Job Description
Are you based in South Auckland and open to a meaningful contract role in the Waikato? Once you’re up to speed, hybrid working will be an option for someone happy to commute.
Are you someone who can step in, make sense of the chaos, and steady the ship?
Can you lead a capable team and work closely with the CEO to reset and rebuild a high-impact finance function?
We’re looking for an experienced finance leader to step into acontract CFO (6 months)level role during a pivotal period of change. The previous CFO has recently moved on, and this organisation—one with real community reach—is undergoing asignificant transformation.
This role goes beyond numbers — it’s an opportunity tolead a meaningful project that will have a lasting impact on the community, particularly in how rates and public funding are managed, allocated, and delivered.
What’s the Situation?
The organisation is in a period of transition. With a reshaped leadership structure and a large-scale transformation project underway, your guidance will be critical inrebuilding momentumacross finance.
You’ll take ownership of core financial operations, help clarify strategic direction, and be a sounding board for the CEO as they steer change.
This isn’t just a finance clean-up—it’s an opportunity toplay a leading role in a project that directly impacts how rates and public funding are usedto benefit the community. It’s purpose-driven work that needs a capable, unflappable leader.
Key Focus Areas
- Lead core financial activities: budgeting, forecasting, board reporting, and financial strategy
- Support a team of around 30 individuals
- Bring structure to stalled processes and guide the team through ambiguity
- Partner with the CEO to implement strategic change and restore clarity
- Identify inefficiencies, plug gaps, and restore confidence in reporting
What We’re Looking For
- Aseasoned finance professionalwith senior leadership experience—this is not a stepping-stone role
- CA (or equivalent) qualified, with strong technical capability across budgeting, reporting, and financial planning
- Experience inlocal government, council, or publicly funded organisations
- Astrategic thinker with strong business acumen, able to operate at both the detail and big-picture levels
- Calm, pragmatic, and decisive under pressure— someone who quietly restores order and brings stability to complex environments
- Comfortable working inuncertain or changing contexts, able to bring clarity and structure without needing everything mapped out
- Astrong people leaderwith excellent interpersonal skills — able to guide, support, and uplift a capable but stretched team
Why This Role?
Because this is more than a finance fix—it’s your chance to contribute to aproject with purpose. You’ll be working alongside an engaged CEO and a dedicated team toreshape how financial decisions impact the wider community.
This role is perfect for someone who enjoysbringing order to complexity,mentoring others, andbeing part of work that matters.
Sounds like you? Apply now and be a part of the journey.
All applications will be acknowledged by email and applicants must hold the right to work in New Zealand.