Senior Accountant - fixed term

Every day, our teams help create nutrition that makes a real difference in the lives of pets around the globe. Whether you’re working with ingredients, operations, customers, or numbers — everyone at ZIWI plays a huge part in helping pets thrive!

Our Finance team play a big part in keeping our growing global business running smoothly. With multiple entities, systems, and plenty of moving parts, there’s always something interesting to get stuck into. This opportunity has been created to backfill a key team member who is moving into a critical ERP project, ensuring our finance team continues to deliver high-quality support across an 18-month period.

In this role you will join a tight knit team and get involved across the full financial accounting cycle — from month-end and reporting through to consolidations, tax compliance, and improving the way we do things. You’ll work with finance colleagues and stakeholders across our global business, helping make sense of the numbers and ensuring we have the right information at the right time.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys digging and finding solutions when things don’t quite add up. If you like solving problems, improving processes, and being the person others can rely on for accurate insights — this could be the role for you!

Key Responsibilities

• Support month-end close processes, including preparation and review of financial statements
• Perform and review group consolidations and intercompany eliminations
• Prepare clear, insightful financial commentary for month-end and stakeholder reporting
• Support NZ tax compliance, with awareness of global entity considerations
• Identify, investigate, and resolve financial discrepancies and issues
• Review and improve finance processes, driving efficiency and simplification
• Manage data integrity across systems, including imports/exports and reconciliations
• Engage with global stakeholders to gather, validate, and challenge financial information
• Support audit requirements and ensure audit readiness

About You

• CA qualified (or equivalent), ideally trained within a Big 4 / Top Tier accounting firm and/or 2–3 years’ experience in a commercial environment
• Strong technical accounting capability, including consolidations and audit exposure
• Experience working in complex, multi-entity organisations
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Highly detail-focused with strong analytical capability
• A proactive problem solver who takes ownership and follows through
• Confident communicator — able to engage, question, and collaborate effectively
• Resilient, pragmatic, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment
• Why ZIWI?Join a high-growth, globally expanding New Zealand business
• Play a key role in maintaining financial excellence during a period of transformation
• Work with experienced leaders and a fun, collaborative team
• Culture built on Teamwork, Ownership, and Agility
• If you’re a technically strong accountant who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, and working in a dynamic, global environment — we’d love to hear from you.

All applicants must have current NZ residency or a valid work visa to apply for this role.