Finance Business Partner

• Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
• Police Employee
• Permanent, full time
• Multiple Vacancies Available
• JR 5003948

Mō te tūnga | About the role


New Zealand Police (NZP) is the lead agency responsible for reducing crime and enhancing community safety. We work in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies to achieve our vision of Safer Communities Together.


Following a recent corporate workforce alignment, there are a number of new roles that have been created in the Finance team to support business leadership and enhance capability. The CFO and Finance Leadership team now have a re-energized collective focus and have assessed the current state of the group to determine their initial priorities, of which these roles are key to delivering.


Finance Business Partners are an internal finance consultant aligned to the New Zealand Police business portfolios. The position reports to the Senior Finance Business Partner and is responsible for the provision of trusted, insightful, and comprehensive financial advice and support to the assigned portfolios leadership team.


In this role, your advice will go beyond the numbers; you will be informing and influencing to ensure sound financial decision making within a fast-paced, diverse, and challenging environment. This role will require high levels of flexibility, resilience, emotional intelligence, and an ability to work with a range of senior Police stakeholders. Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to translate data into insights for our customers in a meaningful way are essential requirements.



Key Accountabilities:

• Understand the NZ Police and assigned portfolio's key business drivers, cost drivers, pressures and risks using this knowledge to provide proactive, relevant, and integrated business and financial advice to business units.
• Provide sound strategic analysis and options, informing, and influencing decision making and presenting analysis to assess, support or challenge key decisions.
• Deliver timely, accurate and forward-looking financial information and business support to ensure effective financial management, oversight, decision-making and risk management.
• Mentor and coach junior staff as required to develop talent and build the people capability required to deliver outcomes.
• Link financial and non-financial information together so that managers understand the impact of decisions on their financial performance and that of Police as a whole, providing them with options to achieve their business objectives within financial parameters.
• Deliver the implementation of budgeting and forecasting process to ensure accurate and timely financial plans that are strategy led and aligned to business plans.
• Contribute to the development and/or validation of business cases, ensuring benefits can be achieved, resourcing is realistic and the correct processes and policies for consideration of cases are followed (i.e., meeting respective governance group requirements and timelines).
• Act as the trusted advisor to the budget holders within their assigned portfolio and champion and embed a total customer service focus across the Finance Group.

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.

• Demonstrated ability provide a high-level financial overview and consider options in principle, while remaining pragmatic.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a high level of EQ - ability to establish and maintain successful working relationships at all levels - ideally within government.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills and ability to articulate complex messages clearly, simply, and concisely (including translating data into information and insights).
• Proven quantitative and qualitative analytical and evaluative skills incorporating complex problem-solving, sound decision making and creative thinking at a senior level.
• Strong experience in driving outcomes and managing diverse stakeholder interests.
• High standards of professionalism and performance-driven mindset, with a demonstrable commitment to ongoing professional development.

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements

• This role is based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington.
• Applicants must be qualified Chartered Accountant (CAANZ) or equivalent, with 3-4 years' experience post full membership.

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is "to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business".



To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/10-2024/finance_business_partner.pdf



Mo tātou | About us


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.


To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:

https://www.newcops.govt.nz/sites/default/files/applicant_information_pack_2023_external.pdf



Tono ināianei | Apply now



If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.


For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers


All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted directly via email. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.



Utu ā-tau | Salary


This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $136,615 and $141,168 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.


Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Sunday 19 January 2025. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.


If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact john.downs-carroll@police.govt.nz