• Strategic partnering with senior leaders

• Make a difference in your community

• Competitive salary + flexible working options

About the role:

As a key member of the Finance Team, the Finance Business Partner plays a strategic role in supporting organisational performance.

You will provide high-quality financial analysis, strategic advice, and business partnering across Council to enable effective financial management and evidence-based decision making.

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, bridging finance, business operations, and organisational strategy to ensure alignment and strong financial outcomes.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced finance professional who enjoys influencing decisions, improving performance, and working in a complex and meaningful environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Act as the primary finance lead for assigned business units, partnering closely with Heads of Department and Executive Directors
• Provide strategic financial advice supporting organisational priorities, long-term planning, and sustainable financial management
• Deliver advanced data-driven insights, scenario analysis, and forecasting to support strategic and operational decision making
• Support operational and strategic decisions by translating financial data into clear, actionable insights
• Partner with cost centre managers to strengthen financial capability, drive accountability, and support evidence-based decision making
• Provide challenge, guidance, and coaching to leaders to improve performance and strategic outcomes
• Oversee financial performance, budgets, and forecasts for assigned business units
• Lead preparation of annual cost centre budgets in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Contribute to Annual Plan and Long-Term Plan processes through strategic financial analysis and insight
• Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identifying variances, risks, and corrective actions
• Prepare high-quality financial reports for Council, Executive Leadership Team, and business areas
• Prepare journals, accruals, and corrections as part of monthly accounting processes
• Deliver monthly reporting, forecasting, variance commentary, and trend analysis
• Support financial systems, reporting, and process improvement initiatives
• Contribute to continuous improvement of financial processes, reporting frameworks, and internal controls
• Complete financial projects and other duties within the scope of the role as required

About you:

You are a confident and commercially astute finance professional who thrives in a business partnering environment. You enjoy working with senior stakeholders, providing constructive challenge, and turning complex financial information into meaningful insights.

You will bring:

• Experience in a large or complex organisation with multiple stakeholders
• Strong management accounting, financial analysis, and modelling capability
• Advanced Excel and spreadsheeting skills
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and integrity
• Ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively as part of a team
• Confidence to influence, challenge, and support decision-making

What we can offer:

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses

About us:

Selwyn is New Zealand's fastest growing district. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our head office is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!