Process Advisor, Financial Processing

Police; Porirua; Hybrid; NZD 81,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Police based at the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua seeks a Process Advisor – Financial Processing to support a transformation of Shared Services. The role focuses on improving efficiency, maintaining controls, and delivering practical benefits to staff and customers.

You will map end-to-end financial processes, coordinate change initiatives with Finance and ICT, and provide training and guidance to ensure successful adoption of new systems and ways of working,

Qualifications

• Experience analysing, documenting, and improving business or financial processes.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical information into guidance.
• Experience supporting or delivering change initiatives.
• Focus on continuous improvement and problem solving.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Review Shared Services processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop and review end-to-end process documentation.
• Lead process change initiatives including planning, testing, and implementation.
• Deliver process guidance, documentation, and training.
• Build relationships across Finance, ICT, and business groups to support objectives.

Skills

Process analysis

Documentation

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Continuous improvement

Financial processes

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

Career Opportunities: Process Advisor, Financial Processing (6029076)

Requisition ID6029076-Posted17/08/2026-RNZPC-Permanent FT

• Based at Royal New Zealand Police College, Porirua
• Permanent/Full Time
• Job Referen ce 6029076

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Mō te tūnga | About the role

New Zealand Police is completing the final phase of its Corporate Finance transformation, building a high-performing, advisory-led function aligned to executive priorities and frontline outcomes. The new operating model strengthens strategic capability, simplifies leadership structures, and reinvests capacity into financial planning, reporting, systems, and controls to support a $3B+ organisation operating in a constrained fiscal environment. This role offers the opportunity to support a modern finance function that delivers strong stewardship, high-quality insights, and trusted business partnership across the organisation.

As part of this commitment, Finance is focused on improving systems, streamlining processes, and enhancing service delivery across the organisation.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing improvement of Shared Services processes and systems that support critical financial operations across New Zealand Police.

As a Process Advisor – Financial Processing, you will provide specialist process, systems, and project support to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of financial processing activities.

You will work closely with Finance, ICT, and business stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement, document end-to-end processes, coordinate change initiatives, and support the successful implementation of new or enhanced ways of working.

You will play a key role in ensuring process improvements maintain strong internal controls, support compliance requirements, and deliver practical benefits to customers and staff alike.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys analysing processes, solving problems, driving continuous improvement, and working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders. If you are passionate about making systems and processes better and want to contribute to a modern, high-performing finance function, we'd like to hear from you.

• Review Shared Services processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and resource utilisation.
• Develop, maintain, and regularly review end-to-end process documentation, including associated controls and procedures.
• Lead and coordinate process change initiatives, including project planning, testing, implementation, and stakeholder communication.
• Deliver process guidance, documentation, and training to support successful adoption of new processes and systems.
• Build effective relationships across Finance, ICT, and business groups while supporting continuous improvement and organisational objectives.

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you'll bring

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours,your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

The successful applicant will demonstrate:

• Experience analysing, documenting, and improving business or financial processes.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to translate technical information into clear and practical guidance.
• Experience supporting, coordinating, or delivering change and improvement initiatives.
• A focus on continuous improvement, problem-solving, and achieving results.
• Relevant tertiary qualification and/or demonstrated knowledge and experience in financial services.

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government's largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you'll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

This position is covered by a collective agreement, and salary will commence between $81,098 and $93,479 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address and state your future commitments should you be successful in the next stage of the recruitment process.

Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Monday 31 August 2026. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.