Strategic Financial Modelling & Planning Lead

Silver Fern Farms Ltd; Dunedin; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Silver Fern Farms Ltd is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to own and evolve financial models that underpin forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning. You will translate uncertainty into insight and challenge assumptions to support strategic decisions at the highest levels.

You will collaborate across Supply, Operations, Sales, Technology & Data, building trusted partnerships to keep modelling robust and fit for purpose, while serving as the go-to expert for complex modelling

Qualifications

• Significant experience in FP&A or analytical finance environments.
• Advanced financial modelling capability, with driver-based and scenario models.
• Forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning expertise.
• Translate complex commercial problems into clear financial outcomes and insights.
• Experience with planning tools such as TM1, IBM Planning Analytics or Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Owning and continuously improving the financial models that support forecasting, budgeting, long-term planning and strategic decision-making.
• Developing sophisticated driver-based, scenario and sensitivity models to evaluate opportunities, risks and outcomes.
• Building and evaluating business cases, investment proposals and strategic initiatives for capital allocation decisions.
• Providing independent challenge and validation of forecasts, assumptions and financial outcomes.
• Acting as the subject matter expert for financial modelling best practices and governance.
• Supporting evolution of planning systems and analytics capabilities, including Planning Analytics and related platforms.

Skills

FP&A experience

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Data analysis

Scenario modelling

Planning Analytics

Power BI

Tools

TM1

IBM Planning Analytics

Power BI

Job description

Silver Fern Farms Ltd is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to own and evolve financial models that underpin forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning. You will translate uncertainty into insight and challenge assumptions to support strategic decisions at the highest levels.

You will collaborate across Supply, Operations, Sales, Technology & Data, building trusted partnerships to keep modelling robust and fit for purpose, while serving as the go-to expert for complex modelling