• Experience providing financial oversight across complex projects or large programmes of work.
• Strong understanding of financial control frameworks, accounting rules and standards.
• Proven ability to review business cases, budgets and forecasts and provide credible financial advice.
• Excellent influencing, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead innovation and change in a collaborative and constructive way.
• Sound judgement and strategic thinking with an organisation-wide perspective.

Responsibilities

• Review and challenge the financial assumptions underpinning business cases and forecasts.
• Provide a value-for-money lens to investment proposals, identifying potential efficiencies, benefits and savings.
• Work closely with the EPMO Manager on the financial elements and analysis of the project portfolio.
• Support Project Managers and Business Owners to effectively manage project budgets and forecasts, while helping to strengthen financial capability.
• Monitor portfolio-level forecasts, identifying early warnings and potential impacts on the Bank's investment funding.
• Ensure ongoing costs arising from projects are appropriately reflected in business-as-usual budgets.
• Own and continuously improve project financial processes, policies, templates and guidance.
• Provide trusted advice and assurance to senior decision-makers on portfolio finance matters.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial oversight

Strategic thinking

Influencing

Judgement & risk

Education

Finance degree

Professional finance accreditation

Tools

Forecasting tools

Job description

Influence investment decisions through robust financial insight and constructive challengePartner with senior stakeholders, Project Managers and Business Owners to deliver value for money.

Fixed term role until December 2027.

Te tūranga - The role

As Finance Project Manager, you'll provide senior financial leadership and have primary accountability for the financial oversight of the Reserve Bank's investment budget and the funding flowing through it.

Working collaboratively with stakeholders across the project portfolio, you'll provide strategic financial insight and challenge the robustness and integrity of project financials, including capital expenditure, operating expenditure, benefits and ongoing run costs.

In this influential role, you'll:

• Review and challenge the financial assumptions underpinning business cases and forecasts.
• Provide a strong value-for-money lens to investment proposals, identifying potential efficiencies, benefits and savings.
• Work closely with the EPMO Manager on the financial elements and analysis of the project portfolio.
• Support Project Managers and Business Owners to effectively manage project budgets and forecasts, while helping to strengthen financial capability.
• Monitor portfolio-level forecasts, identifying early warnings and potential impacts on the Bank's investment funding.
• Ensure ongoing costs arising from projects are appropriately reflected in business-as-usual budgets.
• Own and continuously improve project financial processes, policies, templates and guidance.
• Provide trusted advice and assurance to senior decision-makers on portfolio finance matters.

Ō pūkenga - About you

We're looking for an experienced finance professional who can combine strategic thinking and sound judgement with the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions and influence investment decisions. To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Senior-level leadership experience within a major financial institution, supervisory authority, central bank or similarly complex organisation.
• Strong qualifications in a financial discipline, supported by relevant professional experience.
• Experience providing financial oversight across complex projects, investment portfolios or large programmes of work.
• A strong understanding of financial control frameworks, accounting rules and standards.
• Proven ability to review business cases, budgets and forecasts and provide credible financial advice.
• Excellent influencing, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to lead innovation and change in a collaborative and constructive way.
• Sound judgement, strategic thinking and the ability to consider issues from an organisation-wide perspective.

The anticipated appointment range for this role is $152,325 to $177,712.50 (actual salary will be dependent on your skills and experience).

Ko wai matou - Who we are

We're kaitiaki (guardians) of New Zealand's financial ecosystem, enabling economic wellbeing and prosperity for all New Zealanders. We do this by providing money and cash, helping to keep prices stable and people in work, maintaining safe banking and underpinning the financial system that allows New Zealand to spend, save, insure and do business. We do all we can to support a sustainable, productive and efficient economy built on integrity, innovation and inclusion. We're building diversity and inclusion into everything we do. Our differences seed our innovation and help us deliver our best work, reflective of the needs of society. We welcome and value knowledge of Te Ao Māori, Te Tiriti and Tikanga.

Ngā painga - What we can offer you

The Reserve Bank - Te Pūtea Matua has so much to offer. From flexible working to an inclusive and positive workplace culture, our benefits include additional leave options, a wellness package, public transport subsidy, generous parental leave provisions, fitness passport, learning and development opportunities, and access to numerous social, networking and sporting activities.

• additional leave options
• a wellness package
• public transport subsidy
• generous parental leave provisions
• fitness passport
• learning and development opportunities
• access to numerous social, networking and sporting activities

Find more information about our benefits here: RBNZ employee benefits.

Come join us if you want to make an impact Working at the Reserve Bank - Te Pūtea Matua is about more than a job. Here you'll have a career, a community, and an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of others. Bring your talent, curiosity and expertise and we'll help you do the rest. You'll be part of one of the world's most trusted and respected central banks. We'll invest in you. And with you, we're investing in New Zealand.

Kōrero tāpiri - Additional information

We welcome all people and want everyone to be able to equitably participate in our recruitment process.

Applications for this role close at midnight on Tuesday 13th October 2026.