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Finance Lead
<table width="680"><tbody><tr><td width="507"><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Company</span></strong></p><p>My client is a fast-growing New Zealand business that helps organisations improve how they operate and do things more efficiently. They focus on simplifying complex challenges and providing practical solutions with a sustainable bent. The culture is collaborative, down-to-earth, and focused on continuous improvement and growth.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Role</span></strong></p><p>This role offers the chance to make a real impact with clear progression opportunities. Many employees stay long-term and move up within the business. The position is broad and gives exposure across the whole business. Some of your key responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li>Owning the month-end close process, including reporting and commentary</li><li>Reviewing systems and processes and suggesting improvements (a strong continuous improvement mindset)</li><li>Providing commercial &amp; financial analysis to support business decisions</li><li>Building financial models to monitor costs, revenue, and invoicing</li><li>Budgeting, forecasting, and profit improvement initiatives</li><li>Ensuring compliance with NZ accounting standards and managing the audit process</li><li>Supporting ad-hoc projects as needed</li><li>Mentoring a small yet capable team</li></ul><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Profile</span></strong></p><p>Ideally, I am looking for someone from a commercial background in a fast paced, high growth environment (SAAS would be great). Notwithstanding that, you will have a mixture of technical accounting nous and commercial acumen. The right candidate will understand what "good" looks like and will be able to bring that mentality to this business. Some other criteria include:</p><ul><li>CA or CPA qualification (ideal)</li><li>A desire to interact and partner the wider business</li><li>A continuous improvement mindset (think automation and AI)</li><li>An ambitious self-starting personality</li><li>Someone who is career minded and is eager to learn</li></ul><p>This role is based centrally. They have an office first culture but grant their staff a high degree of autonomy and flexibility as well. They are focused on delivery of work; not time at a desk.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button or by contacting Nick Neutze on (09) 915 6700.</p><p><em>Reference Number: </em>06900-0013408877</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice:</em> <em><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement&amp;data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&amp;sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&amp;reserved=0">https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bmljay5uZXV0emUuNTMwNTcuMTA5MThAcmhpbnouYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
  • Auckland CBD, Auckland
  • remote
  • Permanent
  • 130000 - 150000 NZD / Yearly
  • <table width="680"><tbody><tr><td width="507"><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Company</span></strong></p><p>My client is a fast-growing New Zealand business that helps organisations improve how they operate and do things more efficiently. They focus on simplifying complex challenges and providing practical solutions with a sustainable bent. The culture is collaborative, down-to-earth, and focused on continuous improvement and growth.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Role</span></strong></p><p>This role offers the chance to make a real impact with clear progression opportunities. Many employees stay long-term and move up within the business. The position is broad and gives exposure across the whole business. Some of your key responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li>Owning the month-end close process, including reporting and commentary</li><li>Reviewing systems and processes and suggesting improvements (a strong continuous improvement mindset)</li><li>Providing commercial &amp; financial analysis to support business decisions</li><li>Building financial models to monitor costs, revenue, and invoicing</li><li>Budgeting, forecasting, and profit improvement initiatives</li><li>Ensuring compliance with NZ accounting standards and managing the audit process</li><li>Supporting ad-hoc projects as needed</li><li>Mentoring a small yet capable team</li></ul><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Profile</span></strong></p><p>Ideally, I am looking for someone from a commercial background in a fast paced, high growth environment (SAAS would be great). Notwithstanding that, you will have a mixture of technical accounting nous and commercial acumen. The right candidate will understand what "good" looks like and will be able to bring that mentality to this business. Some other criteria include:</p><ul><li>CA or CPA qualification (ideal)</li><li>A desire to interact and partner the wider business</li><li>A continuous improvement mindset (think automation and AI)</li><li>An ambitious self-starting personality</li><li>Someone who is career minded and is eager to learn</li></ul><p>This role is based centrally. They have an office first culture but grant their staff a high degree of autonomy and flexibility as well. They are focused on delivery of work; not time at a desk.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button or by contacting Nick Neutze on (09) 915 6700.</p><p><em>Reference Number: </em>06900-0013408877</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice:</em> <em><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement&amp;data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&amp;sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&amp;reserved=0">https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bmljay5uZXV0emUuNTMwNTcuMTA5MThAcmhpbnouYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
  • 2026-06-05T03:49:55Z

Finance Lead Job in Auckland CBD, Auckland | Robert Half