Manager

Build your career in Tauranga

Ready for an opportunity where an exciting career and an enviable lifestyle can go hand in hand? Join KPMG in Tauranga and build your future in one of New Zealand’s most desirable locations. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with ambitious privately owned businesses, make a genuine impact for clients, and grow your career within a leading professional services firm. If you’re looking for challenging, meaningful work while making Tauranga your home, this could be the move you’ve been waiting for.

Day to day you will:

• Lead client engagements and take ownership of high-quality deliverables, timelines, project planning and resource allocation.
• Deliver commercially focused accounting advice, including financial reporting, periodic accounting, complex accounting matters and financial analysis
• Navigate complex tax matters, from tax planning and advisory engagements through to opinions, recommendations and implementation
• Uncover opportunities for improvement, using financial modelling and analysis to identify issues, sharpen decision-making and support transactions.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and colleagues, engaging confidently with stakeholders from middle to senior levels.
• Develop your people, coaching and supervising team members, allocating work effectively and providing quality assurance and constructive support.
• Stay at the forefront of your profession, maintaining your technical knowledge and contributing ideas that improve systems, processes and ways of working

About you:

• 5+ years’ experience in a similar accounting, business advisory or professional services role, with the confidence to operate at Manager level.
• Strong technical knowledge across financial reporting, accounting and tax, with the ability to navigate complex client matters.
• A commercial mindset and the ability to turn financial insights into practical, value-adding advice for clients.
• Proven experience managing client engagements, balancing quality, deadlines, resources and competing priorities.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the confidence to engage with senior clients and stakeholders.
• Experience coaching, developing and reviewing the work of team members, with a genuine interest in helping others succeed.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make complex information clear and actionable.
• A collaborative approach and commitment to delivering high-quality client outcomes.