Finance Business Analyst

About us

We're a not-for-profit organisation on a mission to transform ourselves and empower New Zealanders to live their healthiest lives.

With almost a million members in our care, we are New Zealand's leading health insurer.

We have an unstoppable focus, delivering outstanding experiences to our members in their time of need. This is an exciting time to be part of our journey and in return for your extraordinary talent, we'll provide a high performing values-based team environment where people are at our heart.

About the role

We are looking for a Finance Business Analyst who is ready to take their next step in their career Business Partnering in the Decision Support team, we are looking for someone who can drive business improvement through reporting, analysis and partnering with key stakeholders in the business.

Our Decision Support team is a high performing team, and we work within a collaborative team environment.

Key responsibilities include:

Providing reporting, business advice and insight to assist in effective financial management and decision-making

Support the delivery of the annual financial plan and bi-annual forecast process

Partner with the business to plan, organise and monitor business activities to drive decision making that achieves not only financial performance targets, but also good business and ultimately member outcomes

Contribution to decision making through having a strong understanding of the organisation, it’s operating environment and an awareness of key trends and impacts in the wider Health Insurance industry

Ensure internal customer satisfaction through understanding the needs of the business, having the courage to challenge decision makers and successfully take key stakeholders on the journey

Challenge the status quo. Be curious and have a continuous improvement mindset to support process improvement across both Decision Support and the business areas that you support.

You are energetic, passionate, curious, have a willingness to learn and someone who strives to improve performance. Ideally you will also have:

Relevant qualification, e.g., commerce / finance, economics, actuarial or related

Experience in providing advice and insight to non-financial stakeholders

Ability to use data to identify underlying trends to support decision making and problem solve

Strong proficiency in IT systems – Microsoft Applications in particular Excel, PowerBI, SQL

Ability to effectively prioritise and manage workloads, can confidently shift between tasks when required

Strong stakeholder management skills

Exceptional communication skills, both verbally and written.

Ngākau nui. Āhurutanga. Tikanga.

Join a proud diverse team, that's always there, always real, always true. If you thrive in a caring, honest and open culture, we think you’ll love working with us.

We know that it is our team’s culture and wellbeing that will drive us forward. That’s why we prioritise not only professional development opportunities but opportunities to thrive personally, too. We offer exceptional work/life balance and our employees are encouraged to – and rewarded for – living well.

Southern Cross employee benefits include:

Five days of wellbeing leave per year

Health insurance for you and your immediate whānau

Life insurance cover and discounts on pet and travel insurance

Extra parental leave benefits and financial wellbeing support

Participate in our workplace wellbeing programme.

That’s not all. Need more time to study, volunteer or support your whānau? You’ll have the opportunity to purchase flexi leave. Each year, you will also get to take part in a volunteer day, to contribute to a cause or community with your team.

Our commitment to LGBTQIA+ and minority communities is reflected in our culture, and we run a regular Diversity and Inclusion Forum to help ensure this continues to flourish.

If you share our commitment and passion, then apply now!

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