Finance Manager

Farro Fresh Food Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Farro Fresh Food Limited in Auckland seeks an experienced Finance Manager to lead the finance team and drive the company’s financial performance. You will provide meaningful insights, support strategic decisions, and ensure the finance function operates efficiently.

The role reports to the CFO, collaborating with the executive team and operational leaders to strengthen controls, improve systems, and elevate the understanding of the numbers behind performance.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with a minimum of five years' experience in senior finance roles.
• Experience in financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience in retail, FMCG, distribution or multi-site operations with inventory exposure.
• Strong analytical and commercially minded with ability to challenge processes.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a finance team of six including AP and accounting staff.
• Manage monthly close and timely management accounts delivery.
• Review P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow; identify variances, risks and opportunities.
• Prepare insightful monthly management reporting and commentary for CFO and executives.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling processes.
• Provide commercial analysis to support business decisions and investment cases.
• Oversee cash flow forecasting and working capital management.
• Maintain strong financial controls and ensure statutory compliance and audit readiness.
• Foster cross-functional relationships and promote financial accountability.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Commercial finance

Leadership

Excel skills

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

Excel

Job description

Hungry for a new challenge?
Have an appetite for turning numbers into meaningful insights?
Craving a new role where you can make a real impact?

At Farro, Auckland’s most mouthwatering food market, we are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Finance Manager to join our team and play a key role in supporting the financial performance and continued growth of the business.

Reporting to the CFO, you’ll work closely with the Executive Team and operational leaders, providing meaningful financial insight, supporting commercial decision-making and ensuring the finance function operates effectively and efficiently.

You’ll lead a team of six and have the opportunity to shape how finance supports the wider business – strengthening financial controls, improving systems and processes and helping our teams better understand the numbers behind their performances.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading, coaching and developing a finance team of four AP Assistants and two Assistant Accountants.
• Managing the monthly financial close and delivery of accurate and timely management accounts.
• Reviewing financial performance, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow results, identifying key variances, trends risks and opportunities.
• Preparing insightful monthly management reporting and commentary for the CFO and senior leadership team.
• Supporting annual budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling processes.
• Providing commercial analysis and financial insight to support business and operational decision-making.
• Managing short- and medium-term cash flow forecasting and monitoring working capital.
• Maintaining strong financial controls and ensuring compliance with accounting, tax and statutory requirements, including overseeing the annual audit and preparation of statutory financial statements.
• Providing oversight of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, ensuring effective processes and strong controls.
• Building strong relationships across the business and promoting financial accountability and understanding.
• Driving continuous improvement, automation and efficiencies across finance systems and processes.
• Working closely with the CFO on Board reporting, banking and financial covenant reporting.

What you’ll bring

You’ll be a qualified accountant with a minimum of five years’ experience in senior finance roles with a strong grounding in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and commercial finance.

Ideally, you’ll have experience within a retail, FMCG, distribution or multi-site operational environment, with exposure to inventory and product margins. You’ll be highly analytical, commercially curious with the confidence to challenge existing processes, ask the right questions and find better ways of working.

Strong leadership and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to build effective relationships across both finance and operational teams. You’ll be comfortable managing competing priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

You’ll also bring strong financial systems capability and advanced Excel skills.

If you’re looking for a role where you can lead a team, influence commercial decisions and help shape a growing business, we’d love to hear from you.