Group Financial Reporting Manager - Christchurch

Group Financial Reporting Manager - Christchurch Job Description

Posted Thursday, 11 September 2025 at 10:00 am

We're looking for a CA-qualified accountant with strong technical reporting skills and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset. This is your chance to grow your leadership capabilities, influence change, and contribute to continuous improvement in a dynamic environment.

As a Group Financial Reporting Manager, you will join our high-performing finance team. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you'll take the lead in delivering accurate financial and regulatory reporting, ensuring tax compliance, and managing the year-end audit process across the Group.

This pivotal role supports our centralised Finance Centre of Excellence, driving performance in Financial Accounting, Fixed Assets, Insurance, and Tax. You'll also prepare consolidated budgets and forecasts, gaining broad exposure across the business while balancing operational needs with regulatory requirements.

• Technical reporting expertise.
• Strong knowledge of financial and regulatory reporting standards.
• Proactive, solutions-focused approach with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to influence change and drive best practice across finance functions.
• Strong leadership potential with the ability to develop and mentor others.
• Skilled in building relationships and collaborating across the business.
• Access to support and mentoring, allowing you to grow and achieve great things in this role.
• Perks like discounted health insurance, mental health first aiders, regular health check-ups, flu vaccinations and access to our employee assistance programme.
• Employee benefits incentives via BOOST and free carparking.
• All the little things that make a workplace fun like social club, employee networks and family fun volunteering outings.

The Citycare Group Finance Team supports the four businesses in the Citycare Group: Citycare Property, Citycare Water, Spencer Henshaw, and Apex Water.

• Citycare Property builds, operates, maintains, and renews social infrastructure, enhancing community wellbeing through its values: We Discover, We Deliver, We Care.
• Citycare Water is New Zealand's largest provider of three waters maintenance services, delivering sustainable and smart solutions to over 1.2 million people.
• Spencer Henshaw has delivered property repair and maintenance services for over 50 years, supporting more than 30,000 Kiwi families.
• Apex Water specialises in the design, construction, and operation of water and wastewater treatment plants, delivering turnkey projects with a focus on environmental sustainability.

We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are proud members of Pride Pledge and Diversity Works, honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and actively grow Te Ao Māori knowledge within our teams. If you are invited to an interview, please let us know if you have any preferences or requirements that will support you to perform at your best. All applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand, undergo a medical assessment, pass a drug and alcohol test, provide two references, and consent to a Ministry of Justice (MOJ) check.

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