Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role This is a 9‑month fixed‑term opportunity until January 2027 within our Strategic Finance community, supporting priority initiatives at a pivotal time for Contact and the energy sector.This role sits within our Strategic Finance community and works across Teams and Initiatives in a connected, matrixed operating model. You’ll bring financial insight into the heart of decision‑making — not as an observer, but as an active contributor.In this role, you will:<ul><li>Partner with Business Unit Strategic Partners and initiative leads to support investment cases, performance discussions, and enterprise decisions</li><li>Help shape and uplift how financial insights are developed across Contact — bringing consistency, clarity, and decision‑readiness</li><li>Apply strong technical judgement to variance analysis, KPIs, performance commentary, and cost allocation approaches</li><li>Contribute to governance, quality, and audit‑ready insight through technical review and sign‑off</li><li>Work collaboratively across Finance disciplines, value streams, and initiatives to influence outcomes and build trust</li><li>Support strategic initiatives and senior reporting by translating financial data into meaningful, actionable insight</li><li>Role‑model adaptability and continuous improvement in how Finance works, learns, and delivers value</li></ul>This is a role for someone comfortable operating through complexity, balancing technical depth with commercial pragmatism, and influencing without formal authority.

Contact (contact.co.nz ) is one of New Zealand&rsquo;s largest energy retailers and generators. We&rsquo;re committed to building a better New Zealand. We balance our commitment to lowering carbon emissions and producing renewable energy, with maintaining reliable access to energy for our 500,000 customers. We generate electricity from hydro, geothermal and gas and have one of the most flexible generation portfolios in the country.

Financial Insights Specialist

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