Job Description

• Are you a skilled management accountant with a genuine passion for conservation?
• Salary range: $96,954 - $129,944 based on skills and experience
• Full time, permanent role; Wellington location

Our vision: Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Tūroa

Mō te tūranga | About the role

We are looking for a Senior National Management Accountant to provide high-quality financial support and advice to leadership teams across allocated business groups. This is a senior advisory role where you will work closely with our team of strategic finance business partners to influence decision-making, support strategic outcomes, and ensure strong financial governance across DOC. You will work closely with leaders and external agencies to support the delivery of DOC’s objectives while ensuring compliance with government financial management frameworks.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Prepare and present regular financial performance reports & insights for business leaders.
• Contribute to long-term financial forecasting and planning.
• Provide strategic financial analysis and advice to leadership teams to support Group and Departmental objectives.
• Support the creation of robust business cases to support strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and compliance with government financial frameworks.
• Support the preparation of Cabinet papers, briefings, OIA responses, and Select Committee material.
• Monitor financial policies and recommend improvements to ensure regulatory compliance and best practice
• Design and implement advanced financial models to provide accurate forecasting, scenario analysis, and decision-making support for senior leadership teams.

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Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

Alongside your strong grasp of accounting principles and practices, you will demonstrate excellent communication, planning, and organisational skills, while embracing opportunities to grow your career and advance your technical expertise.

If you have some of the following, we’re keen to hear from you:

• An accounting qualification (e.g. CIMA, CA) and relevant senior management accounting experience.
• A proven self-starter, able to use initiative to identify and help deliver process improvement opportunities, prioritise deliverables and anticipate the needs of the customer.
• Experience with Financial Management Information Systems (preferably SAP), Excel and other Microsoft applications and analysis tools.
• A strong business partnering focus, skilled at identifying and responding to user needs and comfortable working with senior leadership teams.
• Demonstrates the ability to review and analyse complex accounting data, compile reports, understand and explain the implications.
• Proven problem-solving ability and exceptional communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills. 
• The ability to explain financial processes to non-financial managers.

He aha ngā pāinga mōu? | What’s in it for you?

DOC is committed to a culture where everyone can participate, thrive, and grow. We’re driven by our values and behaviours, and are working towards being an organisation that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive by default.

We also support flexible working arrangements for our kaimahi across Aotearoa, with options considered based on the role and in discussion with your leader.

Want to know more?

Tonoa inaiānei | Apply now

Apply online with your CV and cover letter outlining your relevant experience and motivation. We’re unable to accept emailed applications or provide feedback to applicants not shortlisted.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, let us know and we’ll try to accommodate.

Salary: $96,954 - $129,944, depending on skills and experience.

Eligibility: You must hold a valid New Zealand work visa that covers the duration of employment.

Please note, we are not engaging with recruitment agencies for this role. 

Rā whakakapi | Applications close at 11:59 pm on Friday, 9 October 2026

Me he pātai anō, whakapā mai | For further enquiries, please contact Anna Basova, Recruitment Advisor, at abasova@doc.govt.nz