AI-Driven Finance Transformation Lead

One New Zealand Group; New Zealand; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible/hybrid work arrangements

Lifestyle leave

Discounts on One New Zealand products

Job summary

One New Zealand Group is seeking a Finance Transformation Delivery Lead to align Finance priorities with delivery teams and steer initiatives through measurable outcomes, including automation and AI enhancements.

The role manages the integrated Finance Transformation roadmap, coordinates impacts from One NZ initiatives, and partners with Finance, Data & AI, Technology and other delivery partners to prioritise initiatives and drive sustainable improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong Finance background with understanding of core processes (F&A, record-to-report, planning, management reporting, financial control)
• Experience delivering Finance, systems, data, process-improvement or business-transformation work in a complex organisation
• Proven ability to translate problems into clear, practical outcomes and drive to completion
• Comfort working with cross-functional teams across Finance, business, Technology, Data & AI and senior leadership

Responsibilities

• Drive Finance transformation initiatives from mobilisation through delivery, adoption and benefit realisation
• Maintain an integrated transformation roadmap with milestones, dependencies, decisions, risks and benefits
• Collaborate with Finance teams to map current processes and identify improvement opportunities
• Translate problems into clear requirements, priorities and measurable delivery outcomes
• Coordinate Finance SME input, testing, readiness and sign-off across initiatives with Technology and Data & AI partners
• Establish clear ownership, actions and timelines and hold stakeholders to account
• Provide clear reporting and governance to Finance Leadership Team
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate Finance processes using data and AI

Skills

Finance domain knowledge

Process improvement

Data & AI awareness

Stakeholder management

Hybrid delivery approaches

Education

Finance, Accounting, Commerce or Information Systems qualification

CA/CPA/CIMA qualifications useful

Job description

One New Zealand Group is seeking a Finance Transformation Delivery Lead to align Finance priorities with delivery teams and steer initiatives through measurable outcomes, including automation and AI enhancements.

The role manages the integrated Finance Transformation roadmap, coordinates impacts from One NZ initiatives, and partners with Finance, Data & AI, Technology and other delivery partners to prioritise initiatives and drive sustainable improvements.