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Accounting Team Manager

KpmgnzAuckland3w ago

At KPMG New Zealand, we work alongside the businesses that power Aotearoa’s economy. Our Private Enterprise team partners with ambitious organisations to help them meet today’s requirements while building for the future.

We are looking for an experienced Accounting Team Manager to take ownership of a significant compliance portfolio and lead a high-performing team of accounting professionals. This is a senior hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys balancing technical excellence, people leadership, and continuous improvement.

You will sit at the intersection of delivery, leadership, and innovation, with real influence over how compliance services are delivered across the firm

The Opportunity:

In this role, you will lead an established accounting team of around 20 responsible for delivering high-quality compliance outcomes for a diverse portfolio of private enterprise clients. You will be accountable for workflow planning, quality, and team performance, while also contributing to national initiatives that improve how KPMG delivers accounting and tax compliance services.

This role suits a technically strong accounting leader who enjoys developing people, improving systems and processes, and building trusted relationships with clients and senior stakeholders.

What you will do:

Plan and coordinate team workflows to ensure deadlines, quality standards, and commercial outcomes are consistently met.

Take end-to-end responsibility for delivery of compliance engagements, including financial statements, IFRS reporting, and income tax returns to the client services team.

Review financial statements and tax positions in line with accounting standards, tax legislation, and KPMG methodologies.

Coach, mentor, and support your team through effective work allocation, onboarding, and performance conversations.

Create an environment where people feel supported, challenged, and able to do their best work.

Build capability and resilience within the team through structured development and clear expectations.

Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve the way compliance services are delivered.

Contribute to the adoption of new tools, technology, and ways of working across the national practice.

Share knowledge and collaborate with leaders across locations to lift consistency and quality.

Develop trusted relationships with Partners, client managers, and clients.

Act as a confident representative of KPMG in client and external interactions.

Work collaboratively to anticipate challenges and deliver practical, high-quality solutions.

About you:

Membership of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (or an equivalent recognised professional body).

Proven experience leading teams and managing complex accounting and tax compliance engagements.

Strong working knowledge of accounting standards, tax legislation, and compliance processes.

The ability to build credibility and influence with the client services team and other stakeholders.

A mindset focused on continuous improvement, innovation, and doing work that matters.

Integrity, sound judgement, and the confidence to lead through change.

Recruitment Agencies: The recruitment for this role is being managed directly by the KPMG Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners if we require agency assistance. Thank you for your understanding.

Life at KPMG

KPMG values diversity in the workforce and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply for roles, including individuals with a disability, additional mental health needs, chronic health conditions or who identify as neurodivergent.

For disabled and neurodiverse candidates, if you encounter accessibility barriers or if you have access needs and require support to participate equitably in the recruitment process, please phone Emma Payne on +64 9 363 3656 or email KPMGAccessibilityNetwork@kpmg.co.nz

We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a holistic range of benefits to support your life balance, whatever your circumstance. We want you to do Work That Matters, Thrive and Grow and know that you Belong here with us, at KPMG.

As a KPMG employee, we will offer you:

— Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme

— Opportunities for local and international secondments

— Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work

— The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand

— Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave

— Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents

— A paid professional association membership of your choice

— Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees

— A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services

— The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups

— The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030

— An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities

— Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities

— An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website.

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