Commercial Business Partner

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WM New Zealand is recruiting a Commercial Business Partner to join full-time onsite at the East Tamaki head office in Auckland. You’ll partner with operations, sales and finance to lift financial performance across waste and recycling activities by delivering actionable insights on costs, volumes, yields and material flows, supporting pricing, service costing and commercial decisions, and leading forecasting, budgeting and reporting for your areas. The role blends hands on operational exposure with business facing finance and a focus on sustainability outcomes, including occasional domestic travel. To apply, highlight CAANZ/CPA membership, advanced Excel and Power BI, data interpretation across multiple systems, and a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders. Emphasise experience in recycling, manufacturing or logistics, and your curiosity about AI. Apply early and tailor your CV to show measurable impact. WM is an equal opportunity employer and NZ working rights are required.

Company Description

Shape a More Sustainable Aotearoa and Grow Your Accounting Career While You Do It.

WM New Zealand is New Zealand's leading resource recovery, recycling, and waste management, provider. We’re committed to safeguarding our beautiful environment through sustainable management of our valuable resources. Put simply, sustainability is what we do.

We’re searching for a Commercial Business Partner who is equipped with critical thinking, is curious about how waste and recycling operations and keen to influence how waste becomes value, this is your opportunity.

You’ll be based at our Head Office in East Tamaki, Auckland, partnering with operations, sales and other teams where all are passionate about environmental impact. 

This is a fantastic role for someone ready to expand their commercial capability and step confidently into a business‑facing, purpose‑driven commercial finance position.

Job Description

As the Commercial Business Partner, you’ll play a key role in strengthening financial performance across our operations. You’ll partner closely with operational teams, providing meaningful insights that support growth, efficiency, cost control and long‑term sustainability outcomes.

This role suits someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves, learning how a waste environment operates, and working directly with people at all levels - from operators to managers to commercial leads.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting operations with actionable financial insights
• Analysing cost structures, volumes, yields and material flows unique to waste industry
• Supporting pricing models, service costing and commercial decision‑making
• Partnering with operations to improve reporting, processes and financial visibility
• Leading financial support for various streams in the business (occasional travel domestically)
• Leading forecasting, budgeting and performance tracking for areas of responsibility
• Helping shape the financial lens over a division that directly enables sustainability outcomes

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring:

• CAANZ/CPA membership
• Advanced MS Office, mainly Excel
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Power BI
• Curiosity and keen interest in deploying AI
• Ability to interpret and analyse data from multiple systems and sources
• Strong time management and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across finance, sales and operations, and autonomously when needed
• Confidence communicating complex financial concepts clearly and simply
• Strong commercial awareness and curiosity about how the business really works
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, business partnering skills and ability to influence senior management
• (Bonus) Experience in operational environments such as recycling, manufacturing, logistics or transport
• This role is ideal for someone who wants to apply their commercial acumen and finance expertise to make a real‑world impact.

Additional Information

If you’re looking for a meaningful step forward in your accounting career - one that blends commercial thinking with sustainability - apply now.

Applications will be reviewed as they come in, so we encourage early applications.
WM is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a drug‑ and alcohol‑free workplace.
Applicants must already be in New Zealand with valid working rights.