Senior Financial Accountant

Ko wai mātou – About us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right? That’s us!

With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co‑op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Our Commercial Operations team offer our Co‑op a pick n mix of solutions across commercial finance, store ownership & funding, financial planning & management, data analysis & reporting, accounting & transactional services including payroll, AR & AP & master data solutions.

Te Tūranga – About the role

Our Group Finance team is our centre of excellence for all accounting, external financial reporting, tax, fixed assets, and financial due diligence for Foodstuffs North Island (FSNI) Ltd and its related entities.

As one of our Senior Financial Accountants, you’ll be a key member of the group working collaboratively and across team to achieve results. Reporting into the Group Accounting Manager, your core responsibilities will be the financial accounting and reporting of the wider FSNI Group, which includes Trusts wholly owned Subsidiaries, Associates and National Joint Ventures including but not limited to :

• Profit & loss and balance sheet management and reconciliations, analysis and insights
• Working collaboratively across Commercial Operations to ensure our monthly and statutory reporting is correct
• Liaising with our external auditors
• Assisting with the preparation of annual statutory accounts
• Assisting with preparation of various tax returns
• Mentoring and coaching team members
• Ad hoc project work and system implementions

You will ensure business initiatives are effectively translated into sustainable financial processes, rigorous controls and reconciliations are in place, monitor general ledger and work closely with finance business partners to highlight and assist in resolving process issues.

Ngā painga - What we offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits :

He kōrero mōu - About you

You will be a Chartered Accountant (or equivalent), have solid experience to offer and be systems savvy (SAP experience would be super cool but not essential), with strong problem‑solving abilities and an inquisitive mind!

We are a large complex business with significant interests in Property and IT, so any previous experience in these areas would be beneficial.

We are looking for someone who is curious and leaves no stone unturned but is also confident to challenge the status quo and suggests improvement initiatives and encourages thinking differently.

It goes without saying you will be methodical, organised, comfortable working and analysing independently, but most importantly you will appreciate strategic imperatives while operating effectively at an operational level, taking ownership and responsibility for action.

We’re interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths and how adaptable you are to learn and grow. If you don't meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we’d still love to hear from you!

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and / or neurodiversity.

If you require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to so we can support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

Accommodations could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Are you stocked up & ready to head to the checkout – apply now!

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