Head of Finance

The Company Lead the financial transformation of a successful New Zealand engineering business on an ambitious growth journey. The Group is on a deliberate path of growth across more than one jurisdiction in a very niche space. This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal role in enabling the business to grow significantly over the coming years through organic expansion, new market opportunities, and strategic acquisitions. This is not a caretaker HOF position. The business requires a commercially astute and hands-on finance leader who can build capability, strengthen governance, and help transition the organisation from SME-scale reporting to a sophisticated, audit-ready group finance function. The Role Reporting directly to the CEO/Managing Director, you will join the SLT, taking ownership of the entire finance function across a complex multi-entity group operating in New Zealand and Australia. You will be responsible for financial operations, strategic planning, treasury, taxation, reporting, systems, and governance while acting as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team and board. This role offers genuine influence over strategy, capital allocation, profitability improvement, and long-term business growth. Key Responsibilities Lead all financial operations, reporting, treasury, and cashflow management across the group. Deliver accurate and insightful monthly management and board reporting. Drive budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance analysis. Partner with the CEO and leadership team on strategic decision-making and growth initiatives. Lead the transition to NZ IFRS reporting and statutory audit requirements. Manage banking relationships, funding facilities, and covenant compliance. Oversee taxation, transfer pricing, trust structures, and multi-jurisdiction compliance requirements. Build and implement scalable systems, controls, and governance frameworks. Lead finance transformation initiatives, including ERP selection and implementation. Mentor and develop the finance team while contributing as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team. Your Profile To be successful in this role, you will bring: CAANZ qualification with extensive post-qualification experience. Experience as a senior finance leader within a multi-entity environment. Demonstrated success scaling a business through significant growth. Strong experience with group consolidations, multi-currency operations, and complex financial reporting. Hands-on experience managing a business through a statutory reporting and audit transition. Deep knowledge of New Zealand taxation and financial reporting standards. Working knowledge of Australian accounting and taxation requirements. Experience with transfer pricing, intercompany structures, and trust administration. A blend of strategic thinking and practical execution. Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills. Experience within engineering, manufacturing, industrial services or project based environments is highly desirable ERP implementation and finance transformation experience will also be desirable. Apply Today If you are an accomplished Finance leader who enjoys building capability, driving growth and operating as true commercial partner, we would welcome your application. Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button or contact Megan Alexander on 09 915 6700 Reference Number: 06900-0013443059 By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.