Auckland

Financial Controller

07 / 11 / 2024

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

Description

About the Company
Cardinal Logistics is a leading 3PL provider highly regarded for delivering world-class solutions to the New Zealand market. They are highly regarded for their innovation, the solutions and services they offer, and are on a growth trajectory.

As a result, they are seeing significant growth in their customer base, turnover, and profit base. Their greatest strength is their team – energetic, innovative people of all experience and levels that make it a great place to work.

The business continues to experience significant growth and with that, a new opportunity has presented itself for a Financial Controller to join the business and play a critical role in supporting the CEO and finance team to their next milestone.
  
  
The Role
Reporting into the CEO, you will be responsible for overseeing the Cardinal Group (Hold Co and subsidiaries) financial health by taking ownership of financial management and reporting, and internal control processes, as well as working closely with the CEO and CLG to understand and plan for upcoming capital expenditure and lease/funding arrangements.
  
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

  • Financial Oversight: Manage and control all financial reporting, audit, tax and treasury.
  • Compliance & Reporting: Ensure adherence to financial regulations and standards and prepare timely and accurate financial reports for stakeholders.
  • Strategy & Planning: Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making by providing insights into financial performance and potential risks.
  • Team Leadership: Lead and mentor the finance team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment.
  • Process Improvement: Identify and implement improvements to financial processes and systems for greater efficiency and effectiveness.

    
Skills & Experience
You will be either CA or CPA qualified with 5+ years of experience at a senior level. You will have a strong technical background and in depth understanding of NZ IFRS, financial and management accounting practices, financial systems and audit. Experience managing tax and treasury would be beneficial.
  
You will be autonomous, driven and self-directed with a track-record of delivering multiple workstreams to deadline. You show initiative and innovation and have the ability to solve complex issues with sound judgement. Excellent interpersonal skills will help you engage across multiple teams and partner well at a senior level.

What’s in it for you…
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is on the upward curve of their career to join a growing business who put their people first. Genuine career growth opportunities and development.
  
If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you’d like to find out more and for a confidential discussion, contact Josie Clarke on 0277734733 or at josiec@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Integral FC role in the Senior Leadership team with genuine growth potential.
  • Leadership opportunity - 4 direct reports.
  • Mangere location, awesome culture and impressive leadership team.

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Finance Manager

07 / 11 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Contract or Temp
  • Accounting / Financial Controller

Description

The Company

This well-backed company is positioning itself for growth and development. The finance team is led by an excellent CFO and Commercial Manager, who brings strong leadership and vision to support the company’s strategic ambitions.
  
The Role

As the company defines the long-term structure of this position, it seeks a contractor who can start at short notice. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor, collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders. A key focus will be ensuring that all core finance obligations are met accurately and efficiently, supporting the company’s ongoing stability and growth trajectory.
  
Key Responsibilities –

Financial Reporting & Governance

  • Ensure accurate, timely financial reporting to aid decision-making; develop budgets and financial plans aligned with business strategy.
  • Provide analysis for strategic planning and decision support; prepare annual and monthly financial statements in compliance with standards.
  • Maintain integrity of accounting systems through reconciliations, accruals, and system mapping; improve cash flow forecasting and document accounting processes.

Taxation

  • Maintain compliance with GST and FBT regulations; advise stakeholders on tax matters.
  • Manage tax filings, oversee monthly audits of GST accounts, and maintain tax records for audits.
  • Develop procedures for FBT and GST, collaborating with staff on requirements.

  
Fixed Assets

  • Develop capex budgets, manage depreciation, and maintain asset records.
  • Conduct asset audits and support with audit schedules and asset-related reporting.

Strategy & Risk

  • Ensure compliance with accounting standards; implement financial controls to minimize risk.
  • Evaluate external and strategic risks, implementing policies and strategies to manage financial risk.

  
About You
Ideally, you are CA or CPA qualified, bringing a strong commitment to accuracy, and operational efficiencies. You will have a natural ability to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, demonstrating both influence and collaboration skills that contribute positively to team and organisational goals. Experience in medium to larger-sized operations would be advantageous, as it will further support your adaptability and insight within a complex, fast-paced environment.
  
To Apply
Please get in touch with Sarah Bailey at Hunter Campbell sarahb@huntercampbell.co.nz or call 0274 990 444
 

  • Contract for 3 months; possibility it may become permanent
  • Construction sector
  • Circa 150k

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Demand Planner

07 / 11 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Manufacturing / Planning

Description

About the company:
  
Established in 2017, our client is a large player in the New Zealand retail space. With their products priced competitively and having a large product offering, they are continuing to grow at a rapid rate with more and more stores being opened around the country.
  
About the role:
  
With our clients footprint in the New Zealand market growing rapidly, there is a need to invest within their Supply Chain capability. To do this, an opportunity has arisen and they are looking to increase the headcount and bring in an additional Demand and Supply planner that can provide support to the Supply Chain team in and around setting up firmer systems and processes for long term forecasting and supply planning activity. This will aid them in achieving higher levels of serviceability and stock-outs.
  
Being in the retail space, our client works with a large number of distributors across ANZ. This opportunity will see you using your experience particularly in Demand Planning to better prepare suppliers with long-term forecast needs. Experience in the retail space is desirable however the biggest requirement is that you have demand planning experience with a very large SKU count. Our clients’ current SKU count sits at 15,000 +.
  
