Operations and Finance Manager

Invercargill - New Zealand

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Are you an execution powerhouse who thrives on making things work brilliantly

We are looking for an Operations and Finance Manager who brings strong technical accounting capability and a genuine desire to help people do their best work. Someone who understands public practice operations enjoys solving problems and takes pride in creating clarity structure and steady delivery.

As a technically strong and experienced accountant you understand public practice operations and know how to turn strategy into real progress. You will help shape how our teams work play a role in lifting their capability and make our operational and financial engine run smoothly. Importantly you will help us create an environment where people are supported enabled and proud of the work they do. You understand the rhythm of the work you can spot whats not flowing properly and you genuinely enjoy strengthening systems and structure that help people deliver brilliant work without chaos.

This is a Leadership Team role with shared responsibility accountability for outcomes and a relentless focus on delivery. No heroes. No silos. We get the mahi done and succeed together.

What you will deliver:

Taking a holistic view you will manage the daily flow of operational performance and delivery across advisory accounting GST bookkeeping and client service. Youll report directly to the CEO as a member of the Leadership Team with autonomy over operational decisions resource allocation and process improvement. Youll have a voice in leadership decisions and the backing of the Board to make the right calls with pace and confidence.

Active management of workflow capacity quality and delivery. Youll know whats happening where the pressure points are and how to sort them before they become problems.

Operational and financial performance controls metrics and reporting owning McIntyre Dicks financial reporting to the Leadership Team and Board ensuring robust financial oversight and accountability
System and process improvements that genuinely make work smoother and better
Growing capability across our operational leads and wider team. Helping people develop step up and feel confident in what theyre doing.

You will thrive here if:

You are an accountant with a solid technical accounting background and experience leading operations in public practice.
Youre pragmatic and action-oriented you turn ideas into outcomes that stick.
You value clarity and efficiency but you also get that people arent robots. You create structure that helps not hinders.
Believe in the power of a connected team that is aligned on purpose and values
Youre collaborative and low-ego. We dont do silos here and we own outcomes together.

Why join us:

At MDP we care about people and progress in equal measure. We are a progressive firm that values clarity improvement and execution and we are committed to helping our team thrive in their work and their lives.

As the operational and financial performance driver you will have real influence autonomy and the backing of a Leadership Team and Board thats committed to doing things well. No corporate nonsense no unnecessary hierarchy just good people working together to deliver great outcomes for our clients and each other.

This role will challenge you give you scope to make a meaningful difference every day and put you at the heart of a firm thats building something worth being part of.

In your first year success looks like: Youll have mapped our operational capacity across service lines identified and addressed our key bottlenecks and pressure points and supported our operational team to be confident and capable in delivering excellence across their areas. Youll play a key role in embedding tech stack changes and have made measurable improvements to how work flows through our business.

If this sounds like you lets talk. Please send your CV and cover letter to Grace at Applications for this role will close 12 February 2026.

Were particularly interested in hearing from CAs with public practice operations experience whether youre currently in Southland or considering a move to Invercargill.

Required Experience:

Manager

Are you an execution powerhouse who thrives on making things work brilliantlyWe are looking for an Operations and Finance Manager who brings strong technical accounting capability and a genuine desire to help people do their best work. Someone who understands public practice operations enjoys solvin...