Finance Analyst

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

This is a generalist analyst role focused on core accounting, with responsibility for delivering accurate and reliable financial outputs while contributing to planning, forecasting, and wider finance activity as needed. You’ll be part of a connected Finance team that works across planning, reporting, compliance, risk, and strategic initiatives, contributing where the need is greatest and learning how different disciplines come together to support Contact’s strategy. 

You'll be: 

• Delivering month‑end, financial reporting, and compliance outputs with a strong focus on quality.
• Supporting planning and forecasting cycles, contributing to performance reporting and insight.
• Providing clear financial information and analysis to support decision making.
• Partnering with team and initiative leads to support delivery through reliable finance input.
• Working across different finance activities and initiatives as priorities shift.
• Building trusted relationships across Finance and the wider business through clear communication.
• Contributing to finance projects or areas such as investment analysis, risk, or assurance as you grow your experience and understanding in this role.

Ko wai koe | About You   

You’ve built a foundation in financial accounting and are ready to take the next step by applying that capability in a role that offers more breadth, exposure, and connection to decision making.

You’re someone who values accuracy and structure, but also wants to understand what sits behind the numbers and how they’re used. You’re comfortable working across different pieces of work and engaging with a range of stakeholders.

You’ll bring:

• Around 3 years’ experience in financial accounting (audit is a bonus).
• A strong foundation in financial reporting, controls, and compliance.
• The ability to interpret financial results and communicate them clearly.
• Confidence working with stakeholders and building trusted relationships.
• A proactive, adaptable approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A Chartered Accountant qualification or progress toward one.

Above all, you'll have curiosity and willingness to enhance your existing accounting experience and the desire to grow within the finance and accounting world.

Additional Information 

If you’re ready to take what you’ve built in your accounting mahi so far, and apply it in a broader, business‑connected role, we’d love to hear from you.

We support flexible working where it works for the individual, the team and the business. Our main finance hubs are in Wellington and Auckland, and this role is best suited to someone who can work flexibly from one of these sites to enable strong in person connection and collaboration. 

Contact is not a place you’ll stagnate. We’re growing, evolving, and investing in our people. We also offer a bunch of other perks like free health insurance cover, boosted KiwiSaver, access to Contact Shares, a ‘Good to be Home’ annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing, a trail-blazing parental leave policy, twice yearly payments towards our products if you’re a Contact customer, and more!
Applications close on Friday 26th June. But just like peak demand, great talent surges early, so if this role sparks your interest, power up your application now!

We love a good story at Contact, it’s what keeps our energy flowing! If you’ve got one that connects with this role, send it our way.
               

Here at Contact Energy (Te Mata Hiko), we know our strength lies in developing a sense of belonging - one that helps us attract and retain people with a broad range of perspectives and experiences.

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our customers and communities to help build a better Aotearoa New Zealand.

We have a rich community of talented people that we support to thrive at Contact.

Our inclusive hiring process is designed to embrace the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand, ensuring a wide range of perspectives are included in our decision-making and helping reduce bias along the way.

The wellbeing of our kaimahi is super important to us.

We use employee insights to offer a range of initiatives and resources to support physical, mental, financial and emotional wellbeing – including flexible working arrangements, employee network groups and a market-leading parental leave policy.

At Te Mata Hiko, we want everyone to thrive. We welcome applicants far and wide - of every age, stage, background, and pride. Join us and be part of a team that values your passion and attitude just as much as your experience and skills.

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. We're not about box ticking, so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet everything stated above, please still get in touch. We'd love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent team. In the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.