Own the enterprise FP&A agenda, aligning planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting

General Manager Group FP&A

Imagine Tomorrow with Us | At Fonterra Te Mātāpuna, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves. Whether you're early in your career or ready for your next step, Fonterra offers a unique opportunity to grow with a global dairy co-operative that values care, collaboration, and contribution. Owned by New Zealand dairy farmers and supported by a dedicated team, we are all working together to create a better future. Imagine tomorrow with us, where your career can grow, and you can create positive change.

About the Opportunity | We are seeking a General Manager – Group FP&A to join Group Finance. Reporting to the Director, Group FP&A, you'll lead the enterprise FP&A agenda for Fonterra, owning group-wide planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and the performance management framework, ensuring financial outcomes align to strategic priorities. As GM, Group FP&A you will play a critical role translating long-term strategy into medium term plans, providing high-quality financial insight that enables better decisions across the Co-op, identifying and closing gaps to target and being responsible for FP&A platforms and technologies.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Lead integrated business planning and financial reporting and analysis for the enterprise
  • Provide insight on performance, risks and opportunities and trade-offs to support gap-closing actions and strategic decisions
  • Provide strategic financial insights and recommendations that support executive and Board decision-making
  • Deliver and evolve the Group budget, business plan and forecasting process, translating long-range strategy into medium-term plans to develop a clear enterprise performance picture
  • Lead Group and business unit target setting and enterprise budget resource allocation, aligned to strategic priorities
  • Drive Fonterra's enterprise performance management framework, embedding the metrics that matter and performance routines for results delivery
  • Lead monthly, half-year and full-year management reporting for the executive team and the Board, supporting Investor Relations for external investor and market updates
  • Govern the enterprise Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, ensuring strategy, portfolio, demand, supply and financial plans are aligned with effective information carriage across forums
  • Lead balance sheet, cash flow and working capital performance analysis, ensuring the implications of operational plans and trade-offs are understood across earnings, balance sheet and cash flow
  • Lead Fonterra's enterprise financial planning and analysis agenda across people, process and technology, including owning the FP&A platforms and technology roadmap
  • Manage and develop the Group FP&A team, and partner with Business Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations to build business partnering and FP&A capability across the Co-op

About You | You're a commercially astute and strategically minded senior finance leader who can connect financial performance with business strategy. You bring a strong enterprise perspective, thrive in complex environments, and are comfortable influencing senior stakeholders on critical business decisions.

You bring:

  • Senior leadership experience in FP&A and/or finance business partnering within a large, complex organisation
  • Deep, practical expertise in strategy-linked business plans, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and driver-based modelling
  • The judgement to form a clear view on performance, risk and outlook, and to communicate it concisely
  • A sound understanding of how market, operational and balance sheet drivers flow through to earnings and cash
  • Credibility with senior leaders, executive teams and Boards, and the confidence to challenge constructively
  • A track record of building high-performing teams and leading change in process, systems and ways of working

You will also bring:

  • A bachelor's degree in finance, Economics, or Accounting CA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred
  • 12+ years of relevant finance experience, including senior leadership roles in FP&A and/or finance business partnering
  • Deep expertise in enterprise planning, forecasting, management reporting, and performance frameworks
  • Experience supporting Board reporting, investor-facing reporting, and executive financial communications
  • Strong understanding of financial systems, analytics, and planning technologies, including exposure to SAP, SAC, Power BI, and Excel
  • A demonstrated ability to lead change, simplify processes, and embed new ways of working across complex organisation
  • Experience in commodity, agribusiness, FMCG or manufacturing environments is advantageous

Our Values | At Fonterra, our values of Good Together, Better Every Day, and Every Drop Counts, are for everyone – no matter your background, identify or experience. These values guide us in delivering exceptional outcomes for our farmers, customers, communities, and each other. Discover how your values align with ours by taking our Values Quiz.

Our Commitment to You | We care for our people globally. Our comprehensive benefits support your well-being, development, and work-life balance:

  • Fair and equitable pay
  • Health and well-being programs (medical, mental health support)
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Career growth support
  • Work-life balance options (flexible/hybrid working where possible)
  • Employee recognition
  • Support for community involvement and cultural connection

To learn more, visit Fonterra Careers.

A Career of Opportunities | At Fonterra, we are inspired by purpose and guided by our principles and values. Together, we create goodness for generations and make a global impact at a local level. As part of our Co-operative, you are an everyday creator, imagining what Fonterra, dairy, and you can be here.

Join Us | Does this sound good to you? Come join our whānau - bring your whole self, and let's solve for better together. You, me, us together, Tātou, tātou. Together, we're shaping a future of inclusion | He Wāhi mō te Katoa. Inclusion is key to our Co-operative. We're building a team that reflects the diverse world we live in, believing it drives better decisions and innovation. We welcome applications from all backgrounds (ethnicities, genders, identities, orientations, ages, abilities, neurotypes, cultures, religions). Even if you don't meet every requirement listed, we encourage you to apply; we value your potential and growth. If you face accessibility issues or need accommodations during the process, please contact your recruiter. We ensure fair participation, allowing you to be at your best. Tātou, tātou. Applications close at midnight on Thursday November 12th.

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