Financial Controller - Bay Of Plenty

• Permanent, full-time position based in the Bay of Plenty.
• Lead critical financial reporting, compliance, and governance activities that support healthcare delivery across the Bay of Plenty.
• Drive strong financial controls, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and adherence to statutory requirements.
• Join a high-performing finance team where your expertise will influence financial performance, strengthen controls, and support strategic decision-making.

We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

As a Financial Controller, you'll play a key role in ensuring the financial integrity and reporting accuracy of Health New Zealand's Bay of Plenty operations. Working closely with the Group Manager Finance and wider finance team, you'll oversee critical financial control activities, provide insightful reporting, and support effective financial decision-making across the district.

This is a varied and influential role where you'll lead monthly and annual financial close processes, prepare financial forecasts and variance analysis, oversee balance sheet reconciliations, and monitor cashflow performance. You'll ensure compliance with accounting standards, statutory obligations, and organisational policies while supporting budgeting processes, capital planning, and financial governance activities. You'll also work collaboratively across the organisation to improve data quality, strengthen financial controls, support audit requirements, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance financial performance and reporting capability.

About you

As an experienced finance professional, you bring strong technical expertise and the ability to operate in a large, complex organisation.

• CAANZ qualified (or equivalent) with a relevant accounting degree and at least 5 years' experience in a large organisation
• Strong understanding of financial reporting, compliance, and statutory obligations (e.g. GST, FBT, PAYE)
• Proven ability to deliver accurate forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis in a complex environment
• Skilled at building relationships and working collaboratively across teams and stakeholders at all levels
• Demonstrates leadership, accountability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and high professional standards

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply, please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 11:59PM Sunday XXX 2026. For further information, please contact Nicole Rickard on Nicole.Rickard@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.

The full position description is available on the Health New Zealand Careers site.

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.