Head of Business Partnering

Introduction

About First Cape | Mo FirstCape

FirstCape is one of New Zealand’s largest and best resourced wealth advisory and asset management business, creating an enhanced and broadened product offering to help our clients achieve their goals at whatever stage of their investment life cycle. Here at FirstCape, we believe that our people are our greatest asset. Our success is dependent on the collective talent, expertise, and dedication of each and every one of our team members. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and contribute to their fullest potential.

Description

About the opportunity | Mo te whai waahi

We are looking for an experienced and commercially astute Head of Business Partnering to lead and embed a high-performing finance business partnering function across FirstCape.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this is a pivotal leadership role responsible for enabling better decision-making, strengthening financial performance, and ensuring alignment between business strategy and execution. Working closely with business CEOs and senior leaders, you will provide commercial insight, support strategic planning, and drive a forward-looking, value-focused approach to business performance.

As a senior leader within Finance, you will play a critical role in shaping enterprise-wide performance outcomes, influencing investment decisions, and fostering a culture of commercial accountability and continuous improvement. You will also lead and develop a team of Finance Business Partners, building capability and embedding best-practice partnering across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities | Ngā Kawenga Mahi

• Lead and embed a best-practice finance business partnering model across the organisation.
• Partner with business CEOs and leadership teams to translate strategy into financial plans, investment priorities, and performance measures.
• Provide commercial and financial input into business cases, investment decisions, and benefit realisation initiatives.
• Deliver high-quality, forward-looking financial insights and scenario analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Drive alignment between strategy, planning, forecasting, and performance outcomes.
• Provide an enterprise-wide view of business performance, identifying risks, opportunities, and value creation initiatives.
• Influence executive and senior stakeholders through trusted relationships, clear communication, and commercial insight.
• Support business leaders in improving financial discipline, accountability, and return on investment.
• Champion the use of data, analytics, technology, and automation to improve insight generation and decision support.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners while fostering a culture of curiosity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure strong financial governance, commercial rigour, and disciplined decision-making across the organisation.

Skills And Experiences

What you will bring to the role | He aha ka kawea e koe ki te mahi

You will be a strategic finance leader with a strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving commercial outcomes through effective business partnering.

Key skills and experience include:

• Extensive experience in finance business partnering or commercially focused finance leadership roles.
• Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong executive-level stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Deep understanding of business performance drivers, value creation, and commercial decision-making.
• Advanced financial modelling, forecasting, scenario planning, and analytical skills.
• Experience supporting strategy development, business planning, and enterprise performance management.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial information into meaningful business insights.
• A commercially focused mindset, coupled with the confidence to challenge constructively and drive better outcomes.
• Resilience, adaptability, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.
• Professional accounting qualification (CA or equivalent preferred).

Why work at FirstCape? | He aha mahi i te FirstCape?

We offer a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. Additional benefits include wellbeing support, volunteer days and a great company culture. We pride ourselves on offering our employees outstanding development and learning opportunities to support career growth, and the opportunity to work alongside the best talent in the market.

We are an inclusive employer and want our workforce to reflect a rich and diverse way of thinking and working. We know people are more than a single identity and the qualities that make each one of us unique need to be valued and embraced. So regardless of your gender, age, background or how you choose to identify, there's room for you to realise your potential here. And importantly, there's room to be yourself.

We’re also committed to providing equal opportunities to all candidates. Let us know if you have any accessibility requirements so we can work with you to make adjustments where possible to support your application. Alternatively, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role but think you would be a great candidate, please apply explaining why you want the role, how you think your skills or background are transferable, and how you plan to upskill where needed (we will support you with this, but want to know you have thought about this too).

To be eligible to apply, you must have the right to work in New Zealand. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert.