Commercial Manager Redevelopment

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities; Auckland; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks' annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities is seeking a Commercial Manager Redevelopment to provide financial governance, analysis and project accounting oversight for major redevelopment projects in Auckland. The role partners with Construction Delivery teams to ensure strong financial controls and insightful reporting.

You will drive forecasting, budgeting and cost management while identifying opportunities to improve project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant qualification or similar with demonstrated financial management experience.
• 7+ years’ experience supporting large capital programs or redevelopments.
• Demonstrated ability to collect, organise and analyse complex data to inform decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial oversight of Redevelopment construction projects.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts to completion, commitments and cost-to-complete.
• Identify cost risks and provide early warnings to project teams.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and capitalisation policies.
• Support governance frameworks and financial reporting improvements.
• Lead month-end, quarterly and annual planning cycles for projects.
• Maintain integrity of project data within ERP/financial systems.
• Develop and mentor finance team members to high performance.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

Skills

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

• Lead the financial success of major redevelopment projects
• Influence key decisions through commercial insight and strategic advice
• 12 Month fixed term or secondment opportunity

Te whiwhinga mahi - Our opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused Commercial Manager Redevelopment to provide financial governance, analysis and project accounting oversight for all operational and capital expenditure relating to Redevelopment Construction projects.

This role is responsible for delivering high-quality financial insights, supporting decision-making, leading forecasting and budgeting processes, and identifying opportunities to improve business outcomes.

You will act as a trusted advisor to our Construction Delivery teams and work closely with the wider Finance teams to ensure Project financials are well understood and right controls are in place.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead financial oversight of Construction projects.
• Monitor and analyse project budgets, forecasts at completion, commitments and contract spend and cost-to-complete estimates.
• Identify cost risks, overruns, and financial exposures. Provide early warnings to Project teams.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and capitalisation policies.
• Support adherence to project governance frameworks.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, systems, and reporting.
• Support month-end, quarterly, and annual planning cycles.
• Ensure integrity of project financial data within ERP/Oracle/financial systems.
• Lead and develop finance team members, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, systems, and reporting.
• Support month-end, quarterly, and annual planning cycles.
• Lead and develop finance team members, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring

You are a commercially minded finance professional with strong business partnering skills and a track record of influencing senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Chartered Accountant qualified or a similar qualification together with demonstrated experience working in a business or financial management role
• 7+ years’ experience supporting large capital programs
• Demonstrated ability to identify, collect, organise and analyse complex data to provide information and enable decision-making
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you?

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave, and flexible working arrangements.

As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance.

Mō mātou - Our Organisation

At Kāinga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand’s housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive.

What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders’ lives. With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa.

We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better. That includes being a trusted partner for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Ō tātou uara - Our values

Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are:

• Manaakitanga – People at the Heart
• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Whanake – Be Bold

Tūhono mai - Join us

To view the position description and apply for this role, please follow the online process via http://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz. Please note: all applicants, including existing employees, need to follow this process

If you have any questions about this role, please contact [e-mail]

Applications close on Sunday 11th October at 11.55pm

We value diversity and are committed to working with each other and our customers in an inclusive and respectful way. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and appreciate the richness of experience that your point of difference brings to the organisation.

If you don’t tick all the boxes in this listing but think that you could be a great fit based on your unique background and skillset, we would welcome an application from you.

Location(s) Auckland Central Regional Office, Auckland South Regional Office