Corporate Model Lead

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 Model Lead.

Job Description

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role

Based in our newly refurbished Wellington head office, as Corporate Model Lead you’ll own the Contact financial model and work closely with the CFO, Head of Wholesale Finance & Financial Control, finance leaders, investor relations, and other team members to plan, analyse, and provide insights regarding Contact’s financial performance.

Reporting to our soon-to-be-appointed Corporate Finance Manager, you’ll build and maintain driver-based models that provide the basis for our reporting, forecasting, and planning processes. You’ll also provide an external perspective on Contact, tracking the perspectives of investors, managing external competition analysis, and monitoring industry trends that could impact company performance, driving decision-making through robust financial analysis and strategic insights.

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

We’re looking for a modelling guru, somebody technically astute with an expert-level understanding of corporate finance and valuation-related concepts who not only can create and build models, processes and solutions from scratch, but loves to. Ideally, you’ll have gained this experience in investment banking, private equity, or management consulting, backed up by a Bachelor’s Degree with extensive quantitative coursework in economics, finance, statistics and the like.

Along with a strong professional knowledge & experience in all aspects of financial planning and analysis, economic and financial modelling, you’ll have great analytical and problem-solving skills, able to think strategically and creatively, apply business acumen, and exercise good judgment. You’re intellectually curious, always keen to understand the “why”, and love starting new insightful kōrero (conversations). You’re all about growth > fixed mindset and are highly productive and efficient, able to thrive managing multiple projects under tight deadlines in a dynamic environment.

It would be great if you’ve worked in the Energy sector before, but not necessary - we’re happy to provide training on that side of things and would love to see a variety of backgrounds.

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.