National Finance Manager

Job Type

Permanent

Category

Finance

Business

PlaceMakers

Location

Auckland

Job Reference

42199

Posted Date

18-Dec-2025

Closing Date

15-Jan-2026

At PlaceMakers, we're proud to support the building and construction industry with market-leading products, expertise, and service. We're now looking for an experienced National Branch Finance Manager to provide financial leadership across our national branch network and play a key role in driving consistency, performance, and financial excellence.

The opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Finance, this senior finance leadership role provides oversight of branch financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting across the country. You'll lead and develop a geographically dispersed team of Financial Accountants and Senior Financial Accountants, while partnering closely with branch and central office leaders to deliver insight, strong controls, and continuous improvement.

This is a highly influential role suited to a collaborative finance leader who enjoys working across a complex, multi-site environment.

Key responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Lead and oversee monthly branch financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with Group standards
• Drive consistency and quality in balance sheet management, reconciliations, and resolution of outstanding items
• Own the branch budgeting and rolling forecast processes, reviewing and challenging assumptions to ensure plans are robust and achievable
• Partner with branch, regional, and central office leaders to provide commercial insight and support performance improvement
• Build capability across the branch finance community through coaching, mentoring, and development
• Ensure strong compliance with accounting policies, tax obligations, and internal controls
• Support audits, finance transformation initiatives, and system or process improvement projects

About you

You'll be a confident finance leader with strong technical foundations and a proven ability to influence across a large organisation. You will bring:

• CAANZ membership (or equivalent such as CPA or ACCA)
• 7+ years' experience in financial accounting and finance leadership, ideally within a multi-site or complex operational environment
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams across multiple locations
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder engagement skills
• Advanced analytical capability with commercial acumen
• Experience with financial systems and reporting tools (e.g. JDE, TM1, Power BI)
• The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes under pressure

Why join PlaceMakers?

At PlaceMakers, our values guide how we work every day. We are Better Together, Customer Leading, Bold, and proud of our Know How, Can Do attitude. You'll join a supportive senior finance team, have the opportunity to shape national processes, and make a meaningful impact across the business.

We offer competitive remuneration, strong development opportunities, and the chance to work in a values-led organisation that puts safety, collaboration, and performance first.

Pre-employment checks including references, medical, drug test, Criminal background check, credit check is required as well as the legal right to work in NZ indefinitely.

Our recruitment team will be on leave over the Christmas and New Year period and will return in early January. We'll be in touch with you in the new year regarding your application.

We are proud of the incredible diversity of people who make up our business As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create an inclusive environment for all our employees across our national network of branches throughout New Zealand.