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About the company

Privately owned, PIC Insurance is one of New Zealand's long-standing and trusted insurance brokerages, known for delivering personalised, independent insurance advice to individuals and businesses nationwide. With a strong reputation, deep industry expertise, and a commitment to doing the right thing for their clients, PIC continues to grow and evolve.

As the business scales, they are strengthening their leadership capability and financial foundations to support long-term, sustainable growth.

The Role

Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Board and Senior Leadership Team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping financial direction, delivering accurate reporting and insights, improving operational efficiency, and driving commercial decision-making across the business.

This is a broad and highly influential leadership role that blends strategic thinking with hands-on management across all financial operations, systems, and processes. You will lead a team of seven and be deeply involved in enabling the business to scale effectively through financial discipline, technology integration, and strong risk management.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide proactive financial advice and insights to the CEO and Board
• Drive budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning
• Ensure full compliance with insurance industry regulations, taxation obligations, and financial reporting standards
• Oversee accounting, treasury, tax, and all financial operations
• Deliver accurate monthly reporting and analysis to support decision-making
• Identify, assess, and mitigate financial and operational risks
• Drive automation and process improvements to enhance efficiency
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team

Skills & Experience

You're a seasoned finance leader with experience operating at an executive or senior leadership level. You combine technical financial expertise with commercial insight and can operate comfortably between strategy, operations, and hands-on delivery. Some of your expertise will include:

• Proven experience as a CFO or senior finance executive
• Strong technical accounting foundation
• Deep knowledge of financial governance, compliance, and risk management
• Experience in regulated industries (insurance or financial services advantageous)
• Strong analytical capability and comfort managing detailed financial operations
• Commercial acumen, with the ability to influence at CEO and Board level
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams

What's in it for you…

• A key leadership role in a respected, growing, privately owned New Zealand business
• The opportunity to work closely with the CEO and Board, influencing long-term strategy
• A broad, hands-on CFO role with meaningful impact across the organisation
• Flexible working options with a 4-day week on offer

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV via the link below. For a confidential discussion, contact Chris Cooper at OR Jason Hinton