Senior Accountant

Add expected salary to your profile for insights Help Shape a Better Future for Children Through Strong Financial Leadership Join the team at Save the Children NZ: At Save the Children NZ, every dollar helps create lasting change for children. We're seeking a commercially savvy and proactive Senior Accountant to provide trusted financial advice, deliver meaningful insights, and help ensure the sustainability of our work in Aotearoa and around the world. As the Senior Accountant, you'll partner with leaders across the organisation, drive strong financial performance, and support informed decision-making. Guided by our values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity, you'll play a key role in helping us maximise our impact for children. Why this role matters: Strong financial stewardship is essential to delivering life-changing programmes, responding to emergencies, and advocating for children's rights. As our Senior Accountant, you will provide the financial leadership, analysis, and insights that help ensure resources are managed effectively and sustainably. You will: Lead Financial Reporting Excellence: Deliver accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting for senior leadership, the Board and external stakeholders. Partner with the Business: Act as a trusted advisor to portfolio leaders, providing financial guidance that supports effective planning and decision-making. Drive Budgeting and Forecasting: Coordinate annual budgets, forecasts, and financial planning processes across the organisation. Provide Strategic Financial Insight: Analyse trends, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend practical solutions that support organisational performance. Strengthen Financial Capability: Mentor and provide technical guidance to finance team members while building financial understanding across the organisation. Ensure Compliance and Good Governance: Support sound financial management practices, audit processes, policy development, and compliance obligations. Champion Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline systems, improve reporting, and enhance financial processes. Your expertise will help ensure Save the Children NZ remains financially resilient, accountable, and well-positioned to deliver positive outcomes for children now and into the future. What you bring: Chartered Accountant (CAANZ or equivalent) qualification. At least five years of relevant accounting experience, including post-qualification experience. Strong financial management, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting expertise. Experience preparing management reports and presenting complex financial information clearly and confidently. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a commercial mindset. Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence and build trusted relationships. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy. A collaborative, solutions-focused approach with a passion for continuous improvement. Commitment to Save the Children's mission, values, and safeguarding standards. Experience working within the not-for-profit, charitable, or international development sector. Exposure to grant funding, project accounting, or donor-funded programmes. Experience supporting governance reporting, audit management, and regulatory compliance. Experience mentoring or coaching finance team members. Why you’ll love working for us: The team at Save the Children NZ is passionate, supportive, and united by a shared purpose: creating lasting change for children. Working in Partnership to Shift Power: Be part of a global movement amplifying children’s voices and enabling communities to lead their own change. Growing Our Impact: Support campaigns and stewardship activities that help expand high-quality programmes for children who need them most. Support a Vision of Sustainability: Help ensure sustainable funding so our work can continue long into the future. KiwiSaver Contribution: We support your financial wellbeing with our KiwiSaver contributions. Be Part of Something Special: We value collaboration, creativity, and innovation — and we celebrate your ideas and contributions. A Worldwide Community Behind You: Access global expertise, tools, and learning opportunities from the wider Save the Children movement. Ready to make your accounting career count? We'd love to hear from you. Submit your application today and be part of a movement creating lasting change for children. Closing date for applications: 28 July 2026. We will review applications as they are received and may initiate the interview process before this ad’s closing date. This ad may close early if a suitable candidate is found. Your application will include the following questions: Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in New Zealand? Have you completed a chartered accountant (CA) qualification? How many years of accounting experience do you have? Have you worked in a role where you were responsible for budget management & forecasting? Do you have experience completing ad hoc and month end reporting? #J-18808-Ljbffr