Finance Support Associate — Managed Services & Growth

PwC; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Global network

AI tools training

Wellbeing allowance

15 days paid sick leave

Health insurance

Job summary

PwC New Zealand is seeking an Associate within our Managed Services to support ongoing finance delivery across core processes. You will contribute to month-end closes, reconciliations, and management reporting while maintaining PwC quality standards.

You will collaborate with clients, onboarding new engagements and identifying opportunities to improve processes, controls, and automation using tools like Excel and Power BI.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting, Commerce, Business, Finance or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in professional services, commercial finance, accounting, finance operations, business advisory, outsourced finance or a similar environment.
• A sound understanding of core accounting and finance operations, including month-end, reconciliations, reporting, cash flow, variance analysis and financial controls.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to build effective working relationships with clients, team members and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Delivering recurring finance services such as month‑end processes, reconciliations, management reporting, variance analysis and cash flow reporting.
• Preparing client outputs, reports and deliverables in line with agreed procedures, service expectations and PwC quality standards.
• Supporting day‑to‑day client communication, including status updates, routine queries and timely escalation of more complex matters.
• Helping onboard new clients through process documentation, knowledge transfer, access readiness, testing and go‑live support.
• Identifying practical opportunities to improve finance processes, workflows, reporting, controls and automation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Adaptability to AI-enabled delivery

Education

Accounting/Credit/Finance qualification

Equivalent experience

Tools

Xero

Spotlight Reporting

Dext

ApprovalMax

Figured

Power BI

Excel

Job description

PwC New Zealand is seeking an Associate within our Managed Services to support ongoing finance delivery across core processes. You will contribute to month-end closes, reconciliations, and management reporting while maintaining PwC quality standards.

You will collaborate with clients, onboarding new engagements and identifying opportunities to improve processes, controls, and automation using tools like Excel and Power BI.