<p><strong>The Company</strong><br />My client is a well-established and growing New Zealand business operating in the manufacturing and technology space, delivering innovative, high-quality solutions to both domestic and international markets. With a strong reputation for product excellence and a focus on continuous improvement, the organisation combines engineering expertise with commercial discipline to drive sustained growth.<br /><br />The business operates in a fast-paced, innovation-led environment, with ongoing investment in product development and global expansion. As the company continues to scale and evolve, the finance function plays a key role in supporting operational performance, maintaining strong financial controls, and providing meaningful insight to stakeholders across the business.</p><p><strong>The Role</strong><br />The Finance Manager will report to the CFO with a dotted line to local senior leadership, taking ownership of the New Zealand finance function. This is a broad and commercially focused role, overseeing financial operations while partnering closely with key stakeholders across the business.<br /><br />Operating in a manufacturing and inventory-driven environment, you will play a pivotal role in supporting performance, driving efficiencies and providing insight to influence decision making.<br /><br />Key responsibilities include:</p><ul><li>Team leadership & development</li><li>Leading the annual budgeting and forecasting process, working closely with operational leaders to align financial plans with business objectives</li><li>Preparing and reviewing monthly management accounts, including detailed analysis and commentary on performance</li><li>Conducting in-depth analysis across margins, costs and variances, including manufacturing and operational drivers</li><li>Providing regular reporting and insights to senior leadership on KPIs, trends and business performance</li><li>Managing inventory accounting and ensuring accuracy across stock and cost of goods</li><li>Supporting capital expenditure planning, including financial modelling and business case development</li><li>Driving cost control initiatives to improve efficiency and optimise resource allocation</li><li>Ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements</li><li>Partnering with internal and external auditors, supporting audit readiness and delivery</li><li>Acting as a key business partner across operations, supply chain and sales functions</li><li>Supporting systems and process improvements, including involvement in ERP implementation and optimisation</li><li>Contributing to strategic planning and long-term financial decision making</li><li>Demonstrated team leadership and development experience, including coaching, mentoring and building capability</li></ul><p><br /><strong>Your Profile</strong><br />To be considered for this role, you will be a CA or CPA qualified Finance Manager or Senior Financial Accountant, ideally with experience in a manufacturing or inventory-driven environment.<br /><br />You will bring a blend of technical strength, commercial thinking and the ability to operate in a dynamic, evolving business.<br /><br />Key attributes include:</p><ul><li>Experience within manufacturing, inventory or project-based environments</li><li>Exposure to multinational or multi-entity business structures</li><li>A commercially minded approach, with the ability to generate insights and influence decision making</li><li>Confidence partnering with senior leadership, including direct engagement with a GM</li><li>Understanding of project costing and/or Bill of Materials (BOMs) accounting</li><li>A forward-thinking mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and growth</li><li>Experience contributing to or leading ERP system implementations or upgrades</li><li>The ability to operate both autonomously and collaboratively</li><li>Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience supporting or developing others</li></ul><p>This role will suit someone who enjoys being close to the business, influencing outcomes and driving performance in a hands-on environment.<br /><br />The company also offers a flexible hybrid working model (3 days in office / 2 days from home).</p><p><strong>Apply Today</strong><br />Please send your CV in Microsoft Word format by clicking the apply button. 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<p><strong>The Company</strong><br />This well-established, NZ-owned business operates within the FMCG sector, supplying high-volume products to both domestic and international markets. With strong brand recognition and continued growth, the company offers a fast-paced, commercially driven environment with a focus on quality, efficiency, and innovation. <br /><br />This is a 3-month contract with potential to extend.</p><p><strong>The Role</strong><br />Reporting into the Finance Manager, this role sits firmly within the financial accounting function. You will take ownership of core reporting and compliance responsibilities, ensuring the integrity of financial information across the business.<br /><br />Key responsibilities include:</p><ul><li>Preparation of monthly financial statements</li><li>Balance sheet reconciliations and maintenance</li><li>Month-end and year-end close processes</li><li>Statutory reporting, including GST and FBT returns</li><li>Assisting with audit processes and liaising with external auditors</li><li>Fixed asset register management</li><li>Ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal controls</li><li>Process improvement across financial reporting and systems</li></ul><p><strong>Your Profile</strong><br />We are looking for a commercially driven Senior Financial Accountant who has exposure to volume-based environments and who has the ability to build strong relationships across the business. We are looking for the following:</p><ul><li>CA/CPA qualified (or equivalent)</li><li>Proven experience in a financial accounting role within a commercial environment</li><li>Strong technical accounting knowledge (NZ IFRS)</li><li>Experience in high-volume, transaction-heavy environments</li><li>High attention to detail and strong reconciliation skills</li><li>Confident working independently and meeting tight deadlines</li><li>Strong systems skills (ERP experience preferred)</li></ul><p><br /><strong>Apply Today</strong><br />Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.