Project Accountant

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a major employer in the medical device industry, with a global reach. Our company operates in 40 countries and distributing products to over 125 countries worldwide. We are a well-established and innovative company with a history of strong and continuous growth. 

The Role 

We are currently looking for a Project Accountant to act as a business partner within our Homecare team. You will work closely with key stakeholders in the Finance team and Project Managers from across the Product Group to analyse data from all parts of the business, evaluate return on investment, create reports, and streamline processes. This pivotal role will provide valuable information to enable strategic decision making to assure our continued growth and success. 

The role provides a high degree of hands-on variety while managing the process from end-to-end. It will offer exposure to a diverse range of projects and areas, and you will develop knowledge of the company, industry and its products to be able to offer innovative solutions to the business for both existing and new products.   

About you 

To be successful in this position you will have: 

• CIMA, CPA, CA qualification or equivalent with 2-3 years' post qualification work experience
• Exceptional excel skills and high attention to detail
• Experience supporting and evaluating large complex Capital projects, with competing priorities
• Understanding of the true cost of purchasing large assets, including ROI calculations
• Ability to analyse and report on large amounts of data
• Continuous improvement mindset suggesting areas for improvement and lead continuous improvement projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a customer service focus
• Ability to business partner and manage challenging conversations with senior executives
• SAP and PowerBI experience is beneficial
• Ideally from a manufacturing or construction background

Your effective communication and interpersonal skills will be critical to engage and influence with diverse teams to ensure projects are financially viable. Your inquisitive nature and self-starter approach will allow you to be involved in helping the business make the right financial decisions. 

Working With Us

Care to join a supportive environment? Fisher & Paykel Healthcare foster an inclusive work environment founded on our culture of care and cooperation. Here you’ll have the trust and support to generate ideas, solve problems and do your best work.

• Employee share purchase scheme
• Bi-annual Profit share
• Generous Paid Parental Leave
• Life, Critical illness and Income Protection Insurance
• Discounted Health Insurance
• Active Social clubs & community groups
• In-house training programs from external providers
• Purchasing privileges for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Medela products
• School holiday programme subsidy
• Banking and Insurance discounts
• Free Parking
• Beautiful campus with green spaces
• Subsidised Café’s
• Annual Salary Review
• High rates of internal promotion

• Access to state-of-the-art facilities

Care to join us? Apply today

We focus on nurturing a positive and inclusive culture based on trust and respect. In New Zealand, our employee-led communities, Spectra (rainbow), Manaaki (Māori) and Women in Engineering play an important role in this culture. We also have a commitment to creating a positive lasting impact on society, shown by our support of New Zealand organisations such as Diversity Works NZ, Pride Pledge and Global Women.

We are dedicated to designing our recruitment process with care and empathy to support all candidates, regardless of identity, background, and experiences. Should you require support or adjustments during our process, please let us know at [email protected].