Company:

Marsh Risk

Description:

We are seeking a talented and experienced finance professional to join Marsh in a key leadership role for Marsh Risk New Zealand.  This role will be based in Auckland and is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.  This senior leadership role will be accountable for Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) of our Marsh Risk New Zealand business in the Pacific region.

Reporting to the Finance Director, Marsh Risk Pacific, you will work very closely with business leaders and the wider Marsh Risk Pacific Finance team. The successful candidate will be action orientated, display exceptional stakeholder management skills and be delivery and outcome focused. You will display a range of techniques to both direct and influence stakeholders, operate as both a clear and concise leader and an excellent team player.

We will count on you to:

• Support Business Leaders in Marsh Risk New Zealand, and take responsibility for the management of the local P&L.
• Report, analyze and explain the Marsh Risk New Zealand financial performance.
• Ensure the business receives robust KPIs to run the business, including coordinating the collection of all performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of variances to budget, forecast and prior year.
• Partner with Marsh Risk Pacific FP&A to ensure performance is well understood.
• Lead the budget and forecast process for Marsh Risk New Zealand, understanding opportunities and threats, and building credible plans to deliver profitable growth in line with targets.
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives and support M&A activity.
• Partner with Controllership and Operations to improve key processes to make the finance ecosystem, as well as the business environment, easier to navigate.
• Be proactive and creative in improving processes, driving efficiencies, and identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.

What you need to have: 

• Minimum of 10 years of Finance experience in a global, highly matrixed organization.
• Strong business acumen and knowledge of operating models in insurance and/or insurance broking.
• A high degree of intellectual curiosity and the ability to engage with other leaders in addressing complex business issues.
• Strong analytical skills, forecasting and budgeting experience.
• A bias to action orientation with a focus on delivery and outcome.
• Ability to comfortably and effectively deal with ambiguity and be able to act and move forward in the face of the unknown.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, managing multiple stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business or related degree; qualified or equivalent accounting qualification. 
• Experience with Oracle / Smartview preferred.

What makes you stand out:

• Strategic Leadership. Defines, evaluates, and communicates long and medium-term objectives for defined clients. Focuses activities on the achievement of a vision or desired long-term outcome.
• Results Focused. Expertise in delivering quality and consistently strong results
• Communication and Influence. Conveys written and verbal messages effectively to various audiences, adapting approach as appropriate. Displays sound listening and comprehensive skills.
• Innovation. Develops new and alternative approaches to existing practices, creates new or improved processes, solutions, products, and services. Maintains an openness to experiment with alternative approaches.
• Collaboration. Acts as a connector across the organization, bring colleagues together to bring the best of the enterprise to client solutions.
• Decision Making. Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities. Compares data from different sources to draw conclusions. Uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions. Takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.