Finance Operations Manager

Beca

Auckland
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

As New Zealand Financial Controller, provide strategic direction and leadership to the global Finance function, collaborating with Executive Teams and Subsidiary Boards to identify and implement long-term strategic financial objectives.
Collaborate with the CFO, Director/Head of Finance Operations, and wider Finance Leadership team to identify and implement processes, policies, and systems in alignment with local legislation and best practice.
Strengthen the technical and professional capabilities of the finance team through development initiatives, implement financial controls, and drive continuous improvement in financial reporting and analysis.

About BecaBeca is one of Asia Pacific's largest independent advisory, design, and engineering consultancies. After a century of operation, we have grown from a family-owned business to one of our region's most progressive, client-centric professional services consultancies. We have more than 4,000 employees in 24 offices around the world and have delivered projects in more than 70 countries.'Creative people together transforming our world' is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations, and our purpose - to make everyday better. We create value through understanding and delivering successful solutions, exceptional service, and enduring relationships. We use our skills and systems to empower innovation, helping our clients shape communities, optimise their assets, and streamline their operations.Our employee-ownership model remains key to our future. It underpins our commitment to building and sustaining long-term relationships with our clients, it helps drive our positive, purpose-driven, and growth-oriented culture, it sets us apart from our competitors, and it gives meaning to our social contract.While our experience has been 100 years in the making, it is the fresh talent we're nurturing, the innovative thinking we're developing and the connections that we're forging that get us most excited for the future.The OpportunityWithin a global finance operations team committed to a future-fit enterprise and amplifying value, the Finance Operations Manager will work closely with finance leadership, business managers, and subsidiary boards across a portfolio of entities. Additionally, in the role of New Zealand Finance Controller, they will serve as an integral member of a centralized finance function. The business partnering aspects of the role will deliver financial analysis, insights, and recommendations for business decision-making, as well as drive key transformation initiatives around people, processes, and systems. Establishing positive partnering relationships cross-functionally will strengthen opportunities to add value by asking questions, testing thinking, and sharing insights, intelligence, and ideas, always through a continuous improvement lens.Furthermore, the Finance Operations Manager will oversee financial control aspects, including providing accounting advice, ownership of the preparation and delivery of financial and board reporting, participation in business planning/forecasting, and managing external audit engagements. This multifaceted role requires a strong focus on ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and managing legislative changes effectively to support successful execution of finance operations. The individual in this role will continually improve and implement new financial reporting for the business, contributing to the organization's strategic objectives and fostering growth within the wider industry.About YouCA qualified and bringing a solid foundation in financial accounting/auditing, likely from a professional services or large multi-national background, you're keen to progress your career in a business offering opportunity to prove your value, continue learning and contribute to a renewed focus on operational excellence, through ownership and accountability, consistency, efficiency and effectiveness. Strong analytically, you understand the importance of data integrity, also confident to bring relevance and meaning to the numbers, sharing key messages and insights with subsidiary boards, business managers, and teams.You are a thinker, curious to question and understand the 'why' and confident to explore ideas which amplify value - through process, information, communication - all of these! An advocate for positive change, you are ready to inspire and guide others, comfortable to establish a leadership relationship with remotely located team members.Excited by Beca's Finance team's goal to amplify value by empowerment, accountability, simplification and effectiveness, you are ready to bring your 'best in class' transferrable finance skills to our business.A career with Beca offers

Ongoing professional development opportunities
A supportive and caring work environment where you can bring your whole self to work.
Flexible working arrangements to balance your personal and family commitments.
A highly supportive environment of sharing and collaboration.
Excellent benefits are provided to all staff - from volunteer and wellbeing leave through to health insurance, enhanced parental leave and a huge number of corporate discounts with retailers.
New learnings from our industry experts and technical gurus across the Asia-Pacific.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture - open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.Do we have your attention?Our people set us apart. If you'd like to join us, be at the forefront of change towards our next century and help Beca make everyday better. Apply now.

Beca

Apply Now