Senior Management Accountant (6 months)
Senior Management Accountant (6 months)
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Krero m te tranga About the role
Were on a journey to transform our business end-to-end no mean feat as one of Aotearoas largest listed companies with market capitalisation of around NZ$6 billion and over 65000 shareholders & 3500 debt investors. Right now things are particularly busy as weve just been given the green light to acquire NZX-listed Manawa Energy and its year-end (on 30 June). As part of our high-performing Finance & Risk group youll play a key role in helping us make better decisions that bring our strategy to life and continue delivering a seamless Contact experience through this time of change.
This 6-month fixed term contract (as we work through the Manawa integration) is a dynamic mix of commercial accounting and storytelling. Were coming up to year-end (on 30 June 2025) so provided you can make it here soon (which wed love) youll be joining when its busy. Well show you the ropes of how things work at Contact but this wont be a settle in and get the hang of it paced role we need a skilled management accountant who can hit the ground running build key relationships fast and pull together cashflows and consolidations with ease. Day-by-day youll manage opex for our Corporate areas (Finance HR Corporate Affairs etc) coordinate and build and maintain strong relationships with the business to facilitate strong understanding of business activity run the budgeting and forecasting process (coordinating this with our 5-year plan) and interpret understand and report on financial performance succinctly telling the story of the business back up to investors and executive leadership. (Expect to be best friends with PowerPoint!)
Reporting to the Group Reporting & Planning Manager theres all the usual stuff you would expect from a management accounting role: month-end accounts and reporting reconciliations and asset settlement preparation of budgets and forecasts and providing day-to-day financial support for budget owners but theres also a big ol analysis piece keeping a constant eye on our forecasts vs. actuals and feeding this information to relevant decision makers covering project/capital reporting as well as business units and cost centres.
Qualifications :
Ko wai koe About you
CA-qualified or equivalent with advanced knowledge of accounting systems (preferably SAP) and a high degree of proficiency in Excel youre comfortable evaluating and improving processes and controls within a complex commercial environment and more than comfortable communicating to various levels of management with a knack for conveying complex information simply. Experienced in financial planning analysis and reporting you thrive in accountancy roles that go beyond the norm and have plenty of stories to share about times youve delivered exceptional service to stakeholders.
This role is critical for telling the story of the business back up to leadership and investors so youll need deep curiosity and a knack for storytelling alongside the numbers stuff; able to pull a variety of people and data together and understand and translate complex information with the initiative to lead and investigate things by yourself.
Bonus points if youve done all of this in a large complex private organisation. Within the Energy industry Even better.
Additional Information :
This is a 6-month fixed-term contract (as we work through integration with Manawa Energy) with an ASAP start ideally in June. Most of Finance & Risk are based in Wellington and work 1-3 days a week in our office there (the rest at home) so that would be the place to be if you enjoy regular in-person team time however this role can be fully remote and were open to applications from all over Aotearoa.
There are a bunch of perks to being a Contact kaimahi. Along with great leadership teammates development and interesting mahi youll enjoy flexible working a Good to be Home payment toward your home set up & wellbeing discounts on Contact Energy products and more.
This ad will close automatically on Wednesday 11 June but were considering applications as they come in so hop to it if youre keen or if theres something youre curious to know first reach out to Tash on .
Please note only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.
Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. Were not about box ticking so if you think you have what it takes but dont meet everything stated above please still get in touch. Wed love to krero.
Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent team. In the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
