Management Accountant

at  New Zealand Ministry of Justice

TE HAEATA/THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking an experienced Management Accountant to join our high performing team of finance professionals as maternity cover through to July 2025. Reporting to the Finance Manager and working with your Finance Business Partner to support a varied portfolio of Budget Managers.
In this role you are a guardian of the quality of our underlying financial information. Your experience will ensure regular processes and reporting, including month end, run smoothly. You will be working with your Finance Business Partner to provide budgeting support, financial advice, information, and analysis to help your customers manage their financial performance and make timely and informed financial decisions achieve each business unit and group business aims and objectives.
We are looking for people who have an eye for quality, strong relationship skills, and that are focused on process improvement.
Ō pūkenga/Skills and Experience
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we have outlined and believe you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you!
To be successful in this role, you will seek to combine your technical knowledge with excellent communication (both oral and written) to build strong relationships with your customers to ensure the credibility of financial information and advice is maintained.

You will have the following skills and experience to be successful in this role:

• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience and a commitment to ongoing professional development
• A Chartered Accountancy qualification (preferred) or working towards the qualification
• Able to identify critical financial requirements to guide budget preparation and an understanding of budgeting principles
• Able to analyse information and communicate it effectively
• Understanding of the machinery of government, public sector systems and processes, and the associated accountability requirements
• Excellent Excel and MS Word skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex messages clearly, simply and concisely.

Mō mātou/About us
At Te Tāhū o te Ture - the Ministry of Justice, we’re committed to strengthening people’s trust in the law of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
You will be part of a high performing team of finance professionals that strive to provide excellent financial services and are trusted, work collaboratively across the Ministry, and provide advice beyond the numbers. Therefore, a proven ability to build strong relationships and to work collaboratively, with good written and verbal communication skills are a must.
Joining Te Tāhū o te Ture means you will become part of an organisation that welcomes and supports people of all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disabilities and religions.

• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience and a commitment to ongoing professional development
• A Chartered Accountancy qualification (preferred) or working towards the qualification
• Able to identify critical financial requirements to guide budget preparation and an understanding of budgeting principles
• Able to analyse information and communicate it effectively
• Understanding of the machinery of government, public sector systems and processes, and the associated accountability requirements
• Excellent Excel and MS Word skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex messages clearly, simply and concisely