Director - Private

PwC New Zealand; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Global network

Wellbeing allowance

Flexible working

Paid time off

Job summary

PwC New Zealand is seeking a Director for the Private team to lead a diverse client portfolio and drive growth. You will oversee accounting, tax compliance and advisory work, building trusted senior relationships and guiding the team to deliver high-quality outcomes.

You will shape strategy, manage engagement scoping, pricing, and resourcing while mentoring colleagues and delivering integrated solutions across PwC. A strong track record in professional services and leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting capability with experience in statutory financial statements and tax returns.
• Significant experience leading accounting, compliance and advisory engagements.
• Proven ability to develop senior client relationships and connect with referrers.
• Demonstrated coaching and people leadership across multiple engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of clients across accounting, tax compliance and advisory services.
• Oversee preparation and review of statutory financial statements and tax returns with technical excellence.
• Lead engagements for diverse clients and provide practical, commercially sound advice.
• Support management reporting, budgeting, cash flow forecasting and financial modelling.
• Build relationships, identify opportunities for growth and contribute to the Private practice’s performance.
• Oversee engagement scoping, pricing, resourcing, workflow and profitability.

Skills

Accounting expertise

Tax compliance

Advisory services

People leadership

Client relationship management

Financial analysis

Communication

Education

Accounting/Commerce/Business degree

CA or CPA qualification desirable

Job description

Management Level

Director

Job Description & Summary

Kia ora,

Be a catalyst for transformation. Shape the future at PwC New Zealand.

At PwC, our purpose is clear: to build trust in society and solve important problems.

This is a place to keep growing. You’ll learn from the best, take on meaningful challenges, and make a lasting impact for our clients, our communities, and Aotearoa.

Ngā kōrero mo tēnei tūranga / About the role

As a Director in our Private team, you will lead a diverse portfolio of clients and play a key leadership role in the growth and success of the practice. You will oversee high-quality accounting, tax compliance and advisory services, build trusted senior client relationships, develop team capability, strengthen PwC Private’s market presence and contribute to the team’s commercial performance and strategic direction.

Your day-to-day could include:

• Lead a portfolio of clients as a senior trusted adviser across accounting, tax compliance and business advisory matters.
• Oversee and review statutory financial statements, income tax returns, indirect tax returns and other compliance outputs, ensuring technical excellence, quality and commerciality.
• Lead accounting and tax advisory engagements, providing practical and commercially sound advice.
• Support clients with management reporting, budgeting, cash flow forecasting, financial modelling, board reporting, and systems and process improvement.
• Build and strengthen client relationships, identify opportunities for additional support and contribute to the growth of the Private practice.
• Take accountability for engagement scoping, pricing, resourcing, workflow, work in progress, recoverability, billing and profitability.
• Lead, coach and develop team members across multiple engagements, while contributing to a collaborative and high-performing culture.
• Work with Partners and senior stakeholders across PwC to deliver integrated client solutions and help shape the strategic direction of the business.
• Champion continuous improvement through new technologies, data-led ways of working and AI-enabled delivery.

Ngā pūkenga ka kawea mai e koe, ka whakawhanakehia rānei i tēnei tūranga / Skills you will bring or develop in this role

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Commerce, Business or a related discipline. CA or CPA qualification is desirable.
• Significant professional experience across accounting, tax and advisory services, ideally within professional services or a comparably complex commercial environment.
• Strong technical accounting capability, including substantial experience preparing and reviewing statutory financial statements and tax returns.
• Experience leading accounting, compliance and advisory engagements for a diverse client base.
• A demonstrated ability to build and strengthen senior client relationships, together with the confidence to connect with potential clients and referrers in the market.
• Proven people leadership, including coaching, mentoring and developing team members across multiple engagements.
• Strong commercial acumen across engagement planning, resourcing, workflow and financial performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, sound judgement, strong analytical and problem-solving capability, and high attention to detail.

If you don’t meet every requirement, we still want to hear from you. Your skills and potential may be a great fit.

Ngā āhuatanga hirahira o te mahi ki PwC / Highlights of working at PwC NZ

• Rewards – Discretionary bonus opportunities; generous referral bonuses; retail discounts and deals.
• Growth – Global network; leadership development; AI tools and training; formal learning pathways.
• Wellbeing – $250 annual wellbeing allowance; life and income protection; Sonder, EAP and Headspace; 15 days’ paid sick leave; group-rate health insurance, subject to eligibility.
• Flexibility – Flexible working and a supportive coaching culture.
• Time off – Two paid recognition days during the annual summer shutdown period, plus the option to purchase up to two extra weeks’ annual leave.
• Whānau & community – Paid parental leave for all parents with flexible options and financial planning support; inclusive networks; paid volunteering leave.

Mō te aha tāu e tatari ana? / What are you waiting for?

Grow here. Go further.

Ngā whakautu ki o pātai / Your questions answered

Motuhake / Independence: Maintaining independence is fundamental to demonstrating that PwC has not been influenced by relationships or situations that undermine our objectivity. This role requires an independence review process.

Atamai hangahanga / AI usage: Secure, AI-enabled tools may support parts of our recruitment process, but all applications are reviewed and decisions made by our people.

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No