Commercial Analyst

About the Company

This role supports a major and long-established manufacturing organisation in New Zealand with a broad range of products and a sizeable operational footprint. The company’s commercial finance team plays a central role in turning detailed analysis into stronger business decisions.

The Role

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will join the FP&A team and assist with costing, pricing, operational reporting, and the annual budgeting cycle. The position involves close collaboration with Commercial, Sales, and Operations teams to help ensure pricing decisions are commercially sound and production output is optimised across the product portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Track product cost differences and analyse pricing across multiple product variants to help improve sales outcomes.
• Support the Sales team with pricing advice, including storage cost analysis and comparison of variant pricing against base specifications.
• Produce regular operations reports covering production volumes, product costs, and performance against KPIs.
• Assist the Commercial Manager with financial analysis for CAPEX business cases.
• Own selected parts of the annual budgeting process and coordinate inputs with department and site managers.
• Maintain routine forecasting activities, including validation of inputs, review of forecast assumptions, and variance analysis.
• Contribute to new product development costing and product lifecycle review work.
• Help with ad hoc projects and documentation improvements as needed.

Skills and Experience Required

The ideal candidate will bring a strong commercial finance background, excellent analytical ability, and the confidence to work across teams in a busy manufacturing setting.

• CA/CPA qualification is preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar commercial finance or FP&A role, ideally within manufacturing or FMCG.
• Experience in the dairy sector would be a strong advantage.
• Advanced Excel skills and solid financial modelling capability; experience with Power BI or a comparable reporting tool is beneficial.
• High attention to detail and a strong analytical mindset.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to build productive relationships across functions.
• A proactive, self-directed approach with the ability to handle multiple priorities and work to deadlines under pressure.

What’s On Offer

This is a broad commercial finance opportunity offering exposure to costing, pricing, forecasting, and reporting within a complex manufacturing environment. You will work alongside experienced commercial leaders and have regular interaction with senior stakeholders, including the GM Commercial and CFO. The business is well established, the product range is varied and interesting, and there is genuine room for career growth for the right person.

Additional Information

This is a full-time position based onsite in Auckland, New Zealand.

To be considered, candidates were invited to submit a CV and make contact for a confidential discussion.