<br /><br /><em>Reference Number: (06900-0012770468)</em></p><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&data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&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/a2Vsc2V5LmxsZXdlbGx5bi41NjEwNy4xMDkxOEByaGluei5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong>The Company: </strong></p><p>Ready to step into a broader role where you'll genuinely make an impact?<br />This is a well-established, privately owned business operating in a fast-paced, product-based environment. With continued growth and investment in reporting capability, they're looking for a hands-on Management Accountant to join the team.</p><p><br /><strong>The Role: </strong></p><p>This is a true 2IC to the Finance Manager opportunity ideal for a strong Senior Assistant Accountant ready to step up, or an experienced Management Accountant who enjoys being close to the detail.</p><ul><li>Lead month-end close including journals, reconciliations, GST and FBT</li><li>Prepare payroll (weekly & fortnightly) and ensure accuracy and compliance</li><li>Support budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis</li><li>Develop and enhance management reports and KPI dashboards</li><li>Oversee fixed assets, leases and provide back-up support across finance</li></ul><p><br /><strong>About You: </strong></p><p>You're dependable, detail-focused and enjoy rolling up your sleeves in a collaborative environment.</p><ul><li>Willing to roll up your sleeves and jump in where needed</li><li>Effective communicator working with various stakeholders</li><li>Fast moving industry experience (FMCG etc)</li><li>Detail-focused, deadline-driven</li><li>CA/CPA not essential</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today: </strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button. Alternatively contact Vinze Quines or Tanya Beets in our Auckland Office.</p><p><br /><em>Reference Number: 06900-0013388224</em></p><p> </p><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&data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&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/dmluemUucXVpbmVzLjE0ODU2LjEwOTE4QHJoaW56LmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p><strong>The Company</strong><br />My client is a large well respected NZ entity based in Auckland central. Well known for its services, this is a premium brand and certainly serves NZ well in its offering. With a dominant market presence, this company can not only provide stability but a great career in finance where you are a member of a larger finance team. The company has a great culture, modern offices and great leadership. </p><p><strong>The Role</strong><br />Working closely with transformation value stream and senior leaders, this role embeds value stream and agile finance principles to improve financial transparency, decision making and outcomes. You will provide high impact financial insights that support customer value, flow efficiency and sustainable performance across multiple value streams.</p><p>This role suits someone comfortable operating in evolving, fast paced environments where influence, insight and simplification matter as much as technical capability.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities include</strong></p><ul><li>Producing monthly management reports</li><li>Partnering with transformation and value stream leaders to design and continuously improve value stream financial reporting, standards and controls</li><li>Provide financial insight, modelling and scenario analysis to support value based prioritisation and investment decisions</li><li>Support lean and agile investment governance, enabling value stream based funding and prioritisation forums</li><li>Ensure investment cases focus on customer value, throughput, capacity and total cost of ownership</li><li>Translate strategic objectives and cost targets into clear value stream measures and performance expectations</li><li>Embed benefits realisation into ongoing value stream performance management</li><li>Ensure appropriate capitalisation of systems and assets in line with accounting and tax requirements</li><li>Act as a change agent, uplifting financial capability and coaching leaders in value based decision making</li></ul><p><strong>Your Profile</strong><br />You are a confident, commercially astute finance professional who enjoys working at the intersection of strategy, transformation and delivery. You are comfortable challenging thinking, influencing senior stakeholders and simplifying complexity. It is imperative you are hands on in terms of producing monthly management reporting as well as the finance business partnering aspects of this role.</p><p><strong>You will bring:</strong></p><ul><li>A CA (or equivalent) professional accounting qualification</li><li>Hands on management accounting and business partnering experience</li><li>Strong understanding of value stream accounting, agile finance or modern financial management practices</li><li>Proven experience supporting transformation initiatives, ideally in agile or value stream environments</li><li>Strong financial modelling, scenario analysis and business case capability</li><li>Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior and executive levels</li><li>A pragmatic, solutions focused mindset and high attention to professional</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today</strong><br />Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.