Finance Manager

Company Description

Ko wai mātou | About us

Whakarongorau Aotearoa (Whakarongorau), a social enterprise, is a digital health and social services organisation with a proven record of connecting people seamlessly with care when they need it.

Whakarongorau has the privilege of running free to the public, virtual health, mental health, and social services for the people of Aotearoa. We want to give everyone in Aotearoa the opportunity for wellness. We focus on the connected world of digital care, where we can help join all the dots, and select the right services, advice, support and help for the right need.

We use our healthy imagination to solve big problems by understanding the tiny ways that people are blocked from getting the care they deserve. Our imagination comes from our people and our partners and their drive to never give up.

Job Description

Mō tēnei tūranga | About the role

Whakarongorau Aotearoa is seeking a Finance Manager to join our dynamic Auckland-based Finance team on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), the Finance Manager is instrumental in providing expert financial support to our Technology & IT function, ensuring robust reporting, analysis, and planning, whilst managing the Finance transactional teams and ensuring the integrity of our financial accounting processes.

Ngā haepapa matua | Key responsibilities

• Shared responsibility with Head of Finance Business Partnering for an accurate and timely month end process including reporting
• Business Partnering with the Chief Information Officer and wider Technology & IT support team
  • Over-seeing the Financial Performance of the Technology & IT department, including ownership of Monthly Management Accounts and detailed analysis
  • Continual communication and support to the Technology & IT team to ensure robust budgets and rolling forecasts are maintained
  • Supporting the Technology & IT team with expert Financial advice
• Management of the Transactional Finance team, consisting of 2 x Finance Administrators and 1 x Financial Accountant, covering Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Financial Accounting transactions / reconciliations and support for the Payroll Manager
• Responsible for delivery of finance initiatives in support of the Whakarongorau Aotearoa FY28 Strategy
• Overall ownership of the accounting and reporting for a Joint Venture partnership
• Support the CFO with managing 3 x office properties with ad hoc property matters and financial analysis
• Support the wider Finance Team on ad hoc tasks and projects (EG: annual Insurance)

Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you

You will be collaborating with a supportive team, in a hybrid working environment with WFH days every week. Once a month we have a half day off, to ensure we are putting our wellbeing first. Be part of the big picture to help with better health outcomes for all of Aotearoa.

Qualifications

Mōu ake | About you

Ōu wheako ōu mātauranga hoki | Qualifications and experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a large organisation
• Chartered Accountant qualification or similar
• Sound knowledge of Accounting Standards advantageous
• Proven background in Management Accounting including Planning
• Experience of Business Partnering with Non-Finance Budget holders
• Experience of managing teams

Ōu āheitanga ōu pūkenga hoki | Skills and competence

• Effective communication skills, with ability to support Non-Finance Budget holders
• Leadership skills
• Whakarongorau Aotearoa acknowledges Mana Māori and mātauranga Māori as a professional skill set

If you are excited about this role and think you have what it takes, but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you and would encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

To tatou tikanga | Our Culture

Our staff are passionate people, each driven to contribute to better health outcomes, with a focus on high priority populations. We are focused on hiring kaimahi who live and work in the communities they serve.

Whakarongorau Aotearoa is committed to understanding and improving mana taurite (equal status) starts with the understanding of self and how we, as health professionals, think and behave each minute of each day to serve the health needs for Aotearoa.

We are committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the community we support.

Ō tātou uara | Our values

Our values underpin all we do, and how we do it. We are looking for people who align naturally with these values and will champion them:

• Mahia te mea tika / Do the right thing
• Hihiri e te kounga / Motivated by quality
• Ngākau nui ki te pai ake / Passion for better
• Pokohiwi ki Pokohiwi / Shoulder to shoulder