As Finance Manager, you’ll be joining an established commercial business in a role that offers genuine breadth across financial control, management reporting, business partnering and senior stakeholder engagement.
This opportunity will suit a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys being close to the business, providing clear financial insight, improving reporting processes and supporting decision-making across operational and senior leadership teams.
There is also strong technical depth available, with exposure to budgeting, forecasting, statutory reporting, complex reconciliations, multi-entity reporting and potential systems improvement projects.
For the right person, this role offers a pathway into broader senior finance leadership, with the opportunity to work closely with experienced finance leaders and build capability across both technical and commercial finance.
The Company
This opportunity sits with a well-established organisation with a strong operational footprint and a progressive approach to finance. The business is continuing to invest in its systems, reporting capability and finance team structure, creating an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to add value beyond traditional accounting.
The Role
- Preparation of monthly management accounts, annual financial reporting and supporting analysis.
- Ownership of general ledger, reconciliations, financial records and month-end reporting processes.
- Preparation of budgets, forecasts, cash flow reporting and ongoing performance monitoring.
- Delivery of commercial insight to senior management to support business performance and decision-making.
- Oversight of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and key transactional finance processes.
- Preparation of GST, PAYE, FBT and other statutory returns.
- Support with external accountants, auditors, banks and other professional stakeholders.
- Maintenance and improvement of financial systems, reporting tools, controls and business processes.
- Involvement in group reporting, multi-entity consolidations and intercompany reconciliations where required.
- Support for annual budgeting and forecasting cycles across multiple business units.
- Contribution to banking reporting, covenant monitoring and governance requirements.
- Involvement in strategic projects, continuous improvement initiatives and potential systems transformation.
Your Profile
- Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
- CA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent qualification, or working towards this.
- Strong experience in commercial accounting, business advisory, external audit or a related finance role.
- Good technical accounting capability, with confidence across month-end, year-end, budgeting and forecasting.
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working with financial systems, ERP platforms or accounting software.
- Experience with Xero, PayGlobal, consolidation tools or complex reporting environments would be useful.
- Commercially focused, analytical and comfortable building relationships across different levels of a business.
- High level of accuracy, integrity and attention to detail.
- Able to work independently while contributing positively within a wider finance team.
- Hold full, unrestricted working rights for New Zealand and be based in or actively relocating to Christchurch.
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