Are you a technically strong Financial Accountant who wants to do more than month-end reporting?
We're partnering with a large, well-regarded organisation undergoing significant transformation and growth. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-performing finance team where you'll play a critical role not only in delivering accurate financial reporting, but also in driving process improvements, enhancing systems, and helping shape the future of the finance function.
This role would suit someone who enjoys working with complex financial data, thrives in large-scale environments, and is genuinely curious about how processes, systems, and reporting can be improved.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Financial Accountant, you'll be responsible for the integrity of financial reporting, ensuring accurate and timely management and statutory reporting, maintaining strong controls, and providing technical accounting expertise across the organisation.
Alongside the core accounting responsibilities, you'll be a key contributor to a range of transformation and improvement initiatives. You'll work closely with stakeholders across finance and the broader business, helping improve processes, leverage data more effectively, and support system and reporting enhancements.
This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact within a complex organisation where finance is viewed as a strategic business partner.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead monthly, board, management, and statutory reporting processes
- Provide technical accounting advice and ensure compliance with relevant financial reporting standards
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and supporting reconciliations
- Oversee fixed asset accounting and taxation requirements including GST, FBT, and PAYE
- Identify trends, risks, and opportunities through financial analysis
- Support and influence key finance transformation and improvement initiatives
- Drive continuous improvement across financial systems, processes, controls, and reporting frameworks
- Work with large and complex datasets to improve reporting accuracy and business insights
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and provide trusted financial advice
- Coach and mentor members of the wider finance team
About You
You'll bring a strong technical accounting background along with a proactive mindset and a genuine desire to improve the way things are done.
We're particularly interested in people who combine technical capability with curiosity, commercial thinking, and a passion for systems and process improvement.
You'll ideally have:
- CA qualification (or equivalent)
- Significant experience within a large and complex finance environment
- Strong financial and statutory reporting experience
- Deep understanding of New Zealand financial reporting standards
- Advanced Excel capability and confidence working with large volumes of data
- Experience with ERP systems and finance technology platforms
- Proven ability to identify opportunities for process improvement and drive change
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities
- The ability to balance competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines
What's on Offer?
- Opportunity to influence and contribute to finance transformation initiatives
- Exposure to large-scale systems, reporting, and process improvement projects
- Complex and interesting work beyond traditional financial accounting
- A collaborative, supportive, and high-performing team environment
- Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
If you're a Senior Financial Accountant who enjoys solving problems, improving systems, and working with complex data while maintaining a strong technical accounting foundation, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.