Financial & Project Accountant

About the role:

As a Financial & Project Accountant, you’ll support the integrity of financial information across both asset management and project accounting activities. Reporting to the Financial Reporting & Consolidation Lead, you’ll be involved in core accounting processes while also contributing to financial insights and analysis.

This is a key role within the Financial Accounting team, where you’ll help identify opportunities to improve processes and drive efficiencies that strengthen how the team operates. Your work will contribute to the delivery of accurate and timely reporting across the co-operative.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and support monthly financial reporting, including analysing and explaining variances.


• Assist with the preparation of annual financial statements, including consolidations and disclosures.


• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and resolve any outstanding items in a timely manner.


• Manage fixed asset accounting and reporting, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with financial records.


• Prepare and post journals to maintain accuracy of financial records.


• Manage project-related financial tracking and reporting across the portfolio.


• Administer project systems and maintain planning data (e.g. Planview).

About you:

You’ll be an accountant with a strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to your work. Comfortable working with financial data, you’ll enjoy problem solving and can communicate insights clearly to a range of stakeholders. Ideally, you’ll also bring:

• A CA, CPA or other accredited accounting body certification (or working towards this)


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial information


• Good working knowledge of Excel and the wider Microsoft Office suite


• Clear communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships


• A proactive mindset, with a focus on identifying better ways of working


• Exposure to the FMCG or retail industry as well as SAP or ERP systems would be beneficial but not essential

Don't Meet Every Requirement?

We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed in this role.

How to apply:

Ready to take on the challenge? Click “apply” to apply for the role! Applications will close 11:59pm Sunday 21 June 2026 and will only be accepted via our careers site.

If you have any questions about the role, or experience any issues submitting your application, please email [email protected]

Why join us?

• Our approach to flexible working is based on trusting and empowering our people to manage their time and deliver results while balancing the needs of their personal lives.


• We’re committed to equitable outcomes, and we offer additional paid parental leave, free period products and financial health checks to name a few.


• We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period, discounts at local gyms, access to online wellbeing tools, and a prayer and privacy room onsite.


• We offer continuous learning and professional growth, as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.


• We’re proud of our supportive team environment, and our positive and friendly culture that’s made fun by Furry Friend Fridays and monthly social events!


• We’re a Pride Pledge organisation, and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives, every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.


• Our Papanui based office has free carparking, an in-house café.

About us:

We’re a team of 14,000 who make sure South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated, our co-operative has more than 180 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and On the Spot stores feeding the South Island.

We value being at the heart of our communities, like we’ve always been, to make the South Island a better place – for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Island, there’s a Foodstuffs store serving you and your whānau.

Our success is down to our people who bring their skills, experience, passion, and expertise to make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Our co-op has a wide variety of roles to offer, and endless opportunities for development.

Our values:

At Foodies, together we drive success to be our best and care for our whānau. We recognise that it takes a collective effort to achieve success, and we thrive on fostering a culture of collaboration to drive innovation and embracing challenges as a united team. We are committed to supporting our people, and to positively impact the lives of South Islanders every day.