Senior Financial Accountant - - 42188 - Fletcher Building

General Information

Job Type

Permanent

Description

The Role:

As Senior Financial Accountant, you’ll be the finance lead for a portfolio of branches, owning end-to-end financial management while partnering closely with Branch Managers and operational leaders. This is a role where your technical expertise meets real commercial impact.

You’ll be trusted to keep the numbers right, the balance sheet clean, and the insights flowing — while helping branches improve performance and make smart, data-driven decisions.

We have multiple position available in Wellington, Hamilton and Christchurch/South Island

What You’ll Be Doing

Leading branch month-end close, reporting and balance sheet integrity
Producing insightful P&L reporting, budgets, forecasts and variance analysis
Acting as a true finance business partner to Branch Managers
Ensuring strong internal controls, compliance and audit readiness
Supporting pricing decisions, cost control and performance dashboards
Contributing to finance projects, system improvements and transformation initiatives

What We’re Looking For

CAANZ qualified (or equivalent – CPA / ACCA preferred)
Minimum 5 years’ experience in financial accounting or similar roles
Strong business partnering and stakeholder engagement skills
Solid systems capability (Excel essential; JDE, TM1, Power BI an advantage)
Comfortable juggling multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
A proactive mindset with the confidence to call out issues and drive solutions

Why Join PlaceMakers?

A role with real autonomy and influence at branch level
Supportive, down-to-earth team who value collaboration and outcomes
Opportunities to grow your career within a large, respected NZ organisation
A culture built on safety, trust, and doing what’s right — every day
Access to Fletcher Building Group benefits & Employee share scheme
Employment Education Fund to support your learning journey
Health & Wellbeing initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme

If you’re a commercially minded accountant who enjoys getting close to the business and making a tangible difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Pre-employment checks including references, medical, drug test, Criminal background check, credit check is required as well as the legal right to work in NZ indefinitely.

Our recruitment team will be on leave over the Christmas and New Year period and will return in early January. We’ll be in touch with you in the new year regarding your application.

We are proud of the incredible diversity of people who make up our business! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create an inclusive environment for all our employees across our national network of branches throughout New Zealand.