Financial Planning & Analysis Lead

TribeRecruit New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MADE New Zealand is seeking a commercially minded Financial Planning & Analysis Lead to turn data into actionable insights and drive stronger business performance across Finance, Sales, Supply Chain and Operations.

The role owns budgeting, forecasting and S&OP, partnering across the business to identify opportunities, challenge assumptions and support smarter commercial decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience across FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling experience.
• Exposure to FMCG, manufacturing or supply chain environments.
• Experience with S&OP, demand planning or integrated business planning.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI capability.
• Strong commercial judgement and confidence challenging stakeholders.
• The ability to translate complex data into clear, practical recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Leading annual budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes
• Owning and improving financial models, scenario planning and analysis
• Driving the end-to-end S&OP process across Sales, Supply Chain and Operations
• Providing pricing, margin, volume, customer and product profitability insights
• Developing business cases and financial assessments for new opportunities
• Improving reporting, data integrity, automation and decision-support tools
• Presenting clear insights, risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modelling

Commercial judgement

Stakeholder management

Data interpretation

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

About the Opportunity

MADE New Zealand is one of Aotearoa’s most exciting and fast-growing food companies — home to The Collective (a B Corp brand), Moogurt, Rokeby, and Cocobella. We’re the shaker-uppers of healthy food, delivering great tasting products that Kiwis genuinely love.

Our purpose? Simple: Make Healthy Happy.

That means no bull - just delicious, nutritious food that brings joy, a values – led workplace culture that’s as dynamic as our products, and a passion for doing business the right way.
We’re looking for a commercially minded Financial Planning & Analysis Lead to play a key role in turning data into clear, actionable insight and helping drive stronger business performance.
This is a visible, influential position sitting at the intersection of Finance, Sales, Supply Chain and Operations. You’ll take ownership of budgeting, forecasting and S&OP while partnering across the business to identify opportunities, challenge assumptions and support smarter commercial decisions.
You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading annual budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes
• Owning and improving financial models, scenario planning and analysis
• Driving the end-to-end S&OP process across Sales, Supply Chain and Operations
• Providing pricing, margin, volume, customer and product profitability insights
• Developing business cases and financial assessments for new opportunities
• Improving reporting, data integrity, automation and decision-support tools
• Presenting clear insights, risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders

What You’ll Bring

You’ll be a strong commercial finance professional who is equally comfortable getting into the detail and stepping back to understand the bigger picture.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• 5+ years’ experience across FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling experience
• Exposure to FMCG, manufacturing or supply chain environments
• Experience with S&OP, demand planning or integrated business planning
• Advanced Excel and Power BI capability
• Strong commercial judgement and confidence challenging stakeholders
• The ability to translate complex data into clear, practical recommendations

What’s on Offer

• The chance to truly partner with operational stakeholders
• Opportunity to work in a business experiencing transformation and growth
• A highly collaborative team who enjoy having fun – a no ego environment