Business Accountant at NZ Police, Wellington New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.
Business Accountant
Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
Police Employee
Permanent, Full Time
Nationally Advertised Vacancy
JR 5002545
Mo te tunga | About the role
The NZ Police Finance function provides several critical services required to enable the success of our organisation. This ranges from ensuring our staff and suppliers are paid, ensuring compliance with public sector legislation, standards, and expectations, maintaining a "Licence to operate" and providing strategic and practical financial advice to decision makers to ensure we operate within our budgets and deliver value for money.
The Business Accountant is an internal finance consultant aligned to the New Zealand Police business portfolios.
The position reports to a Senior Finance Business Partner and is responsible for the provision of trusted, insightful, and comprehensive financial advice and support to the assigned budget holders within the portfolios Business Group. For this reason, our Business Accountants must be a provisional member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ) and working towards full membership.
Key Accountabilities:
Understand the NZP and portfolio's key business drivers, cost drivers, pressures and risks using this knowledge to provide proactive, relevant, and integrated business and financial advice to business units.
Ensure the provision of timely and accurate information and business support to assist financial and operational decision-making and management.
Provide sound analysis and options, informing, and influencing decision making and presenting analysis to assess, support or challenge key decisions.
Participate in portfolio business planning as a trusted advisor to portfolio groups.
Support the delivery of accurate and effective financial budgeting and forecasting.
Lead/contribute to continuous improvement work programme.
He aha taau e kawe mai | What you'll bring
Strong financial acumen, numerical reasoning and applications of financial concepts and principles.
Strong written and verbal communication skills (including presentation skills).
Working knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems.
A good understanding of relevant legislation and standards including Public Finance Act and PBE IPSAS.
A proven ability to use data and insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, to influence and guide organisational decision making.
Able to manage time, priorities and responsibilities including ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
Provisional member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ), and working towards full membership.
This role is set at Individual Contributor level , this means your key purpose is "to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business".
Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.
To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:
If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.
All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted directly via email. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.
This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $95,057 and $100,626 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.
Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Wednesday 13th November 2024. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.
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