Corporate Finance Analyst

Company Description

Te Tākinatanga | Our Story

At Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy), we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We’re a power and broadband company, but we’re so much more than that. We are transforming the ways we mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here. A team of 1000+ from all walks of life who love what we do, look out for each other, and learn from one another every day, we’re stoked to be guided by our tikanga: we touch lives to make life better.

We’re on a major growth trajectory and our Corporate Finance team is pivotal to that. As we look to develop new energy markets, grow our earnings, and develop our capability, their numbers mahi matters more than ever. Contact is becoming more complex as a business, and with a period of rapid change ahead want to be sure we’re game-fit, which is how we came to create four new Corporate Finance roles, including this one as Corporate Finance Analyst.

Job Description

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role

Based in our newly refurbished Wellington head office, as a Corporate Finance Analyst you’ll be taken under the wing of some of Aotearoa’s leading corporate finance, risk, and energy markets financial professionals to accelerate your development as a corporate finance professional.

There’s no “typical day” we can describe. Part of a humming team of nine (soon to be 13), your mahi will be varied and exciting, working across investor relations, financial modelling, capital allocation, data visualisation and dashboarding, and research of market and industry trends. We’re in a period of transformation, with loads of exciting projects underway and more coming up. As one of New Zealand’s largest energy retailers and the only one without a major shareholder, we’re uniquely positioned to go bigger, faster, and harder than our competitors. In the last year alone, we have made some exciting decisions and acquisitions, and the investments we’ve executed on are really positive … with appetite for more. This is an exciting time to join Contact. We’re on a mission to decarbonise Aotearoa, and the behind-the-scenes mahi to get there is unlike anything else you could find in NZ.

This won’t just be great for your career, it’s great for Aotearoa.

Qualifications

Ko wai koe | About you

In the words of the guy who could be your new boss, good Corporate Finance is art + science. To nail this role, you’ll need a little creativity and magic as well as the technical competencies you already know about. You first built these skills at uni studying Accounting, Finance, or Economics, went on to become CA or CFA qualified (or are nearly there!) then really refined them providing financial advisory services in a CA corporate finance team, investment banking, management consulting, or similar corporate background.

You’re developing your own consultative style and the ability to craft business cases that really connect with people. You can build rapport with ease – the whole relationship side of things comes naturally for you. You thrive in dynamic conversation and back your great verbal skills up with written comms that are just as good. You’re a keen learner who gets a kick out of researching and evaluating data and is comfortable working independently, but also enjoys bouncing off of peers and working collaboratively.

It would be great if you’ve worked in the Energy sector before, but we’re happy to provide training on the markets and would love to see a variety of backgrounds. Experience in financial modelling, project evaluation, and investment analysis is where it’s at, and if you have skills in alternative modelling techniques, even better. This role will involve a lot of data analysis and dashboarding so while we could teach you (and happily will, if you’re awesome on every other front), we’d be stoked if you came with fully-fledged skills in R-Studio / Python and data manipulation, including Power BI and Databricks.

Additional Information

There are a bunch of perks to being a permanent Contact kaimahi. Along with great leadership, teammates, development, and growth and progression opportunities, you’ll enjoy flexible working, free health insurance cover, access to Contact Shares, a ‘Good to be Home’ annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing, a trail-blazing parental leave policy, discounts on Contact Energy products, and more.

This ad will close automatically on Friday 22 November but we’re considering applications as they come in, so hop to it if you're keen or if there's something you’re curious to know first, reach out to Tash on [email protected].

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. We're not about box ticking, so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet everything stated above, please still get in touch. We'd love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent team. In the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.