Group Accounting Lead

Ko wai mātou – About us  Kia ora.  We’re Foodies.  You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right? That’s us! With 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life.   Our Finance team plays a critical role behind the scenes, providing financial insight, stability, and support that enables our Co-op and stores to thrive. You’ll be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking team focused on continuous improvement and doing great work together.  Te Tūranga – About the role  As our Group Accounting Lead, you'll play a key role in ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of financial reporting, statutory compliance, and financial control activities across Foodies. Reporting to the Group Accounting Manager, you'll provide day-to-day leadership within the Group Accounting team while partnering across Finance and the wider business to provide accounting guidance and strengthen our ways of working.  You’ll also be working across:   Owning the end-to-end month end process including consolidated group reporting Owning the day-to-day delivery of Group Accounting activities Maintaining general ledger and balance sheet integrity Leading the half year and annual statutory reporting and external audit activities Applying NZ IFRS and providing accounting guidance Driving process improvement, standardisation and automation Leveraging SAP and finance systems to improve efficiency and r