Senior Financial Controller, NZ Accounting – Construction

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🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote

💵 $2k - $2.7k / month

⏱ Part Time

🟠 Senior

⛔️ Financial Controller

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Pear Tree.

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1 - 10 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Pear Tree is a Melbourne‑born offshore recruitment and hiring services company that connects Australian, US, and UK businesses directly with skilled offshore professionals (primarily from the Philippines) without agency markups. They provide end-to-end hiring support — sourcing, screening, skills assessments, video interviews, reference checks — and offer payroll, Employer‑of‑Record, and compliance assistance plus a six‑month replacement guarantee. Pear Tree recruits across IT, sales & marketing, finance, creative, admin and operations roles, emphasizing cost savings, direct pay to talent, and secure onboarding workflows.

📋 Description

• Own the day-to-day finance function and maintain accurate financial records • Complete month-end reconciliations and close processes • Provide management with visibility over financial performance • Prepare management reports and financial statements • Identify discrepancies, risks, and areas requiring attention • Support budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow planning • Prepare, manage, and submit construction progress claims and payment claims • Manage job-based billing, including tiling projects • Monitor outstanding claims and follow up payments • Keep project and billing information aligned across financial and job management systems • Manage financial processes through Xero and WorkflowMax • Maintain job, billing, and financial data across both platforms • Manage data exports and re-imports where required • Troubleshoot discrepancies between project and accounting records • Manage accounts payable and receivable end to end • Process supplier invoices and payments, monitor debtors, issue invoices and statements, follow up overdue accounts, and complete bank reconciliations • Manage or oversee payroll processing and related reconciliations, reporting, and administration • Review finance processes, identify inefficiencies, and implement improved workflows, controls, and system integrations • Develop documented procedures for month-end, billing, payment claims, and reporting • Drive improved structure and financial visibility as the business scales • Potentially take on GST preparation, FBT obligations, year-end preparation, and broader compliance responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• 4–6 years of experience in financial management, accounting, or a senior hands-on finance role • Strong practical Xero experience and demonstrated WorkflowMax proficiency • Experience preparing construction payment claims and progress claims • Strong understanding of job-based and project-based billing • Proven experience across AP, AR, payroll, reconciliations, and month-end close • Strong financial and management reporting capability with advanced Excel skills • Ability to work independently, take ownership of the finance function, and proactively improve systems and processes • High attention to detail and a proactive, structured approach to problem-solving • WorkflowMax, Xero, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365 • Previous experience in a New Zealand construction, trades, tiling, or project-based business • Experience billing tiling or specialist subcontracting projects • Understanding of New Zealand construction payment claim requirements and processes • Experience with GST, FBT, and year-end account preparation • Background as a Finance Manager, Financial Controller, Management Accountant, or senior-level accountant within a growing SME • Demonstrated experience implementing or improving finance systems and process

🏖️ Benefits

• Public holidays in NZ • Potential to expand into a full-time position as the business grows