Accounting Lead

2 weeks ago


Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Fonterra Full time

General Information:

  • Date Published 11Jan2023
  • Advertising Ends 25Jan2023
  • Country
  • New Zealand
  • Location
  • Hamilton & North Waikato
  • Role Type
  • Accounting & Commercial
  • Work Type
  • Fixed Term
  • ID# 3586
    Position Description:

Our Co-operative

Te Mātāpuna toa takitini

  • Fonterra's strength is in the collective
We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers.

Our rich history is built on farming families working together to share the natural goodness of our dairy with the world.

Collaboration, innovation, and passion was the cornerstone of our creation and something we continue to value today through our commitment to care for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk.

Our milk creates goodness through nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients that are loved here in New Zealand and around the world.


About the opportunity


Join us in the Group Consolidation Team, where you be part of a team of four who have ownership for the consolidation of Fonterra's legal results, this is likely to be the largest group consolidation of financial information in New Zealand.

It's a highly visible role and you will work closely with senior management in Fonterra.

We have multiple 12-month fixed term and permanent roles available.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Ownership for deliverables within the Record to Report (RTR) scope in preparing Fonterra's Group Financial Statements;
  • Accurate and timely delivery of group analytical reviews, commentary and other related Group reporting;
  • Partnering with Group Financial Reporting and Mergers & Acquisitions teams to ensure that divestments, acquisitions or other oneoff items are correctly accounted for from a Group, individual entity and business unit perspective;
  • Ensuring successful audit outcomes;
  • Ability to lead the monthly legal group consolidation process, including providing training and support to others within RTR.
  • Assisting with the integration of HFM and Central Finance, ensuring that group consolidation entries are correctly reflected in Central Finance;

About you


You will be confident and a natural communicator, where you build trusted relationships with your colleagues and senior stakeholders, influencing outcomes based on sound decision making.

You will be known for your ability to deal with ambiguity.


You will be able to manage multiple deadlines, adapt and work collaboratively to ensure accurate accounting outcomes for both the Group and individual entities within the Group.


Our Story
Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit gives us all a common strength and purpose.

Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people who are at the heart of what we do, we want our farmers, employees, customers and communities to thrive.

Kaitiakitanga, ensures we take care of the land. We are committed to farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
Whakaohooho constantly inspires ourselves and each other with great career development opportunities and benefits. We enable flexibility and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.

Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best.

Sound good to you? Come join our whānau. You, me, Us Together Tᾱtou tᾱtou.
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