<br /><br /><em>Reference Number:06900-0013416265</em></p><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&data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&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/bWVnYW4uYWxleGFuZGVyLjgyNTU4LjEwOTE4QHJoaW56LmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p><strong>The Company</strong><br />My client is a privately held NZ business with 90% of their product exported offshore. The business has been around since the 1800's and has some well established brands as well as newer ones in their space. The company has a small finance team based in NZ which can offer either a significant portion of time working from home with some office presence and / or significant flexibility. Its really an outcome focused manager that this role will report to and a mature team that are self managing.<br /><br /><strong>The Role</strong><br />The role of Senior Financial Accountant will report to the Financial Controller and be responsible for the following:</p><ul><li>Preparation of monthly financial statements, including inventory analysis and reporting thereon.</li><li>Intercompany transfer pricing calculations</li><li>Preparation of the tax returns for NZ and Australia, partnering with the external Advisors</li><li>Preparation of the Annual statutory accounts</li><li>Reconciliations of finished goods stock, goods in transit & intercompany transactions</li><li>Maintenance of the fixed asset register & processing depreciation</li><li>Reporting on debtors and provisions as well as FX revaluations</li><li>Back up for payroll (which can be learned)</li><li>Process improvement focuses</li></ul><p><strong>Your Profile</strong><br />My client is looking for an individual who has an enquiring mind who can work with the business. You will be someone that enjoys partnering with the guys in the warehouse and procurement, sales and other teams to really understand the business. You will be hands on and be prepared to muck in.<br /><br />This business has a real family feel where staff look after each other. So we are looking for an individual who has a wide range of experience across reporting and month end close.<br /><br />The manager is intelligent and tech savvy so he is looking for someone who can keep working alongside him to enhance this company's financial stewardship.<br /><br />Key attributes will include:</p><ul><li>Capable of self managing</li><li>Qualified CA or CPA preferable</li><li>Strong reporting & systems capability, including an interest in AI</li><li>Experience will include familiarity with importing stock</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today</strong><br />Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.<br /><br /><em>Reference Number: 06900-0013409729</em></p><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&data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&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/bWVnYW4uYWxleGFuZGVyLjUzNDQ5LjEwOTE4QHJoaW56LmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p><strong>The Company</strong><br />My client is a large complex NZ owned business who has a well known brand. The company has a diverse portfolio of offering and is based in the City. The organisation is now looking for a Financial Analyst to join the expanding team.</p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><ul><li>Reporting to a Finance Business Partner, you will provide hands on support in preparing and analysing management accounts across the group. You will be involved in month end reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and longer term planning, while working closely with stakeholders to provide meaningful financial insights.</li><li>Key aspects of the role include:</li><li>Assisting with monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow</li><li>Supporting analysis of actuals against budget or forecast</li><li>Preparing commentary and insights to accompany management reports for senior leadership and boards</li><li>Contributing to annual planning and longer term (e.g. 5 year) financial plans</li><li>Producing ad hoc reporting and deep dive analysis as required, including calculating IRR/NPV/WAAC</li><li>Providing timely, accurate, and robust financial analysis to support commercial decision making</li></ul><p><strong>Your Profile</strong><br />To be successful in this role, you will bring strong technical foundations, a collaborative working style, and a genuine interest in commercial finance.<br /><br />You will ideally have:</p><ul><li>2-3 years' experience in finance or accounting roles</li><li>An interest in studying CFA level 1 or level 2</li><li>Ambitious and hungry to learn and grow</li><li>Progress toward a tertiary qualification in Accounting or Finance</li><li>Strong Excel capability, including financial models</li><li>Clear written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint</li><li>The ability to work effectively within a team and engage with stakeholders</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today</strong><br />Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button or call Nick Neutze on 09 915 6700<br /><br /><em>Reference Number: 06900-0013411446</em></p><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&data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&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/bmljay5uZXV0emUuNjEyMDAuMTA5MThAcmhpbnouYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
