Finance Business Partner
Finance Business Partner – 6 Month FTC
Auckland
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
Are you ready to use your financial expertise to make a real impact? As our Finance Business Partner, you'll work closely with hospital leadership teams, providing the financial insight and commercial guidance needed to support performance, drive strategic decision-making, and deliver exceptional healthcare outcomes across our network.
This is a role for a commercially minded finance professional who thrives on partnering with operational leaders and turning financial data into meaningful business outcomes. You'll support budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and financial planning while helping leaders understand the drivers behind results and identify opportunities for improvement. Working across a diverse portfolio of hospitals and group functions, you'll contribute to key initiatives that support operational performance, service development, and sustainable growth.
More than just reporting numbers, you'll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing commercial insight, challenging thinking, and helping shape decisions that balance financial performance with patient care outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity to join a large, purpose-led organisation and make an immediate impact within a collaborative and supportive team environment.
This is a 6-month fixed-term position based at our National Support Office in Auckland CBD.
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
- Proven experience in a Finance Business Partner, Management Accountant, Commercial Analyst, or similar role within a medium to large organisation.
- Strong financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting capability.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with operational leaders and influence decision-making through financial insight and commercial advice.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large ERP systems such as Technology One, Oracle, SAP, JDE, or MS Dynamics.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into meaningful recommendations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging at all levels of an organisation.
- Accounting degree or equivalent qualification.
- CAANZ (or equivalent professional accreditation) would be highly regarded.
- Experience working across multiple business units, locations, or a networked environment would be advantageous.
Ngā mea ka taea e mātou te tuku I a koe | What we can offer you:
- Meaningful Impact: Play a key role within New Zealand’s largest private healthcare provider, helping support financial decisions that contribute to high-quality patient care across our hospital network.
- Flexible Working: Enjoy flexible and hybrid working arrangements that support a healthy balance between work and life.
- Prime CBD Location: Work from our modern National Support Office in the heart of Auckland CBD, with easy access to public transport, cafés, and city amenities.
- Exposure & Experience: Gain valuable experience partnering with senior leaders across a large and complex organisation, contributing to strategic initiatives and business-critical decisions.
Ko wai matou | Our Organisation
At Southern Cross Healthcare, our purpose is clear: to advance quality healthcare across Aotearoa New Zealand. Our values shape everything we do:
- Care First – We lead with compassion, delivering care that’s deeply human through genuine manaakitanga.
- Better Together – Collaboration is our strength. We unite diverse skills and perspectives to create better outcomes for all.
- Pursue Excellence – We strive to improve, innovate, and excel every day—never settling, always aiming to deliver our best.
We’re proud to bring together over 4,000 skilled professionals—including 2,000 nurses and anaesthetic technicians—working alongside more than 1,200 specialists, surgeons, anaesthetists, and allied health experts. Together, we’re one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest and most trusted healthcare providers.
Driven by a strong ‘for purpose’ ethos, we think beyond financial quarters—planning for generations to come.
Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and foster a culturally safe environment that reflects manaakitanga and values the unique perspectives of our people. Our core value, Better Together, guides our goal to build a workforce that mirrors the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand.
If you have specific needs or would like to discuss how we can support you, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at careers@schl.co.nz for a confidential conversation.
Haere mai, ā, mā te mahi tahi ka whai wāhi ki tētahi mea whai take, ka āwhina i ngā tāngata ki te whai oranga mā te whakaaro anō ki te tautiaki hauora
Join us, and together, each of us can be part of something important, helping people live their best lives by reimagining healthcare.
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