Ko wai mātou – About us
Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!
With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Our Commercial Operations Group are a financial ‘supermarket’ offering our Co-op a pick n mix of solutions across commercial finance, store ownership, funding, financial planning & management, data analysis & reporting, accounting & transactional services including payroll, AR & AP & master data solutions.

Te Tūranga – About the role
This newly created role of Senior Members Accountant supports our Member stores, internal stakeholders and outsourced partners through the provision of financial information and analysis. You will ensure accounting information and financial reports for client members are prepared and delivered to achieve optimal financial performance! Supporting stores with insights, analysis, translating financial information for everyday understanding & answering of general questions and queries.

This is a senior level opportunity to provide leadership, coaching and upskilling of growing accountants within the team and to support the Members Accounting Manager with day to day operational management, stepping up to lead the team.

You will have broad knowledge and hands on experience across systems and processes but more importantly you will have an inquisitive mind, natural ability to troubleshoot, a curiosity for the ‘why’ and enjoying digging deep to solve problems or find new ways of working!

Ngā painga - What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits
· Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including 36 free EV plugs
· Southern cross health insurance, Foodies superannuation scheme
· Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
· Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
· Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

He kōrero mōu - About you
You will need to be an experienced Accountant with a few years practice in a large diverse organisation. FMCG or Retail industry is preferred but not a given! What we need from you is:
· Experience using SAP, MYOB and XERO – you need to be systems savvy
· Confident to ask questions and troubleshoot
· Excellent planning and communication skills, a natural collaborative approach, and the ability to clearly articulate ideas/concepts and present information
· Effectively prioritise and evaluate solutions to make informed decisions
· Leadership initiative, passion to coach and teach others and a baseline understanding of operational management

We’re interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths and how adaptable you are to learn and grow. If you don't meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we’d still love to hear from you!

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.
We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require further information regarding reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz. Accommodations could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Senior Members Accountant

Foodstuffs North Island

Senior Members Accountant

Foodstuffs North Island

Auckland

Foodstuffs North Island

Senior Members Accountant

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