<p><strong>The Company</strong><br />My client is a very large business with operations that span the globe. The company has a proud heritage in NZ having been around for a long time but today is privately held offshore. The NZ operation is very large for NZ standards and consequently the NZ business has multiple jurisdictions under their remit. The business has a down to earth Kiwi culture but due to its complexity requires agile, resilient and hardworking people who can think laterally. With continued growth and expansion into global regions, this is a newly created role, based in Ellerslie, reporting to the Head of Finance for a major segment of the trading business.<br /><br /><strong>The Role</strong><br />This commercially based role heads up the International markets in the Asian geographical region which total circa $200M Revenue and make up about 20% of the total operating segment. The business is operating in six markets within Asia with a local Finance Manager and Country Manager in place.<br /><br />This role has been created to have each of the Finance Managers reporting into this role and to bring uniformed and consolidated standard reporting across markets as well as strong financial acumen back to the NZ Head office.<br /><br />Your key responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li>Leadership of an international finance team, operating in multiple jurisdictions</li><li>Partner the multiple GMs to drive and implement strategy.</li><li>Drive operational performance in each market, partnering with the local finance managers who have differing degrees of experience and business unit size.</li><li>Ensure the budgeting &amp; forecasting process is managed and consolidate the Asian regional reporting</li><li>Provide critical analysis on KPI and key metrics, identifying opportunities to maximise performance</li><li>Critically evaluate performance using your commercial nous, challenging the status quo</li></ul><p><strong>Your Profile</strong><br />This is a senior role and therefore requires a candidate with a strong commercial background who has the following attributes:</p><ul><li>Experience with MNC or Large vertically integrated complex business structures</li><li>Strong staff management experience, ideally with staff in multiple markets with varying levels of experience</li><li>Previous Experience driving Business unit performance of Asian based markets</li><li>Strong proven commercial acumen whereby you can demonstrate how you have driven the performance / strategy of the business.</li><li>An ability to navigate through the grey and cut through to drive outcomes</li><li>Strong stakeholder engagement capability</li><li>A down to earth and practical demeanour with no ego</li><li>Strong systems capability, ideally with Power BI experience</li><li>Ideally FMCG or primary industry experience</li></ul><p>This role will suit someone that can partner with offshore markets taking into account of time zones. The role may include travel to Asia sporadically.</p><p><strong>Apply Today</strong><br />Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.</p><p><br /><em>Reference Number: 06900-0013322954</em></p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice:</em> <em><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement&amp;data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&amp;sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&amp;reserved=0">https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bWVnYW4uYWxleGFuZGVyLjYyNzYxLjEwOTE4QHJoaW56LmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">