Finance Team Leader

Use your finance expertise to make a difference!

The Wellington City Mission has been supporting people and families across the Wellington region for over 120 years. We journey with whānau, providing practical and focused support including transitional housing, food assistance through our Social Supermarket, financial mentoring, social and community support, and advocacy.
At our core, we believe in building a community of “no us and them” — a place where everyone is valued and we care for each other. We believe all people are unshakeably good, without exception.
Our vision is People and communities experiencing empowerment, transformation, and fullness of life.

About the Role
We’re looking for a Chartered Accountant to lead our small, hands-on Finance function.
Reporting to the Assistant City Missioner – Corporate Services, you’ll lead a team of two and take responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of Finance across the Mission.
This is an operational, hands-on finance leadership role. You’ll need to be comfortable getting into the detail, preparing a full set of accounts, understanding NZ tax and statutory requirements, supporting budgets and forecasts, and coordinating the annual audit.

What You’ll be Doing

Lead and support a Finance team of two
Prepare monthly reporting and a full set of financial accounts
Support budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis
Coordinate the annual audit and work with external auditors
Ensure compliance with NZ accounting standards, tax and statutory requirements
Oversee payroll, AP, AR, reconciliations and month-end
Provide practical financial advice to managers and budget holders
Strengthen financial controls, processes and systems
Support continuous improvement across the Finance function

What You’ll Bring

CA ANZ qualification (or equivalent) – essential
Strong NZ tax and accounting knowledge
Proven ability to prepare a full set of financial accounts
Financial reporting and management accounting experience
Budgeting and forecasting experience
A sound understanding of the annual audit process
Strong Excel and financial systems capability
Experience leading, supervising or coordinating a small team
A hands-on, practical approach and strong attention to detail
The ability to build trusted relationships across an organisation

Not-for-profit experience would be useful, but it’s not essential. Technical accounting capability, NZ tax knowledge and the ability to roll up your sleeves are.

Why Wellington City Mission?

This is an opportunity to use your finance skills in an organisation where the work has a genuine purpose.
The Mission is a place of hope and belonging. We treat everyone with dignity and respect, embrace people as they are, and make decisions with courageous wisdom.
If you’re a CA who wants to be hands-on, lead a small team and know that your work is contributing to something bigger, we’d love to hear from you.

Next Steps?
For any questions give Peter Campbell a call on 0272013755 and quote Job ID: 18584 for a confidential chat.

To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.

Tribe is a group of specialist teams, each of who truly understand their world, and together they partner to understand yours. Whether you’re looking for your next opportunity or recruiting, we’re all about bringing people together for a shared purpose. Find your people.

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