GM Finance

The Company My client is a NZ manufacturing business in the FMCG space, based in South Auckland. The company is privately owned and has a nice family feel. The owner is still involved in the business but this role will report to the CEO who has a great sense of humour. The Role The role of GM Finance is very commercially focused. You must have expertise in manufacturing operations and understand the factory from a productivity perspective and drive operational performance of the plant from a financial perspective. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Be an active member of the SLT and partner the CEO to achieve the companies vision and providing strategic input
• Provide leadership to the finance team and the wider business
• Ensure the monthly reporting pack is accurate and timely for the Exec team.
• Drive the budgeting & forecasting process and guide the business accordingly
• Drive flash reporting for decision making
• Manage and develop the finance team of circa 6-7 staff
• Oversee the annual statutory reporting, tax compliance and legislative requirements
• Manage cashflow
• Develop KPI's of operational effectiveness and measure performance to drive performance, particularly around sales, margins and factory effectiveness
• Assess financial risks and benefits of all prospective contracts with customers
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Your profile: To be considered for this role you must be commercially savvy and have worked in the finance function within a manufacturing organisation. You will have the following attributes:

• A proven ability to lead a finance function
• A team player who is happy to be hands on and pivot as required between hands on and strategic
• A sense of humour
• An ability to business partner a wide range of people, functions and personalities
• Preferably a CA or equivalent
• A broad view of business; ie we are looking for an individual with wide business knowledge and commercial acumen

How to apply Please send your resume in Microsoft Word format by clicking on the apply button or for further information, contact Megan Alexander in our Auckland office on 09-915-6700. Job Reference No: 06900-0013080308 By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: . Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.