Corporate Finance Manager

Company Description

Te Tākinatanga | Our Story

At Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy), we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We’re a power and broadband company, but we’re so much more than that. We are transforming the ways we mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here. A team of 1000+ from all walks of life who love what we do, look out for each other, and learn from one another every day, we’re stoked to be guided by our tikanga: we touch lives to make life better.

We’re on a major growth trajectory and our Corporate Finance team is pivotal to that. As we look to develop new energy markets, grow our earnings, and develop our capability, their numbers mahi matters more than ever. Contact is becoming more complex as a business, and with a period of rapid change ahead want to be sure we’re game-fit, which is how we came to create four new Corporate Finance roles, including this one as Corporate Finance Manager.

Job Description

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role

Based in our newly refurbished Wellington head office, as Corporate Finance Manager you’ll lead a team of five highly skilled corporate finance analysts and play a key part in delivering enterprise-wide programmes including corporate strategy, investor relations, internal and external capital allocation, and commodity risk management, while providing economic and strategic analysis and insights to support portfolio management and financial investment decisions across the business.

Reporting to our Head of Corporate Finance, this newly created role is integral to our future and your opportunity as an expert professional in a specialist field that directly impacts the ability for Contact to achieve strategic targets. You’ll identify industry issues and trends emerging both domestically and internationally, looking at likely impacts and how we manage potential negatives and take advantage of opportunities. You’ll ensure the Board, CEO and Leadership Team have all the information they need to make key decisions. You’ll be able to assess risks, analyse options, and articulate findings to a broad audience, internally and externally, and prepare and present detailed reports and updates on M&A activities and capital allocation decision.

As one of New Zealand’s largest energy retailers and the only one without a major shareholder, we’re uniquely positioned to go bigger, faster, and harder than our competitors. In the last year alone, we have made some exciting decisions and acquisitions, and the investments we’ve executed on are really positive … with appetite for more. This is an exciting time to join Contact. We’re on a mission to decarbonise Aotearoa, and the behind-the-scenes mahi to get there is unlike anything else you could find in NZ.

This won’t just be great for your career, it’s great for Aotearoa.

Qualifications

Ko wai koe | About you

Used to operating in a senior role at Senior Management and Board level, you’ve earned your stripes in a large corporate environment and are looking now to take your depth of financial analysis & risk management experience somewhere it matters. Armed with significant corporate finance experience, you have a reputation for delivering outstanding solutions to complex problems by developing new approaches and doing it with aplomb – you’re renowned for your communication skills and love getting stuck into the nitty-gritty with stakeholders far and wide.

Along with experience managing large, complex acquisitions, joint ventures and/or divestments, you’re CA/CFA qualified and have a deep understanding of the commercial arrangements and economics in New Zealand’s energy markets.

Above all else, you’re a team player, someone who operates with a high degree of energy and integrity and wants to lead an already great team to higher heights.

Additional Information

There are a bunch of perks to being a permanent Contact kaimahi. Along with great leadership, teammates, development, and growth and progression opportunities, you’ll enjoy flexible working, free health insurance cover, access to Contact Shares, a ‘Good to be Home’ annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing, a trail-blazing parental leave policy, discounts on Contact Energy products, and more.

This ad will close automatically on Friday 22 November but we’re considering applications as they come in, so hop to it if you're keen or if there's something you’re curious to know first, reach out to Tash on [email protected].

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. We're not about box ticking, so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet everything stated above, please still get in touch. We'd love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent team. In the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.