Finance ERP Implementation Lead – AI-Powered NZ Practice

BDO; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Auckland is seeking an ERP Implementation Specialist to lead finance-system implementations for mid-market clients, from discovery through go-live and post-implementation support. You’ll work with two accounting platforms new to NZ and gain hands-on AI-native finance experience.

This role offers hybrid working, training, and certification in two NZ accounting platforms, with opportunities to shape the practice, tooling, and client offerings. NZ residency is required.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting knowledge including GST, month-end and financial reporting.
• Experience with NZ accounting systems Xero, MYOB, Sage or NetSuite.
• Experience in software demonstrations, configuration, data migration, testing, or go-live.
• Ability to translate business needs into practical system design for CFOs.
• Strong Excel and data skills; mapping, cleansing, reconciliation.
• Collaborative communicator with ability to work independently across client engagements.
• Professional services experience or accounting qualification is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver tailored software demonstrations and run discovery workshops with CFOs, financial controllers and finance teams.
• Scope engagements and translate client finance processes, reporting needs and pain points into practical system solutions.
• Design and configure chart of accounts, entity structures, tax settings, approval workflows and financial reporting.
• Map key finance processes including procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, record-to-report and month-end close.
• Plan and deliver data migrations from systems such as Xero, MYOB, Sage and NetSuite, including cleansing, mapping and reconciliation.
• Prepare test scripts, coordinate system and user acceptance testing, and develop training materials for finance users.
• Manage cutover planning, go-live readiness, the first month-end close and post-go-live support.
• Work with integration specialists on connections to banking, payroll, CRM and other operational systems.
• Build reusable templates, implementation playbooks and configuration accelerators as the BDO Digital practice grows.

Skills

Technical accounting

Software demonstrations

Configuration

Data migration

Testing

End-user training

Go-live

Stakeholder communication

Education

Accounting qualification

Tools

Xero

MYOB

Sage

NetSuite

Job description

BDO Auckland is seeking an ERP Implementation Specialist to lead finance-system implementations for mid-market clients, from discovery through go-live and post-implementation support. You’ll work with two accounting platforms new to NZ and gain hands-on AI-native finance experience.

This role offers hybrid working, training, and certification in two NZ accounting platforms, with opportunities to shape the practice, tooling, and client offerings. NZ residency is required.