About The Role:
This is a 6-month fixed term contract role for a
naturally curious Financial Analyst who enjoys turning data into insight and
helping the business make better decisions.
Your primary focus will be IBM Planning Analytics
(TM1) developing, enhancing, and supporting reports, cubes, and planning tools
that genuinely improve how the business plans and performs.
Working closely with the Manager Group FP&A and
the Group Commercial team, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality
financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting.
Alongside this, you’ll get involved in emissions
and carbon reporting, and ad hoc commercial projects. It’s a varied role where
accuracy, problem-solving, and meeting deadlines really matter but so does
collaboration, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
Role Responsibilities:
- Designing, building, and enhancing cubes, reports,
and tools in IBM Planning Analytics (TM1)
- Using PAfe (Excel add-in) to streamline planning,
forecasting, and reporting processes
- Supporting users through budgeting and forecasting
cycles and improving system adoption
- Training and supporting IBM PA users and helping
drive successful change
- Documenting IBM PA processes and ensuring a shared
understanding across the business
- Preparing and improving annual and monthly carbon
emissions reporting, including Power BI dashboards
- Providing ad hoc financial analysis and insights
to support commercial decision-making
Decision Support:
- Proactively challenge assumptions, and
influence decision making which ultimately focus on holistic outcomes for
Northpower
-Supporting business case development for
initiatives as well as tracking spend & benefits against targets
Team and Culture:
- Work closely with finance peers across the
business and the group finance teams to achieve best practice and ensure
consistent reporting and processes
- Establishing and developing relations with
senior management, external partners, finance and commercial stakeholders
About You
You’re someone who enjoys building things that make life easier better models, cleaner data, smarter reports. You’re comfortable working with complexity, but you also know how to explain numbers clearly to non-finance people.
You’ll bring:
-Strong experience developing in IBM Planning
Analytics (TM1), including cubes and reports
-Advanced Excel skills (Power Query and VBA
experience highly regarded)
-Experience with visualisation/financial modelling
tools and systems (JDE experience a bonus)
-A solid understanding of accounting principles
(nice to have, not essential)
-A forward-thinking mindset, attention to detail,
and a genuine drive to improve how things are done
-Strong communication skills and the ability to
build trusted relationships across the business
About Us:
Northpower is an electricity and fibre network provider for Whangārei and
Kaipara, with more than 60,000 connected customers. We are one of the largest multi-utility contractors in
New Zealand, servicing the needs of clients in transmission, distribution,
generation, fibre, renewables, and commercial sectors. We have a
reputation for excellence and innovation, providing commercially viable
solutions for electrical and telecommunication design, construction, and
maintenance requirements.
We have over 1,400 staff working together across 16 locations to keep the power
on and the lights going for our customers.
Apply Now:
You’ll be joining a team that values quality,
collaboration, and smart thinking. This is a role where your ideas will be
listened to, your technical skills will be used, and your work will directly
influence commercial and strategic outcomes including how we measure and reduce
our environmental impact. Apply via #REQ1887 New Zealand
work rights are required for the role. Pre-employment checks will include a
criminal history check, drug and alcohol testing, and a medical assessment
