Chief Financial Officer

3 weeks ago

Christchurch, New Zealand Jade Software Full time

  • Executive leadership role
  • Christchurch based
  • Exciting, international, technology business

The Company


We are an iconic New Zealand technology company, one of the original kiwi start-ups, with a mission to help mid-market businesses punch above their weight globally. Our products like Jade Platform and Jade ThirdEye power and protect industries around the world, making an impact behind the scenes on everyday life.

We pride ourselves on a culture of innovation, inclusion and collaboration with 260 talented people throughout New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom supporting customers across six continents every moment of everyday.

We are privileged to be part of the Skipton Group, able to leverage the resources of a larger purpose-driven organisation with long-term horizons whilst retaining our autonomy and agility to move at pace.

The Opportunity


As we grow, we are seeking a Chief Financial Officer who will play a pivotal role in amplifying and accelerating our growth strategy and transforming our business model.

With a talented team and strong foundations to build on, you will bring fresh thinking and perspective on how to implement commercial strategies that unlock business value to achieve Jade’s full potential.

Role Purpose


  • Operate as a strategic adviser to the CEO, and as an ELT member, share accountability for overall company performance and objectives.
  • Lead the development and/or optimisation of risk, legal, cyber and sustainability strategies, aligned with Jade’s business priorities, that support an innovative and agile work environment.
  • Drive commercial performance and insights at Jade through people, processes and technology to amplify the business strategy and optimise investment.
  • Lead a high performing team of commercial, financial, analytics, security and legal professionals; ensuring individuals and the team collaborate, meet objectives and are highly engaged in partnering with the business when delivering enabling services.

About You

  • Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible financial experience, with at least 5 years in an executive leadership or senior leadership role within a medium to large organisation. Preferably within digital services or a related industry.
  • Highly analytical with strengths in critical thinking and analysis.
  • Experience reviewing commercial contracts from a legal and business risk perspective.
  • Strong understanding of commercial drivers and influencers on margin and profitability in a commercial contract context.
  • Experience successfully negotiating commercial contracts.
  • Proven ability to advise and create effective pricing strategies for new customer propositions.
  • Strong leadership skills with experience leading teams of professionally qualified and talented individuals. Experience in successfully partnering with internal business leaders to drive performance outcomes.

About Jade

Jade Software is an iconic New Zealand name in technology and has evolved and grown to support our customers globally with complex technology problem solving, providing products Jade ThirdEye and Jade Platform, and creating data driven solutions. Our HQ is based in Christchurch, NZ and we have offices in Auckland, Dunedin, Sydney and York, UK.

We value and celebrate creating a diverse and inclusive organisation for our people. We know diversity benefits everyone who comes into contact with our business. Diversity and Inclusion at Jade means that we celebrate and appreciate all the ways we are different.

At Jade our People First culture means we do not stand still with our progressive people initiatives; we have recently improved our employee benefits around our community connect leave, flexi-leave and a highly supportive and generous parental leave scheme. Our employees and their whànau are provided with health insurance, as well as life and income protection for our people amongst other great benefits. We are proud at Jade that we have crushed our gender pay gap to 1.9% in 2024.


Your application to Jade will be reviewed based on your work experience or skills that you can bring to Jade and not on your cultural background, gender, age, disability, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation or any other aspect which makes you unique.

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