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Senior Management Accountant | Kaikaute Whakahaere Matua

Senior Management Accountant | Kaikaute Whakahaere Matua

StatsNZWellington, Wellington, New Zealand
30+ days ago
Job description

Two 6-month fixed-term roles available

Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. This is an opportunity for you to play a key part in improving information / data services and process that support our staff to ensure New Zealanders have quality data and statistics.

About Us | Ko mātou

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1300+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!

Starting salary : $96,307 - $130,298 + superannuation

Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include :

  • Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
  • Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
  • 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
  • State of the art, 6‑star green building in Wellington
  • Flu Vaccines, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Eye Tests and corporate rates for a variety of services and products.

The role | Te tūnga

The roles are based in Wellington reporting to the Senior Manager - Finance Business Advisory.

In your role as Senior Management Accountant, you will provide support to your business groups working closely with the Finance Business Partner and in partnership with the wider Prioritisation, Resources and Delivery Group.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Management Accountant to join our dynamic finance team as the organisation embarks on an exciting transformation of how it operates. As our organisation evolves, we need a forward‑thinking professional who can adapt quickly, provide insightful financial analysis, and support key decision‑making through this transformation. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of our organisation, driving financial efficiency, and providing valuable financial insights to support strategic decision‑making.

There are several key accountabilities in this role, including :

  • Building relationships and a deep understanding of the portfolio to deliver trusted, valued, forward‑looking and proactive financial advice
  • Providing quality management advice, budgeting and forecasting support to managers
  • Translating business plans into financial plans and delivering high quality, valued analysis and sound advice
  • Understanding the cost of delivering products and services and performing detailed analysis on options, including long term impacts to the business
  • Providing support for detailed costings and analysis for strategic planning, Budget Bids, Cabinet papers and business cases
  • Undertaking analysis that identifies key risks and opportunities
  • Contributing to the provision of advice on technical accounting issues including Public Finance Act

    • This role would suit someone who can bring :

  • Tertiary qualification in Finance, Commerce or Business
  • CAANZ Chartered Accountant qualification (or equivalent)
  • Proven experience in business facing senior management accounting roles
  • Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex messages clearly, simply and concisely
  • Strong attention to detail in delivering financial analysis
  • The ability to build relationships and manage diverse stakeholder interests, and to confidently engage with a wide range of individuals and groups
  • Exposure to financial modelling and complex financial analysis
  • Have familiarity with, or a commitment to learn and understand, Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Ao and Te Reo Māori.
  • Demonstrated or encouraged diversity and inclusion in and / or outside of work.

    • What you bring | Nōu te rourou

    We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.

    We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.

    Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.

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