Finance Manager - Contract

Our client, a large, well-established organisation is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join their Accounting Services team on a contract basis.

Reporting to the Head of Accounting Services, you'll provide proactive financial and operational support across month-end processing, project/contract accounting, budgeting & forecasting, and management reporting for a busy portfolio of projects.

Key responsibilities:

• Support project and contract accounting
• Manage month-end journals and reporting
• Support project closing
• Manage CAPEX workflow
• Provide data analysis and insights for contract deep dives and ad-hoc requests
• Build strong relationships with internal finance, operations and audit stakeholders

What you'll bring:

• CA qualification or equivalent
• 7+ years' experience in a similar finance role
• Strong project/contract accounting experience,
• A proactive, analytical mindset with a continuous improvement focus
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

This is a great opportunity to join a high-performing finance team within a major national organisation, working on complex and interesting projects.

You must be eligible to work in NZ and ideally have come from a historic contracting background.