Senior Finance Business Partner

 

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College Senior Finance Business Partner
Position Purpose: The purpose of this role is to lead Colleges’ financial strategy and planning

process, lead and guide a team of finance business partners and ensure
provision of high-quality, comprehensive accounting services to College
PVCs and their leadership teams.

Department: Finance

Location: Palmerston North / Wellington / Auckland

Reports to: TBC

Responsible for: Team of Finance Business Partners

Delegations: N/A

Job Title:

Key relationships: Internal (within the area of External
responsibility) External Auditors
College PVCs Research Funders
Heads of Schools/Heads of Other TEIs
Departments/College Executive
Managers / College Academic
Managers
Budget Centre Managers
Researchers / Primary Investigators
Senior FBP colleagues and Head of
FBP team
Wider FBP team and Finance and
Procurement team
Governance and Risk Management

Massey University: We are a world-leading university in many academic disciplines and fields
of research. Our point of difference is research that is connected to
community and industry. Our researchers are developing expertise and
skills to advance human knowledge and understanding. Working together
across disciplines and locations, we solve national and global problems
through fundamental, applied and interdisciplinary research, while
culturally and artistically enriching our world.

We are deeply committed to being a Te Tiriti-led university,
demonstrating authentic leadership in contemporary Aotearoa New
Zealand as we uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the founding document of our
nation, and its principles through our practice. We embrace this not just
as an obligation but as a real opportunity for the nation and its people.

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Our educators are preparing a new generation of global leaders. Our
students are diverse and are attracted to Massey because they want to
achieve their personal goals or make their mark in the world. They
experience world-class learning that recognises their intellectual and
cultural strengths, expands their horizons and prepares them to
contribute to a rapidly transforming world with skills, critical and creative
thinking and leadership.

We will be renowned for our passion and caring attitude. All Massey
campuses will be innovation ecosystems, acting as magnets for smart
enterprises. Wherever we are, we will operate in partnerships founded
on respect, trust and mutual benefit. Massey is not only defined by what
we do, but by how we do it.

About this area The Finance Business Partner Team is responsible for providing
comprehensive accounting and finance support to the designated
business units. The main responsibilities of a Senior Finance Business
Partner include leading RL financial strategy and planning,
undertaking/overseeing RLs budgeting, forecasting, management
reporting and variance analysis, key financial and non-financial KPIs
monitoring/reporting, cost-benefit analysis, financial data modelling and
other related duties. These services will be provided in line with agreed
service level agreements.

Massey core capabilities

At Massey we are Tiriti-led, upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles through our practice, we:

• Demonstrate awareness of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand

society.

• Understand the relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in relation to the work of the University and

the people we serve.

• Embracing Te Reo in relevant and practical ways in our workplace interactions and engagement

with external stakeholders, giving expression to Tikanga Māori and protocols that
demonstrates that we respect and value Māori conventions in appropriate settings.

At Massey we work together with mutual respect and caring. we:

• Act with integrity and trustworthiness and give credit to others for the work they do.
• Work cooperatively and inter-dependently to foster and promote the One University approach.
• Share knowledge and communicate professionally with courtesy and mutual respect.
• Are ethical in all transactions, working within the parameters of our policies and procedures.
• Are direct, truthful and maintain confidentiality.
• Seek to understand and appreciate our differences.
• Keep ourselves and others safe; work together to embrace with the University's health, safety

and wellbeing policies, procedures and programmes; display commitment by actively
supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives: and by actively engaging in health and safety
improvement opportunities.

At Massey we are future-focused, results- oriented and strive for excellence. we:

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• Take ownership and responsibility for delivering results to support achievement of University

objectives.

• Provide the best quality services to our customers (internal and external) ensuring our

students/ stakeholders are at the heart of everything we do.

• Deliver or support world-class research, teaching and learning and citizenship.
• Take personal responsibility for our performance, take pride in doing our job well, and commit

to ongoing personal and professional development.

• Are motivated and create a positive working environment where our values are reinforced.
• Anticipate and respond with agility and resilience to the changing needs of the University and

the communities we serve.

• Seek ways to improve our services to deliver in an efficient and effective way.
• Embrace technology and apply this innovatively to better meet the needs of those we serve.
• Challenge ourselves to reach our potential and help bring out the best in others.
• Understand how what we do contributes to the objectives of the University.
  

