Financial Accountant

About the role

We're seeking a Financial Accountant to join our team in our Dunsandel and city centre offices. In this key role, you'll support accurate financial reporting and tax compliance across the business, ensuring precision, accountability and excellence at every step. Working closely with the Group Finance & Tax Manager, you'll collaborate with stakeholders at every level, from the CFO and Executive Leadership Team to auditors, advisors and our shareholder.

We're committed to helping you grow and this role provides space to explore the areas that excite you most. There's room to shape the role around your strengths and career ambitions.

Key responsibilities of this role include..

• Preparing IFRS-compliant Group Financial Statements (interim and full year).
• Managing month-end close and group consolidation activities.
• Completing Bright Dairy monthly and annual reporting packs.
• Supporting taxation workstreams including GST, income tax and R&D tax credits.
• Assisting with treasury, insurance and sustainability reporting.
• Contributing to investor materials and ad-hoc finance projects.

You'll be someone who digs deeper, who wants to understand the story behind the numbers, connect insights to impact, and help drive smarter, stronger business decisions.

What you'll bring

You'll be a technically strong, commercially minded finance professional with around 3 years' experience, in a Chartered Accounting firm or large corporate environment. You're confident navigating complex group structures and bring a natural curiosity for how businesses operate.

• 3 years' experience in a Chartered Accounting firm or large corporate environment
• Experience preparing or auditing consolidated financial statements
• Solid knowledge of IFRS/NZ GAAP
• Proficiency with ERP and financial reporting systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, you know how to translate numbers into stories people understand.

About us – The Synlait Spirit

Synlait is more than a global leader in milk nutrition – we're a purpose-led team that's Doing Milk Differently For A Healthier World.Our Synlait Spirit guides everything we do, from how we show up each day to the impact we create together. You'll be joining an authentic, down-to-earth team that lives the three values that underpin the Synlait Spirit.

Be The Difference means we understand before we act – that means asking why, supporting each other to think differently, stay curious, and continuously look for smarter ways to deliver value. Whether it's in the paddock, the plant or the boardroom, we're driven by impact and inspired to make a meaningful difference every day.

We Move as One by working together with respect, trust and a shared commitment to doing what's right. We collaborate across teams to deliver innovative solutions and create opportunity for those around us.

We feed the world's most vulnerable, including newborn babies, so we have to be Right on the Mark. That means we take accountability seriously, act with courage and focus our energy on what matters most. We combine expert farming and state of the art processing to deliver high quality nutritional products to all over the world.

At Synlait you'll be challenged and supported to grow. We know everyone brings something unique to the table so we're an inclusive workplace, where diverse perspectives fuel innovation and success.

What we offer:

• Health insurance cover & partnered with top brands for great benefits and discounts
• Excellent parental leave with our Matua policy
• B CorpTM certified
• Social Club membership opportunities

What's next? Apply now

Include your most recent CV and cover letter summarising your abilities and what you can bring to Synlait. We wish you the best of luck in your application. We encourage you to apply early as we will be reviewing applications regularly and may close the advertisement early.

Together we will continue to create a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best.

Applicants outside of New Zealand will only be considered if you have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.