Role Description
The Group Senior Accountant is a key role within the Group Finance function, with primary responsibility for delivering high‑quality consolidated financial reporting and providing strong technical accounting support across the Group. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, this role owns core components of the statutory reporting cycle and plays a critical role in complex accounting areas including share‑based payments, impairment assessments, acquisitions, third‑party investments and hedge accounting. This position requires technical expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate across functions in a fast‑paced, global environment. It would suit an ambitious accountant with audit or technical accounting experience who is looking to broaden their exposure to Group‑level reporting, complex accounting areas and senior stakeholder interaction.
Specific Role Responsibilities
Group Reporting & Statutory Accounts
- Support the preparation of statutory accounts for specific Group entities ensuring timely delivery and audit readiness.
- Prepare key financial analyses for Group management reporting, including profitability and margin analysis.
Audit & Governance
- Play a central role in coordinating the Group audit process, including:
- Preparing and reviewing audit deliverables.
- Acting as a key point of contact for regional finance teams.
- Chairing or participating in bi‑weekly audit coordination meetings to identify, track and resolve issues.
- Feeding back key matters to external auditors (including PwC NZ) to ensure smooth audit progression.
- Draft Audit Committee papers, including initial preparation of accounting updates and key judgments, for review by senior finance leadership.
Technical Accounting & Complex Areas
- Share‑Based Payments (IFRS 2): Work closely with the Reward team to understand new share schemes offered to employees. Ensure appropriate accounting treatment, valuation inputs, disclosures and documentation.
- Impairment Assessments: Coordinate and prepare Group‑wide CGU impairment analysis for goodwill and acquired intangible assets (including software and customer relationships). Work closely with the SCD team to ensure assumptions, forecasts and valuation inputs are aligned and supportable.
- Third‑Party Investments: Monitor equity investments in third‑party companies for indicators of impairment. Support accounting assessments as investments mature, are impaired or disposed of, working alongside the SCD team.
- Lead purchase price allocation (PPA) projects for acquisitions, working with external advisors to ensure journals and disclosures are audit‑ready.
- Lead the application of the Group’s hedge accounting policy, ensuring compliance with IFRS requirements.
- Prepare and maintain high‑quality technical accounting papers to support significant judgments and conclusions.
- Support the wider Group Finance team through ad‑hoc projects and analyses that inform strategic and operational decision‑making.
Experience & Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA or equivalent) with at least 6 years of experience.
- Strong experience in statutory financial reporting under IFRS.
- Prior experience in audit or technical accounting, ideally within financial services or a complex multinational environment.
- Working knowledge of complex IFRS areas including share‑based payments, impairment and business combinations.
Skills & Attributes
- Strong technical accounting and analytical skills, with excellent attention to detail.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Confident communicator, able to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
- Comfortable coordinating across multiple teams and geographies.
- Proactive, adaptable and solutions‑focused mindset.
- Ambitious, recently qualified candidates are encouraged to apply if they demonstrate the capability and drive to succeed in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment.
Opportunities
- Exposure to complex Group‑level IFRS reporting in a global organisation.
- Hands‑on experience in share‑based payments, impairment, acquisitions and third‑party investments.
- Regular interaction with senior finance leadership, Audit Committee and external auditors.
- Strong platform for career progression within Group Reporting or Technical Accounting.
Commitment to Equal Opportunities
FNZ is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where individuals are assessed on merit, capability and potential.
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