Accountabilities

Leadership / People • Manage and develop team member capability to enable high
Management performance and efficiency.

• Manage and develop team capability, aligning performance with

culture and engagement goals.

• Provide development and regularly undertake performance reviews

and provide feedback.

• Model team behaviours that support and advance the Universities Te

Tiriti led strategy.

Financial and Management Accounting Services
Planning, Budgeting

and Forecasting

• Provide financial and management accounting advice for the

Colleges and schools/departments. This includes support for
budget development, analysis of variances and recommendations to
“manage” variances as required.

• Review and ensure accurate financial accounting for the designated

Reporting Lines in line with PBE IPSAS and the University’s accounting
policies and practices.

• Lead responses to external and internal requests to extract and

interpret financial and non-financial data.

• Lead provision financial planning and budgeting support to the

research projects/research centres within designated area of
responsibility, both in pre and post funding approval stages

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the annual enrolment forecasting process for the designated

Colleges

• Lead the revenue and expense budgeting/forecasting work, including

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phasing over 12 months, for the designated Reporting Lines within
the required deadlines.

• Review the budgets and forecast with the budget centre managers/

Heads of School, summarise key results and report back to the
Colleges leadership team (PVC/Exec group/College Executive
Manager) as well as leadership within Financial Services team.

• Uplift financial literacy and budget management skills across the

budget centre managers and other staff involved in financial activities
within designated Reporting Lines.

Management Reporting

• Review of month end results and lead the work on investigating

variances against budgets and forecasts.

• Prepare monthly management reports for the PVCs and College

Senior Leadership teams.

• Provide reporting and commentary to the Financial Services team for

inclusion in the Senior Leadership Team and Council reporting, in line
with required formats and deadlines.

• Provide meaningful financial reporting on external research projects to

assist monitoring the progress.

Financial Modelling • Lead the work in providing financial input into Colleges’ Strategic
and Advice Plans.

• To lead the work on understanding financial and non-financial data

linkages, undertaking data modelling (e.g. students, staff, space etc.)
as required by the RL leadership teams.

• Provides financial / commercial support and advice for proposals

around changes to existing and new offerings, including strategic
partnerships.

• Provide financial / commercial support and advice for the

development of business cases.

Customer Satisfaction • Demonstrate commitment, urgency, being visibly open and positive.

• Adhering to Service Standards in every aspect of your work
• Understand PVCs and Colleges/Departments needs while adhering to

University’s policies and generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP), develop and fine-tune systems and reporting accordingly

Other Activities • Maintain an excellent knowledge of Finance processes, policies and
procedures to provide advice to the College.

• Attend board, steering and working group meetings as required.
  

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Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications: • A tertiary qualification in accounting and/or finance is essential for
this position.

• Membership of a recognised accounting body or an appropriate

Masters degree is essential.

Experience: • At least five-year's experience working in management and /or
financial accounting in a large organisation.

• Experience of working in a Tertiary Education Institute is desirable.
• Demonstrable experience of working with large numbers of

stakeholders.

• Demonstrable experience of working with large sets of complex data.
• Experience of writing financial reports for senior management.

Capabilities - Behaviour

Communication • Conducts discussions in a respectful manner, that are sincere and

Essential professional.

• Develops a clear, complete understanding of needs and problems through

careful listening, probing, reflecting, and summarising.

• Delivers succinct written and oral communications that engage audience

participants, respond to their questions and concerns, and produce specific
outcomes and impacts.

• Communicates in a timely manner using the appropriate style and method.
• Able to address broad audiences and stakeholder groups, working with

communication plans and a mix of communication methods.

• Able to present information clearly, concisely and logically. Varies content,

style and form to suit the subject.

Working Together • Establishes and maintains productive working relationships with key

Essential stakeholders internally and externally.

• Contributes as a member with multiple teams that span function, issue and

location.

• Establishes and maintains credibility and appropriate confidentiality with

stakeholders.

• Proactively identifies and addresses potential issues with stakeholders.

Leverages partnerships to improve the performance of programme or
portfolios and works to resolves conflict and other obstacles to team
performance.

• Able to coach and influence internal and external stakeholders, building

constructive working relationships.

