Te Tūranga | About the Role

We’re looking for an entry/intermediate-level Management Accountant to join our team in Dunedin and help us deliver high-quality management information across the business.

You’ll be hands-on through month-end cycles, preparing management accounts, analysing variances, and explaining what the numbers mean for business performance. This role has a particular focus on the 5th Quarter (non-meat products) business stream, and you’ll work closely with sales, inventory and supply chain teams to understand drivers of revenue, margin and movement.

This role combines core accounting with opportunities to build commercial capability, strengthen relationships across the business, and help finance add real value through insight.

In this role, you’ll cover things like:

• Delivering monthly management accounts including journals, accruals, and variance analysis
• Supporting fortnightly and monthly reporting cycles
• Ensure month-end tasks are completed accurately and on time
• Balance sheet reconciliations, ledger governance and ensuring correct inventory recognition and valuation
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting cycles for assigned business areas
• Providing financial insight to managers to support operational and commercial decision-making
• Designing, building and improving reports, dashboards and templates
• Preparing reporting packs and commentary linking financial outcomes to operational activity
• Assisting internal and external audit requirements as needed

This role is based at our Dunedin Hub on Princes Street – you’ll join a great team of accountants and finance professionals and enjoy hybrid working flexibility.

Ōu Pūkenga | About You

You may be coming from a similar management accounting or assistant accountant role, or you could be looking to move out of practice into something more commercially focused. You’re numerate, curious, and enjoy understanding the story behind the numbers—not just producing them.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• CA qualification (or actively working toward it)
• At least 2 Years experience in accounting, ideally including management/analytical tasks
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting cycles
• A strong understanding of core accounting concepts and month-end processes
• Strong Excel capability and confidence working with BI/reporting tools
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work with non-finance stakeholders
• Familiarity with ERP or finance systems – D365 experience would be a bonus
• Collaborative and commercially curious 
• A proactive, team-first mindset and appetite to learn
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver accurate outputs on time

Whether you’re already in industry or looking to make your first move out of practice, we’d love to hear from you.

Te Ahurea | Why work at Silver Fern Farms?

At Silver Fern Farms we’re all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means and how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

Tono Mai | To Apply

Applications are open now and will be reviewed as they’re received. Click Apply to submit your application via our Careers Website. Applications close 4 February.

Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us.