Operations Manager

Full-time permanent position located in the heart of Auckland CBD. Competitive salary ranging from $110,000 to $120,000 along with wellness benefits.

Are you a proactive and detail-oriented professional ready to make a real difference in a fast-paced environment? In the role of Group Operations Manager, you will be key to the smooth daily operations of the recruitment businesses - Assemble, BrightSpark and Co legal.

In this role, you will manage financial administration, support office functions, and foster a positive work culture across multiple locations.
  
Your Responsibilities Include:

- Group Office Management: Ensure both Auckland and Christchurch offices operate smoothly, providing a productive and supportive workplace across all three businesses. 
- Accounts Administration: Manage accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and other financial transactions to ensure accuracy and compliance for each company. 
- Financial Oversight: Provide overall oversight of financial processes, ensuring financial alignment with the group’s strategic goals. 
- HR Support: Assist with onboarding and backend HR operations, delivering a seamless experience for new hires across all three businesses. 
- Direct Reporting: Lead and support one direct report, the Operational Administrator, nurturing their development and ensuring smooth operational alignment across the group.
- Vendor Management: Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with vendors to ensure smooth and efficient procurement processes.
- IT Management: Oversee IT performance across multiple locations, ensuring systems are functioning effectively and supporting operational needs. 
- Event Coordination: Organise internal events that strengthen team collaboration and culture within each business and across locations. 
  
You’re Ideal for This Role If You’re:

- Proactive & Opportunity-Driven: You’re always one step ahead, recognising opportunities for improvement and taking initiative to implement positive changes. 
- Numerically Savvy: While a formal financial background isn’t necessary, you have a solid grasp of financial concepts and are comfortable working with numbers to support the business’s success and growth.
- Detail-Focused & Accurate: Precision and thoroughness are second nature to you, ensuring tasks are completed with exceptional accuracy. 
- Dependable & Empowered: You confidently manage operations, taking full ownership of responsibilities and earning trust through consistent and reliable execution. 
- Clear & Collaborative Communicator: You excel at fostering open communication, aligning teams and leadership across the business to ensure seamless collaboration.
  
What You’ll Get in Return:

- A supportive and flexible work environment where your contributions are recognised. 
- Competitive salary package, including discretionary bonuses and wellness benefits. 
- Opportunities for professional growth within a collaborative and high-performing team. 
  
We recognise that neurodiversity is critical to a healthy, successful workplace. Our role is to uncover and advocate strengths via a psychologically safe recruitment experience. So, if a typical recruitment process doesn’t bring out your best, let us know. We want you to shine, not shy away. 

Next Steps

Apply here with a CV in MS Word. You’ll need to hold NZ citizenship, residency, or have already secured a valid visa. Want to discuss your suitability further? Find me via our website.

We understand some job seekers choose not to apply if a role isn’t a 100% match. We’d encourage you to apply anyway or send us your details. If this isn’t right, something else might be. 
  
A bit about Dakota, who's recruiting this role:
 
Packed with a passion for helping people and a love for all things analytical, recruitment and Dakota are two peas in a pod. Outside of work, you’ll find me in the outdoors, be it running, surfing, snow sports - the only exceptions being coffee, burgers and my dog Rooplestiltskin.