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Continuous

Improvement • Implements new systems, procedures and tools efficiently when changes
occur in the work environment.

Essential • Works with agility, adjusting current working processes or adopting new
approaches in response to changes in the organisation environment.

• Seeks challenging opportunities or assignments to grow and develop one's

own knowledge, skills and abilities.

• Uses digital tools to innovate programme, processes, systems or services.

• Communicates and analyses assumptions about a particular issue with

colleagues to gain new perspectives or more effective solutions.

Results Oriented
• Maintains focus on critical work and expectations and ability to

Essential communicate those effectively to the FBP team.

• Gets the job done without compromising accuracy or timeliness. Able to

track and complete agreed work in planned timeframes.

• Ability to multitask, work under pressure and meet deadlines in a new and

challenging environment. Reassesses priorities and reschedules work as the
situation/demands change.

• Stretches oneself, showing a willingness to take manageable risks to achieve

results.

• Takes responsibility for escalating issues that impact on planned work and

outcomes.

• Documents how results were obtained to support knowledge transfer and

best practices.

• Supports self during change by remaining flexible, focusing on the positives,

and proactively seeking out opportunities to get involved.

• Can work flexibly and out of standard work hours when required.

• Willing to travel to fulfil job requirements.
  

Service Centric

• Acts with the internal/external stakeholder or customer in mind, seeks to

Essential understand and deliver on customer perceptions and expectations.

• Able to respond to common stakeholder queries and problems or escalate

if required.

• Responds to unexpected stakeholder requests with a sense of urgency and

positive action.

• Provides a level of customer centric service excellence that contributes to

Finance and Procurement’s objectives.

• Can work flexibly and out of standard work hours when required.

• Willing to travel to fulfil job requirements.
  

Capabilities - Technical

Managing • Manage preparation of required budget and forecast information.
Budgets and • Explains and works with the Massey’s finance and budgeting tools.
Forecasts

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Essential • Implements Massey’s budgeting and forecasting cycle and processes.

• Detects and interprets budget and forecast variances and overruns.

Financial • Uses finance and accounting systems, procedures and practices.

Accounting and • Resolves questions about finance and accounting policies and practices.

Analysis • Undertakes financial analysis to evaluate College performance.

• Advises others on a variety of financial tools, techniques and approaches.

Essential • Conducts and documents analyses of financial KPIs as required.

• Anticipates the potential impact of decisions based on financial data

analysis.

• Differentiates between capital investments and expenses.

Management • Capable of operating financial report-writing tools being used at Massey.

Financial Demonstrate ability and aptitude to adapt as the management reporting

Reporting tool kit evolves over time.

• Demonstrate the ability to interpret complex financial data into succinct,

Essential easy to understand management reports.

Change
Management • Identifies major activities and objectives for organisational change

management.
Desirable • Assists with the implementation of specific changes in organisational

structure.

• Recognises major challenges of current organisational change

management.

• Analyses major changes in organisation strategy, technology and

organisation processes.

• Follows Massey’s change management models.

Data Gathering

and Reporting • Ability to learn and use core Massey University systems.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Essential • Developing proficiency in the use of SharePoint (Create new, open, edit,

save) and Microsoft Teams.

• Performs file management tasks such as folder management and controlled

document administration.

• Performs file management tasks such as folder management and controlled

document administration.

Health & Safety
and Emergency • Adhere to Massey policies around staff Health, safety and wellbeing.

Management • Identifies the chain of command responsible for dealing with crises when
they occur.

Essential • Participates in a crisis/ emergency management team, if required.

• Appropriately uses the crisis management chain of command.

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Tertiary • Understand and support the broad responsibility of the institution for

Education enhancing the collegiate experience for all students.

Acumen • Supports relevant legal issues and legislation (i.e. privacy laws, etc.) and
how changes can impact day-to-day.

Desirable • Describe and participate in the policy development in Finance and
Procurement and at all institutional and governmental levels.

• Provides information to support stakeholders with information, resources

and policy information.

Pre-employment checks

Essential • Requirement to pass a Criminal and Traffic Convictions (Security) Check
performed by the Ministry of Justice.

• Requirement to pass a Credit History and No Asset Procedure (NAP) Credit

History Check performed by Equifax.

• Requirement to pass a Qualifications Validation Check.

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