Finance Reporting and Insights Manager

Invercargill, New Zealand
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With a rich history spanning over 150 years in Aotearoa New Zealand, SBS Bank is making a positive impact on Kiwis' lives by helping them find a place to call home. It's a powerful purpose that drives us every single day!

Right now, we're on an exhilarating transformation journey, reimagining how we can deliver a more modern and secure banking experience that suits how people live today, and in the future.

It's an exciting time, and as part of this we're growing our team and investing in new capabilities to help share the future of banking in New Zealand.

If you're passionate about making an impact and being part of something meaningful, we'd love to hear from you. At SBS, we truly believe that when people achieve their financial goals, their whānau and communities flourish as a result.

To help us with this, we are searching for a Finance Reporting and Insights Manager to join our Finance Team, based at Head Office in Invercargill.

Success in the role will be achieved through the preparation of trusted forecast and budget financial information for decision makers while also ensuring statutory and regulatory reporting is accurately prepared, understood and complies with all external requirements.

What you'll be busy with:

Leading a small team and building a high-trust, collaborative and engaged culture across branches and departments, promoting shared teamwork and understanding across the SBS group.
Responsible for the annual budget cycle, regular forecasting and scenario planning, ensuring all levers are understood by business teams.
Producing profitability analysis relating to our products, businesses and investments to ensure deployed capital is achieving expected returns.
Identifying opportunities for revenue growth, cost management and support improved margin across the business through in-depth analysis.
Responsible for the preparation of the Bank’s Disclosure Statement and financial prudential reporting, liaising with subsidiary company management and accounting teams to ensure coordination of external group reporting.
Researching and implementing opportunities to ensure systems, tools and processes are continuously uplifted to optimize available resources.

What you'll bring:

Essential to this role

10+ years within a finance team including leadership and engagement with senior stakeholders
Strong accounting skills, systems skills and experience with commercial decision making
A desire to gel with our values, Do What's Right, We're With You, One Team and Own It
Preferably experience in the finance team of a bank or regulated financial services entity and experience delivering transformation within a mid-size finance function
This role is full-time, 37.5 hours a week, worked 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

About Us:

We're on an exhilarating growth journey, and we need exceptional individuals who are ready to embrace our ambitious goals. We're seeking passionate trailblazers from all walks of life who are eager to shape the future of banking.


As a 100% NZ Member-owned bank, we have the freedom to focus on creating real value for our Members (customers). With no shareholders to please, we can offer market-leading lending and funding rates while giving back to our communities through local sponsorships and support. Every success we achieve directly benefits our Members and the regions we serve.


We foster an inclusive and innovative environment that thrives on challenging the status quo. We actively encourage our people to question conventions, push boundaries, and test our thinking. This mindset paves the way to successfully achieving our growth. When it comes to our culture, we're proud to say that we're more than just colleagues – we're a close-knit, caring, and inclusive whānau. We embrace diversity in all its forms and actively promote an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We invest in your development, well-being, and growth because we believe that when you thrive, we all succeed.


So, if you're ready to be part of a small bank with a big heart, where your unique perspectives and contributions are celebrated, then come on board and join us! Together, we'll help Kiwis find a place to call home.

join the Bank with Heart and become part of our SBS whānau