Finance Systems Accountant

Position Title : Finance Systems Accountant

Location : Bay of Plenty

Team : Finance and Infrastructure

Position Type : permanent, full time

Join our team as a Finance Systems Accountant and become the go-to expert for financial systems and data. In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the development, support, and optimisation of our Financial and Management Information System (FMIS), ensuring seamless integration with other systems across the Institute. You’ll collaborate with internal stakeholders, provide expert advice and training, and drive innovation in financial systems to support strategic decision-making.

• Manage and maintain FMIS systems including user setup, ledger structures, budget packs, and ensuring system stability and security.
• Provide expert support and training to internal and external users on FMIS and its interfaces with other Institute systems.
• Lead FMIS upgrades and liaise with TechnologyOne, including testing plans, user testing, and issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain financial reports and support audit processes by extracting and interpreting FMIS data.
• Drive system improvements and innovation, partnering with Finance to identify enhancements and contribute to business cases and project teams.

Brief overview of the type of person that will be successful in this role.

You bring :

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is a vocational education provider in the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato. Home to over 9000 ākonga (students), at Toi Ohomai we put ākonga and kaimahi at the centre of all we do. Through educational excellence, Māori Success, strong partnerships and sustainable practices we enable our ākonga, institution and communities to thrive.

Toiohomaitanga describes our way of doing and being. It reflects how we care for each other, work together, and uphold our shared purpose. Ā mātou uara | our values are an important part of this, our Toi Ohomai values are :

As we transition, Toi Ohomai is developing a more financially sustainable and strategically aligned organisation. Our new operating model places ākonga at the centre, organising into interconnected functions : Engage, Develop, Educate, Support, and Enable. This enables us to focus on our core purpose and work interdependently to deliver excellent vocational education.

By embracing our Toiohomaitanga (our new ways of working) we will foster greater collaboration, clearer role accountability, data-informed decision-making and agile and adaptive practices that enable us to respond quickly to changing needs. Applying for a role in this new structure is an opportunity to contribute to the future of Toi Ohomai and our communities

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply

Toi Ohomai is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable persons. Applicants must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will undergo relevant pre-employment checks.

If this opportunity excites you, we’d love to hear from you. We review applications as they arrive and may contact shortlisted candidates before the closing date.

To apply , please submit your CV and a cover letter via our online application portal

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