The Opportunity

Bring your commercial finance expertise to the heart of our customer strategy.

An exciting opportunity has opened for a Sales Finance Lead to join our Nestlé New Zealand Finance  team in Parnell Auckland.  Reporting to the Country Controller, You will be a trusted finance partner to our Sales teams, helping shape commercial decisions, strengthen customer profitability and turn financial insights into action. 

This is a role for someone who enjoys being close to the business. You will work across Sales, Category, Commercial Planning and Finance, combining strong commercial thinking with insightful analysis to influence decisions and help our teams deliver sustainable profitable growth.

A day in the life...

In this role, you will:

•    Partner with our Sales teams to deliver commercial and financial objectives.
•    Lead the financial management and reporting of trade investments, ensuring transparency, accuracy and strong controls.
•    Provide commercial insights across customer performance, profitability, sales mix and investment effectiveness.
•    Support customer negotiations and selling strategies with robust financial analysis.
•    Guide forecasting, month-end landings and Dynamic Forecasts, helping the business identify risks, opportunities and actions.
•    Partner with Commercial Planning on promotional evaluations and Quarterly Investment Reviews, turning performance data into actionable learnings.
•    Track customer investment plans, highlight gaps and help identify actions to improve performance.
•    Partner across Sales, Category, Customer Teams, Finance, Nestle Business Services (NBS) and other stakeholders to drive better commercial outcomes.
•    Coach and develop Customer Claims Executives, helping strengthen capability and performance across the team. 

What will make you successful

You are a commercially minded finance professional who can see beyond the numbers and understand what they mean for customers and the business.

You will bring:

•    Strong experience partnering with Sales, Category, Marketing and/or commercial teams.
•    Solid commercial finance experience, ideally across trade investment, customer profitability or sales finance.
•    Strong analytical capability and the ability to turn complex information into clear commercial recommendations.
•    Effective stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
•    A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the confidence to challenge constructively and influence decisions.
•    Leadership and coaching capability, combined with the ability to balance attention to detail with the bigger commercial picture. 

 
Full New Zealand working rights and applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including but not limited to health checks, prior to appointment to this role.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary + attractive bonus program
• Hybrid working model
• Company contributions to KiwiSaver
• Life & Income Protection Insurance for KiwiSaver
• Up to 5 ‘KitKat Days’ each year to rest, recharge and support your wellbeing
• Personalised development and varied career opportunities within a global FMCG leader
• Wellbeing perks including free flu vaccinations, discounted private health insurance, and discounted gym memberships including access to Fitness Passport
• Access to Purchased Leave, Volunteering Leave, Sports Leave and Emergency Services Leave
• Up to 18 weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Discounts on Nestlé products and offers from our retail and service partners
• Strong track record of internal progression, with access to succession planning programs, talent development initiatives and future leadership opportunities across New Zealand, Australia and the wider Nestlé network

OUR STORY 

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering an inclusive, diverse, and collaborative environment, embracing innovation, and empowering people and teams to win. 

We aim to hire respectful, curious, value driven and inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day. 

Be a force for good. 

For more information, please visit our website Nestlé | Welcome | Get In Touch New Zealand (nestle.co.nz) 

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