Job Description Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity The Research Finance Business Partner will provide management accounting and business partnering services working in collaboration with the Faculty & Institute Research Services Team, Research Operations Finance and Faculty Finance team.
This will include providing advice, analysis and provision of management and financial information, budgeting and forecasting and business case support with an approach that is proactive and focusses on problem solving.
This role will use its in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Research Operations Finance Function to provide proactive insight and decision support at both strategic and operational levels and will ensure that key organisational initiatives directly link to delivering the business and financial strategy in the long-term.
This is a full-time (37.5 hours per week), permanent position.
For more information, please see Position Description He korero mou | About you The successful candidate will exhibit an in-depth knowledge and understanding of strategic finance within large and complex organisations and will ideally have experience in Research Finance or a similar field.
They will need to demonstrate proven management strengths, with clear evidence of your ability to build successful stakeholder partnerships and drive strategic direction and effective service cultures.
You will ideally be tertiary qualified and preferably hold relevant industry qualifications.
It would be an advantage to have relevant experience in a research environment or a similarly large, complex organisation.
In addition, the successful applicants will possess strong analytical ability coupled with an innovative and creative thinking style and robust business and technology acumen.
Nga ahuatanga kei a matou | What we offer The University of Auckland is New Zealand's leading university and maintains significant computational, laboratory and analytic facilities.
Auckland itself is frequently rated as one of the world's most liveable cities.
The University is committed to providing an excellent working environment through: Flexible employment practices (including working from home, flexible hours) Up to 6.75% company superannuation scheme A competitive salary with five weeks' annual leave 37.5 hour working week for professional staff In addition, we also offer career development programmes, discounted car parking, a generous parental leave allowance, childcare and a number of other discounts on internal and external services.
For more information, please visit Staff Benefits .
Additional Information How to apply | Me pehea te tuku Applications must be submitted online, by the closing date of 28th August to be considered.
Should we have sufficient calibre of applications we will close the applications process early.
Please include your cover letter and your CV highlighting how you can meet the skills and experiences detailed above.
Please reach out to Jane Vince ****** for a confidential conversation.
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