Commercial Analyst

Leaderbrand; Gisborne; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LeaderBrand, based in Gisborne, NZ, is seeking a commercially minded analyst to join the finance team. The role combines financial analysis, month-end accounting, reporting, process improvement and business partnering to drive better decisions across the business.

You will develop dashboards, support capital business cases, and explore automation and AI-enabled processes to reduce manual work and improve reporting quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance, accounting, reporting or commercial-analysis role.
• Practical month-end capability, including journals, balance-sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, stock or inventory analysis, and variance investigation.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills, with the ability to make complex information clear and useful.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and improve monthly reporting, KPI reporting, commentary and variance analysis.
• Support the month-end process, including preparing and processing journals, investigating stock and other variances, completing bank and balance-sheet reconciliations, and ensuring financial information is accurate and timely.
• Analyse financial and operational performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities. Build financial models and analysis for business cases, capital projects, investment decisions and cost-saving initiatives.
• Develop and improve reports, dashboards, metrics and reporting processes.
• Use AI, automation and reporting tools thoughtfully to reduce manual work, improve reporting quality and help people make better decisions.
• Partner with operational managers and leaders to understand results and support better decisions.

Skills

Financial analysis

Variance analysis

Dashboard development

Excel

Power BI

Automation

Tools

ERP systems

Automation platforms

AI-enabled finance processes

Job description

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settings About The Role

Turn numbers into better decisions—and ideas into real improvements. LeaderBrand is looking for acommercially minded analystto help us understand performance, improve how we work and make better decisions across our business. Based in Gisborne and reporting to the Financial Controller, you will combine financial analysis, month-end accounting, reporting, process improvement and business partnering.

One day you may be investigating a stock variance or preparing a journal; the next, developing a useful dashboard, supporting a capital business case, or finding a way to automate a manual process using AI or other technology. This is not a role for someone who only wants to analyse from a distance. We are looking for a practical team player who is comfortable getting into the detail, completing the core finance work, and then using that knowledge to improve it.

What you’ll do Prepare and improve monthly reporting, KPI reporting, commentary and variance analysis. Support the month-end process, including preparing and processing journals, investigating stock and other variances, completing bank and balance-sheet reconciliations, and ensuring financial information is accurate and timely.

Analyse financial and operational performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities. Build financial models and analysis for business cases, capital projects, investment decisions and cost-saving initiatives. Develop and improve reports, dashboards, metrics and reporting processes.

Use AI, automation and reporting tools thoughtfully to reduce manual work, improve reporting quality and help people make better decisions. Partner with operational managers and leaders to understand results and support better decisions. portrait

About You You may be a management accountant, commercial accountant, assistant accountant, financial analyst, management reporter, systems accountant or commercially capable analyst ready for a broader role.

Most importantly, you are comfortable moving between analysis and the underlying work that makes good analysis possible. You do not need to hold an accounting degree, but you must have practical experience and confidence with month-end processes, journals, reconciliations and management reporting. You will bring:

Experience in a finance, accounting, reporting or commercial-analysis role. Practical month-end capability, including journals, balance-sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, stock or inventory analysis, and variance investigation. Strong Excel and analytical skills, with the ability to make complex information clear and useful.

A sound understanding of month-end reporting, variance analysis and financial controls. Confidence working with operational leaders and explaining the story behind the numbers. A practical, curious and improvement-focused approach.

High standards of accuracy, integrity and follow-through. Experience with Power BI, ERP systems, reporting tools, automation platforms, inventory systems or AI-enabled finance processes will be an advantage About LeaderBrand

At LeaderBrand, we’re passionate about evolving fresh food for a healthier world. As a proud family-owned business, our goal is to be New Zealand’s most innovative and consistent fresh food producer.

We farm across three key growing regions, process and pack in state-of-the-art post-harvest facilities, and are supported by a nationwide sales team delivering fresh produce to every corner of Aotearoa. Our 400+ people are central to our success. We’re always on the lookout for new talent with energy, passion, and a drive to learn – people excited to help shape the future of fresh food.

Gisborne is the heart of our business and the place where LeaderBrand was founded more than 50 years ago. Over that time, LeaderBrand has become integral to the story of our community, with the next generations of those who started with us returning to shape the future alongside us. We also have farms in Pukekohe and Chertsey.

We have a strong vision for the future of our business, our people, and our industry. We’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our continuous improvement mindset grounds us as one of

New Zealand’s leading horticultural businesses. We seek, harness, and develop the best people, technology, land, and machinery to shape the future of food. We have a strong vision for our business, our people, and our industry.

We’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our continuous improvement mindset grounds us as one of New Zealand’s leading horticultural businesses.

We seek, harness, and develop the best people, technology, land, and machinery to shape the future of food.