Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy Watercare, the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand, delivers more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $18.5 billion over the next 20 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. That's an investment of $2.5 million every day. In this role you will: Demonstrate in-depth transactional level knowledge of the business unit's financial information Support and ensure accurate capture of data for reporting, including journal entries as required Prepare regular (monthly) and ad-hoc reports that communicate the results of variance analysis, including key drivers of performance variations. Conduct in depth variance analysis to identify and explain differences between actual and expected performance, providing insight into operational and financial performance. Understand revenue and cost transaction levels for business units and work with business partners to drive improvements. Collaborate with cost centre managers to provide financial expertise and coaching Collaborate closely with cost centre managers at a transaction level, ensuring understanding and answering queries Deliver driver-based cost centre budgets and forecasts with guidance from Finance Business Partners In this role you will bring: Minimum 7 years experience working in a commercial, accounting, finance industry either in the private or public organisations. Management accounting experience It would be a great advantage if you had: Experience in using Infor ERP systems Experience in Infrastructure or Technology industries We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including: Training and development opportunities Life and income protection insurance plans Generous parental leave Employee discounts at a range of large retailers Me pehea te tono mai | How to Apply This role is ringfenced to eligible candidates only. Applications from individuals who do not meet eligibility criteria will not be processed. #J-18808-Ljbffr