Contract Project Finance Specialist

Tribe Group; Tauranga; On-site; NZD 146,000 - 182,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

2 days in office

High visibility across a large portal

Job summary

Tribe Group in Tauranga, New Zealand, is seeking a Project Finance Specialist to strengthen financial management across a broad portfolio of projects within the Enterprise PMO. This 6-month contract runs four days per week, with two days in the office, offering exposure to a high-visibility programme and tangible governance improvements.

You will establish month-end processes, forecasting, invoicing and reporting for contracted and in-kind spend, deliver auditable backing, and drive dashboard

Qualifications

• Experience in project or portfolio finance
• Set up or improve financial processes and reporting across multiple projects
• Budgeting, forecasting, reconciliation, variance analysis
• Advanced Excel
• Turn numbers into clear senior commentary

Responsibilities

• Set up and run the financial processes: month-end, forecasting, reconciliation, invoicing and reporting
• Prepare quarterly roll-up reporting and base data for funder invoicing
• Build dashboard reporting for the team and support governance budget summaries
• Help bring in a new portfolio management system and document processes

Skills

Project finance

Portfolio finance

PMO finance

Budgeting

Forecasting

Reconciliation

Variance analysis

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Senior commentary

Tools

Dashboard reporting

Portfolio management system

Excel

Job description

About The Opportunity

Our client is a well‑known organisation with a strong track record of innovation. Their Enterprise Project Management Office leads business change across the organisation, and they now need a Project Finance Specialist to strengthen financial management across their project portfolios.

Your first focus will be an innovation portfolio of about 30 projects. You’ll make sure the organisation meets its financial management and reporting obligations to key stakeholders, and you’ll leave behind processes that someone else can run with confidence post contract tenure.

This is a 6-month contract, 4 days per week.

What You’ll Do

You’ll set up and run the financial processes the programme needs: month-end, forecasting, reconciliation, invoicing and reporting, covering both contracted and in‑kind spend. You’ll prepare quarterly roll‑up reporting and the base data for funder invoicing, with clear, auditable backup. You’ll build easy‑to‑use dashboard reporting for the team and support budget summaries for governance. You’ll also help bring in a new portfolio management system, link it with finance, and document everything so it can be handed to an ongoing owner.

Throughout, you’ll work closely with project leads, Finance and senior stakeholders to find gaps in the information, close them, and explain the numbers clearly.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in project or portfolio finance, project controls, PMO finance or commercial analysis
• A track record of setting up or improving financial processes and reporting across multiple projects
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, reconciliation and variance analysis skills
• Advanced Excel and confidence with complex, structured data
• The ability to turn detailed numbers into clear commentary for senior audiences

What’s on Offer

• 6 months contract for 4 days a week
• 2 days in office
• High visibility across a large portfolio

To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.

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