Senior Accountant: Financial Analytics & Compliance

Canterbury; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Parental leave 9 weeks

Superannuation up to 6.75%

Flexible working

Professional development

On-campus facilities & discounts

Job summary

The University of Canterbury invites applications for a Senior Accountant – Financial Compliance and Analytics in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. You will strengthen financial governance by analyzing large datasets, identifying unusual activity, and supporting fraud risk management and control assurance.

Working with the Director of Finance and Head of Reporting and Compliance, you will develop dashboards and reports using Workday and Power BI, monitor delegated authorities, and drive continuous

Qualifications

• Strong financial data analysis capability across complex datasets.
• Experience creating exception reporting and dashboards for monitoring.
• Knowledge of internal control, risk management and governance.
• Experience supporting assurance, audit or investigations with evidence and data integrity.
• Ability to challenge unusual transactions with professional judgement.
• Experience with ERP/financial reporting environments, preferably Workday, and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large financial datasets to identify trends, anomalies and risks.
• Develop reports, dashboards and exception monitoring to support management insights.
• Support fraud risk management and financial control assurance activities.
• Collaborate across Financial Services to improve policies, procedures and systems.

Skills

Advanced financial data analysis

Dashboards & reporting

Workday

Power BI

Internal control & governance

Fraud risk management

Data analytics

Stakeholder communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in accounting/finance or data analytics

Professional accounting qualification or substantial equivalent experience

Tools

Power BI

Workday

Job description

The University of Canterbury invites applications for a Senior Accountant – Financial Compliance and Analytics in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. You will strengthen financial governance by analyzing large datasets, identifying unusual activity, and supporting fraud risk management and control assurance.

Working with the Director of Finance and Head of Reporting and Compliance, you will develop dashboards and reports using Workday and Power BI, monitor delegated authorities, and drive continuous