Business Accountant

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Business Accountant

• Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington  
• Police Employee 
• Permanent, Full Time

• Nationally Advertised Vacancy

• JR 5002545

E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā. 

Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face  

Mō te tūnga | About the role 

The NZ Police Finance function provides several critical services required to enable the success of our organisation. This ranges from ensuring our staff and suppliers are paid, ensuring compliance with public sector legislation, standards, and expectations, maintaining a “Licence to operate” and providing strategic and practical financial advice to decision makers to ensure we operate within our budgets and deliver value for money.

The Business Accountant is an internal finance consultant aligned to the New Zealand Police business portfolios.

The position reports to a Senior Finance Business Partner and is responsible for the provision of trusted, insightful, and comprehensive financial advice and support to the assigned budget holders within the portfolios Business Group. For this reason, our Business Accountants must be a provisional member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ) and working towards full membership.

Business Accountants are assigned a business unit portfolio as well as other relevant projects. There is an expectation that Business Accountants will rotate portfolios as necessary to support the business. This strengthens Finances knowledge across the organisation and allows professional and personal development opportunities.

Key Accountabilities: 

• Understand the NZP and portfolio’s key business drivers, cost drivers, pressures and risks using this knowledge to provide proactive, relevant, and integrated business and financial advice to business units
• Ensure the provision of timely and accurate information and business support to assist financial and operational decision-making and management
• Provide sound analysis and options, informing, and influencing decision making and presenting analysis to assess, support or challenge key decisions
• Participate in portfolio business planning as a trusted advisor to portfolio groups.
• Support the delivery of accurate and effective financial budgeting and forecasting.
• Lead/contribute to continuous improvement work programme

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring 

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

• Strong financial acumen, numerical reasoning and applications of financial concepts and principles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (including presentation skills).
• Working knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems
• A good understanding of relevant legislation and standards including Public Finance Act and PBE IPSAS
• A proven ability to use data and insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, to influence and guide organisational decision making.
• Able to manage time, priorities and responsibilities including ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements 

• This role is based at Police National Headquarters in Wellington.
• Provisional member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ), and working towards full membership.

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/10-2024/business_accountant.pdf

Mo tātou | About us

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:

 Applicant Information Pack (External)

Tono ināianei | Apply now

If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing  and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.  

For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers 

All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted directly via email. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.  

Utu ā-tau | Salary

This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $95,057 and $100,626 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.  

Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Sunday 19 January 2025. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.

If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact john.downs-carroll@police.govt.nz