Group Financial Controller

09 / 11 / 2026

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Accounting / Financial Controller

Description

About the Company
A well-established, NZ-headquartered FMCG business with an international footprint and a strong reputation for product quality. The business is entering a significant period of transformation and growth, and finance sits at the center of it.

The Role
Reporting to the CFO and leading a team of seven, you will own the core finance engine across the group: cashflow, treasury, internal controls, audit, payroll and consolidated reporting. Alongside this, you will build and deliver the plan to optimise and transform the group’s financial systems and processes. This is a hands-on leadership role.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead group cashflow forecasting and working capital management
  • Lead month-end and year-end close and group reporting
  • Maintain strong internal controls and risk management
  • Manage the external audit and statutory compliance
  • Drive process improvement across the finance function
  • Lead finance systems optimisation and transformation projects
  • Lead, coach and develop the finance team

Key Skills & Experience Required:

  • Fully qualified accountant (CA,CPA or equivalent)
  • Ideally trained in a Big 4 professional services firm (Audit)
  • Proven Group FC or senior controllership experience in a multi-entity environment
  • FMCG or similarly commercially driven background
  • A hands-on leader who builds capability and brings people with them

What’s in it for you
This is a broad, high visibility role with real influence over how the finance function runs and evolves. You will work closely with a CFO and executive team who see finance as central to the next phase of the business. You will have the mandate to shape systems, process and people.

To be considered for this position, please submit your CV via the link below. For a confidential discussion, email Chris Cooper at chrisc@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Fast-paced NZ success story with international operations
  • Attractive remuneration package on offer
  • Hybrid working environment

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Chris Cooper
Manager, Accounting - Permanent

As the manager for the permanent Accounting team, I am responsible for ensuring we maintain a best in class approach to both our talent management and our client’s needs. My area of recruitment specialisation is senior accounting roles. I have an extensive network of both candidates and clients in the Accounting and Finance sector, enabling…

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