Finance Delivery Lead – Managed Services

PwC South Africa; Auckland; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus opportunities

Retail discounts & deals

Global network

Wellbeing allowance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

PwC New Zealand's Managed Services team seeks a Business Service Lead to oversee day-to-day delivery of finance engagements, strengthen client relationships, and shape a commercially sustainable offering. Based in Auckland or Hawke’s Bay, you will manage month-end, reconciliations, and reporting packs.

You will lead senior finance delivery across multiple engagements, coach delivery teams, and partner with PwC Partners and client teams to drive value through automation and AI-enabled ways of

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Commerce, Business, Finance or a related discipline.
• Significant senior experience in finance, accounting, commercial advisory, finance operations or managed services.
• Strong understanding of finance function delivery, including month-end, reconciliations, management reporting, cash flow, variance analysis, board reporting, controls and process improvement.
• Experience leading client-facing finance delivery across multiple engagements, with the ability to build trusted relationships and manage expectations.
• Commercial confidence across scope, resourcing, WIP, recoverability, billing, margin performance and improvement actions.
• Experience leading and coaching finance, accounting, operations or delivery teams.
• Openness to technology, automation, analytics and AI-enabled ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of finance managed services engagements, ensuring work is delivered to agreed quality, scope, risk and commercial expectations.
• Managing recurring finance activities such as month-end support, reconciliations, management reporting, variance analysis, cash flow visibility, and board or trustee reporting packs.
• Partnering with PwC Partners, client relationship teams and specialists to support senior client conversations and maintain client confidence.
• Coaching and developing delivery team members, including workflow allocation, quality review, feedback and capability building.
• Supporting continuous improvement through standardised processes, controls, approved tools, automation and AI-enabled ways of working.

Skills

Accounting

Finance operations

Month-end reporting

Reconciliations

Client-facing

People leadership

Automation & AI

Education

Accounting/Commerce degree

Tools

AI tools

Job description

PwC New Zealand's Managed Services team seeks a Business Service Lead to oversee day-to-day delivery of finance engagements, strengthen client relationships, and shape a commercially sustainable offering. Based in Auckland or Hawke’s Bay, you will manage month-end, reconciliations, and reporting packs.

You will lead senior finance delivery across multiple engagements, coach delivery teams, and partner with PwC Partners and client teams to drive value through automation and AI-enabled ways of