Finance Business Partner - 12 Month

As the Finance Business Partner for our NZ National Sales Company, you will play a pivotal role within the Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD). Acting as a trusted commercial advisor to the operational leadership team, you will deliver the financial insights and strategic modelling needed to drive profitable growth, optimise operational efficiency, and support complex business decisions and special projects.

Responsibilities:

• Commercial Business Partnering: Act as the key finance advisor to FCSD operational leaders across Sales, Marketing, Logistics, and Service to drive profitable commercial outcomes.
• Business Cases & Strategic Modelling: Build robust ROI, NPV, and "what-if" scenario models to evaluate special projects, capital investments, pricing actions, and new program launches.
• FP&A & Performance Management: Lead the preparation of month-end reporting, rolling forecasts, budgets, and long-term business plans to deliver revenue, structural cost, and EBIT margin targets.
• Executive Storytelling: Deliver monthly financial performance reviews to local NZ and regional leadership, clearly articulating the operational drivers and narrative behind the numbers.
• Profit & Cost Optimisation: Develop multi-variable profit models to assess volume and price fluctuations, while championing Lean initiatives to eliminate operational waste.
• Inventory & Asset Governance: Manage the financial oversight of Parts & Accessories inventory, cycle-count reconciliations, and capital expenditure (facilities and tooling).
• Financial Controls & Automation: Ensure rigorous compliance with corporate governance policies and audit controls, while leveraging tools like Power BI to automate reporting workflows.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline (CA, CPA, or MBA highly regarded).
• 5+ years of commercial finance experience, with proven success in FP&A and business partnering.
• Advanced capability in building multi-variable profit models, forecasting frameworks, and business case evaluations.
• Exceptional ability to distill complex data into clear, concise insights and influence senior operational and regional stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills, with practical experience using modern analytics and visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Power Query).
• Experience navigating enterprise-scale ERP and reporting systems (e.g., SAP/iERP).
• Strong commercial acumen and adaptability to lead ad-hoc initiatives in a fast-paced corporate environment (automotive, supply chain, or FMCG background preferred).