This is a busy and fast-moving role. Being in the retail space there are numerous promotional and seasonal activities happening throughout the year that require tactical planning behind them. This role will see you working with internal stakeholders such as category buyers (who work on ranging for their categories) and external stakeholders such as distributors and 3PLs.
  
About you:
  
Experience in Demand Planning is a must. You will be experienced in working with a high SKU count and a proactive and collaborative team player. Experience in navigating new systems and using Excel to extract and manipulate data is crucial.
  
What’s in it for you?
  
Based in modern offices in Grey Lynn, this role will provide you with the opportunity with the support of the supply chain manager to make your mark on the planning function and capability in a fast-growing, well-known New Zealand retail business.
  
Interested?
  
If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you would like to find out more or for a confidential discussion please call Katherine Biggelaar on 021 225 4725 or email katherineb@huntercampbell.co.nz
  
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  • Well known NZ retailer
  • Learn from a very experienced supply chain manager and senior demand planner
  • Demand & Supply Planning

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Commercial Analyst

06 / 11 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Contract or Temp
  • Accountant - Chartered / CPA / Accounting

Description

This business is doing pioneering things for New Zealanders in the world of sustainable living. 
Working as part of a high-performing finance team, this role will allow you to really add value through your ability to provide proactive commercial insights to key financial stakeholders through financial analysis and reporting of financial, customer, project, product & operational metrics.

This is an initial 6-month contract engagement. 

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Provide informed and insightful analysis on actual performance and support in identifying management actions to remedy gaps vs forecast.
  • Support budgeting and forecasting activities, along with the development and implementation of an integrated 3-way forecasting tool.
  • Financial modelling to support investment business cases and decision-making, ensuring the right allocation of resources.
  • Support the development and implementation of an investment appraisal framework and ROI models, ensuring adherence to governance frameworks.
  • Support the development of BI capabilities and deliver data-driven insights through analysis of large data sets to highlight key themes, trends, and opportunities to assist growth in revenues and margins.
  • Support development and refinement of standard costing and cost-to-serve models to inform pricing decisions.
  • Proactively advise and support the business unit to ensure an effective operating control environment is in place.

  
Qualifications and Skills:

The successful candidate will ideally be a CA/CPA-qualified Accountant. You will have excellent Excel skills & experience with Power Bi will be highly beneficial.

**You must be immediately available or at the back end of your current assignment**

For further details or to apply please email Regina Manaf at Hunter Campbell, or email reginam@huntercampbell.co.nz or call 021 220 8786
  

  • Immediate start contract - 6 months
  • Good flexibility
  • Inclusive & lovely team to join in modern offices

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Commercial Manager

05 / 11 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Accounting / Finance Manager

Description

About the Company
Yealands is one of New Zealand’s largest makers of wine and is 100% NZ owned by the Marlborough Community. The winery has established itself as one of the country’s most prominent wine producers and export their premium quality sustainable wines to over 65 countries including North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
  
  
The Role
Reporting to the CFO, this role has two key areas of focus. Firstly, to provide commercial decision-making support to the CEO, Leadership Team and commercial partners of the business. Secondly, to own key financial planning and analysis processes, to ensure timely and accurate business plans and forecasts, along with providing insightful performance reporting, to maximise business profitability and free cash flow.
  
Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with key stakeholders, including the CEO, Sales and Marketing teams to drive customer & brand profitability.
  • Oversight of customer and brand volume & margin. Report on pricing and volume variances to forecasts to generate insights that support the sales leads to maximise EBITDA and brand equity for future growth.
  • Plan and execute the month-end performance reporting process for the total business. This includes ensuring timely and accurate information, leveraging both external and internal data to provide high quality insights that drive business improvement.
  • Plan and execute the annual business planning cycle, including 3-5 year strategic planning, annual budgets, and quarterly forecasting.
  • With the support of the wider finance team, create robust financial planning models which allow scenario analysis to determine best strategic and tactical choices for the business.
  • Lead a continuous improvement approach to key processes, finding opportunities to streamline and automate to reduce manual effort and time to complete processes.

   
Skills & Experience
You will ideally be a fully qualified Accountant who trained in large professional services firm with a diverse set of skills across financial planning and analysis. It’s essential that you have gained exposure to the commercial sector in a fast paced and complex organisation, with a background ideally in FMCG, Retail or similar highly advantageous. 

You will have a strong business sense ensuring you communicate effectively with stakeholders, and naturally look for ways to create efficiency in your work. If you are a ‘big picture’ finance business partner who gains satisfaction from enabling your stakeholders to understand the numbers, then apply now.

Your interpersonal skills will be advanced, with the ability to inspire and develop the team that reports into you as well as having the confidence to work closely with and advise your senior stakeholders. 


What’s in it for you…
Along with an attractive base salary and benefits package, this is an opportunity to join a business who are embarking on a period of positive change. This role also will give you the exposure to working closely with the SLT with the expectation that you will contribute to the business’s strategy and performance.
  
If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you’d like to find out more and for a confidential discussion, contact Josie Clarke on 0277734733 or at josiec@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Opportunity To Join One Of New Zealand's Instantly Recognisable Brands.
  • Auckland Central Location, Hybrid Working
  • Highly Commercial Role Partnering With SLT

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