Head of Finance

Description

Raglan Food Co is on a mission to be the fastest‑growing, best little plant‑based business in the world, lifting the vibe on plant‑based eating for a happier, healthier planet. Raglan Food Co is built on a strong ethical and sustainable ethos. They have been widely recognised and awarded for their sustainability efforts and hold accreditations including being a Certified B Corporation and Toitū Climate Positive organisation.

The Role

Reporting into the CEO, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Finance to oversee financial operations, reporting, and business planning. This role is critical in driving financial performance through robust financial management, commercial finance support and cost optimisation. The ideal candidate will be a hands‑on operator, have a strong analytical mindset, experience in financial planning, and the ability to partner with key stakeholders to drive profitability and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strong financial leadership and governance across capital, accounting, forecasting, and budgeting to support RFC’s sustainable growth.
• Partner with senior leaders and the Board as a trusted advisor, delivering financial insights to guide strategic decisions and business planning.
• Lead financial reporting and compliance, producing accurate and timely reports with variance analysis and performance insights.
• Key business partner to the Head of Operations, providing analysis around materials, labour and overheads.
• Drive productivity, performance, and profitability improvements, including developing business cases for key investment decisions.
• Manage funding and cash flow strategies, ensuring robust Treasury policies and oversight of foreign exchange and liquidity performance.

About You

The successful candidate will ideally be CA / CPA qualified with broad based skills across financial control as well as commercial finance. A background in FMCG, manufacturing or similar will be highly advantageous.

This is a hands‑on role in a small‑medium New Zealand business that is going places, if you like to roll your sleeves up, love working on the breadth of a business no matter the task and want to be part of a team that likes getting stuff done then this could be the opportunity for you.

What’s in it for you…

This is a unique opportunity to join an award winning, high‑growth NZ brand that believes running a good business is also a tool for doing good.

You will take on key leadership role that will allow you to truly impact the performance and success of the business. This role is a great opportunity in a genuine leadership role where you will be able (and expected) to make an impact on the performance and ongoing success of the business.

Your commercial & financial management experience (ideally with experience in the manufacturing space) and demonstrable experience in delivering achievements and improvements will ensure your success in help shape the future of our business. This is a hybrid role where you will be based in our purpose built factory just on the outskirts of Raglan alongside the flexibility to remote work.

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below, or for a confidential chat – Sam Pritchard on or at

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