Tax & Financial Accountant (6 months)

Te Tākinatanga | Our Story   

At Contact, we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We’re an electricity, gas, mobile, and broadband company, but we’re so much more than that. We are transforming the ways we mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here. A team of 1000+ from all walks of life who love what we do, look out for each other, and learn from one another every day, we’re stoked to be guided by our tikanga: we touch lives to make life better.

We’re on a journey to transform our business end-to-end – no mean feat as one of Aotearoa’s largest listed companies, with market capitalisation of around NZ$6 billion and over 65,000 shareholders & 3,500 debt investors. Right now, things are particularly busy as we’ve just been given the green light to acquire NZX-listed Manawa Energy, and it’s year-end (on 30 June). As part of our high-performing Finance & Risk group, in this 6-month fixed term contract as Tax & Financial Accountant you’ll play a pivotal part in managing key financial risks and ensuring we operate in a way that’s efficient from a funding and tax perspective, helping to bring our strategy to life and make sure we continue delivering a seamless Contact experience through this time of change.

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role

This 6-month fixed term contract (as we work through the Manawa integration) will slot into our Financial Services team, working with Technical Accounting and Tax to coordinate statutory financial statements and regulatory requirements, liaise with auditors, get stuck into month-end processes, prepare tax filings, help out with day-to-day tax and technical accounting mahi (work), and lend a hand to tasks and projects across the wider Financial Services team.

We’re coming up to year-end (on 30 June 2025), so provided you can make it here soon (which we’d love), you’ll be joining when it’s busy. We’ll show you the ropes of how things work at Contact, but this won’t be a ‘settle in and get the hang of it’ paced role – we need a skilled tax & financial accountant who can hit the ground running, build key relationships fast, and work independently, able to problem-solve on the go and apply NZ GAAP, IFRS and tax legislation to deliver best practice.

Ko wai koe | About you

CA-qualified or equivalent, competent in accounting systems (preferably SAP) and with a high degree of proficiency in Excel, you’re naturally curious, comfortable identifying issues and opportunities and working independently to resolve.  Progressive in your approach to problem-solving technical issues, you have a natural bent toward continuous improvement and are more than comfortable communicating to various levels of management, with a knack for conveying complex information simply. Experienced in tax and financial accounting, you thrive in accountancy roles that go beyond the norm and have plenty of stories to share about times you’ve delivered exceptional service to stakeholders.

Bonus points if you’ve done all of this in a large, complex private organisation. Within the Energy industry? Even better.

This is a 6-month fixed-term contract (as we work through integration with Manawa Energy) with an ASAP start, based in our Wellington office with flexible working meaning you can split your time between home and the office however works best.

There are a bunch of perks to being a Contact kaimahi. Along with great leadership, teammates, flexible working, and interesting mahi, you’ll enjoy a ‘Good to be Home’ payment toward your home set up & wellbeing, discounts on Contact Energy products, and more.

This ad will close automatically on Friday 27 June but we’re considering applications as they come in so hop to it if you're keen!

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. We're not about box ticking, so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet everything stated above, please still get in touch. We'd love to kōrero.

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