Finance Chapter Lead

Spark NZ

As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark’s purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses.

We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand.

About the Role:

We are seeking a dynamic, proactive and experienced Chapter Lead within our Finance Delivery Centre. This role is responsible for leading on financial and investment support for Capex and Leases across Spark and reports to the Finance Lead Partner – Finance Delivery Centre. It is a pivotal role providing strategic direction and financial stewardship to the business, driving for best outcomes that deliver on our commitments, with leadership of a team of finance partners and investment business partners. You will be someone who loves to drive process improvement, elevate team performance and be across the big picture while also feeling excited by technical issues around capex and leases.

Day to day you will be involved in:

• Lead the Capex and Leases team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
• Develop and implement robust governance frameworks for Capex and lease activities, improving current processes and challenging the status quo.
• Lead the business in navigating complex investment trade-offs, balancing customer requirements, financial returns, technology evolution, lifecycle management, capacity and coverage needs, and available CapEx and OpEx.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Provide strategic direction and oversight for capex and lease activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to drive alignment and effective decision-making.
• Monitor and report on the performance of capex and lease activities, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Diving in to technical review of leasing decisions and understanding broader impacts of decisions and trade offs

What experience you'll bring?

• Proven experience in a similar role, ideally within the telecommunications or technology sector.
• Strong understanding of capex and leases accounting, principles and practices.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Ability to constructively challenge and influence stakeholders of all levels.
• Able to see the bigger picture whilst also rolling sleeves up and being across the numbers.
• Strong strategic thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Adaptable and agile, able to prioritise and juggle multiple demands across the portfolio.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in finance or business and qualified CA.

WHY CHOOSE US:

Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai

At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture. Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be “how things are done at Spark”, embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices. We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability.

Sustainability: Toitū

Sustainability is a key focus for us. We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand’s recovery and economic transformation. The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion.

Benefits: Awhina

Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we’ve got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including:

• Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection. Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme.

• Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 3 days a week, and 2 days being flexible (moving to 4 days a week from February).

• Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave.

• Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products.

• Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme.

• Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.

Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining).