Finance Manager

Go Fractional; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 12,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Bellyful is seeking an experienced finance professional to provide fractional, high-level financial leadership. The role focuses on turning sound financial information into future-focused decisions, with oversight of monthly reporting, budgeting and auditing, and collaboration with the CEO, Board and Finance Committee.

The position offers substantial flexibility and remote work across New Zealand, enabling engagement with Bellyful’s nationwide network while aligning with key deadlines and

Qualifications

• Strong management accounting or financial management experience.
• Confidence across monthly reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and audit preparation.
• The ability to turn financial information into clear, useful advice.
• Experience supporting senior leaders, boards or governance committees.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A practical approach to change, improvement and problem-solving.
• Sound judgement, professional integrity and the confidence to challenge constructively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee monthly financial reporting, including profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow and variance analysis.
• Provide clear, practical insight to the Chief Executive, Board and Finance and Risk Committee.
• Support mid-year reforecast, annual budgeting and year-end audit process.
• Identify emerging financial risks, opportunities and sustainability initiatives.
• Help make thoughtful decisions about reserves, investment, costs and future priorities.
• Provide oversight of financial administration and work with external accountant and auditor.
• Translate financial decisions into a clear story about impact, stewardship and long-term sustainability.
• Navigate financial conversations for Bellyful as a national organisation with strong local identities.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash flow

Audit preparation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Job description

About the role

We have strong foundations, a clear strategy and a nationwide community committed to supporting whānau when they need it most. As Bellyful continues to grow and evolve, we want to make sure our resources are used wisely, responsibly and in a way that supports our impact for years to come.

This is a unique role that can be worked around you! Working approximately 10-12 hours per month, we are looking for an experienced finance professional who can help us turn sound financial information into confident, future-focused decisions.

This is not a traditional finance role, as well as financial cyclical activity, this an opportunity to work alongside our Chief Executive, Board and Finance and Risk Committee to help Bellyful understand the story behind its numbers, make the most of its resources and build a financially sustainable future.

You’ll bring fresh thinking, constructive challenge and calm financial leadership to these conversations.

What you’ll do:

• Oversee monthly financial reporting, including profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow and variance analysis.
• Provide clear, practical insight to the Chief Executive, Board and Finance and Risk Committee.
• Support Bellyful’s mid-year reforecast, annual budgeting and year-end audit process.
• Identify emerging financial risks, opportunities and sustainability initiatives.
• Help us make thoughtful decisions about reserves, investment, costs and future priorities.
• Provide oversight of financial administration and work constructively with our external accountant and auditor.
• Help translate financial decisions into a clear story about impact, stewardship and long-term sustainability.

Bellyful operates through 25 local branches across New Zealand. You will also help us navigate the financial conversations that come with being one national organisation with strong local identities and connections.

About you

You will be an experienced finance professional who can move comfortably between the detail and the bigger picture.

You may already work fractionally across several organisations, or you may be looking for a meaningful opportunity that complements your existing portfolio.

You will bring:

• Strong management accounting or financial management experience.
• Confidence across monthly reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and audit preparation.
• The ability to turn financial information into clear, useful advice.
• Experience supporting senior leaders, boards or governance committees.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A practical approach to change, improvement and problem-solving.
• Sound judgement, professional integrity and the confidence to challenge constructively.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to use your expertise where it will genuinely matter.

You will join Bellyful at a point of positive change, helping us strengthen the way we plan, invest and make decisions for the future. You will inherit good systems, strong relationships with our accountant and auditor.

The role is fully remote and offers genuine flexibility to work anywhere in New Zealand. We are open to how the hours are structured, provided key deadlines, agreed check-ins and governance commitments are met.

For the right person, this could sit perfectly alongside other fractional, consulting or portfolio work.