Senior Systems Accountantat Reserve Bank of New Zealand -
- The role and your impact At the Reserve Bank
- Te Pūtea Matua our people are driven to make a difference.
Working alongside them, you can make a big impact.
The Senior Systems Accountant contributes to.In this role, you'll leading the management, configuration and optimisation of RBNZ's financial systems, in collaboration with, and under the leadership of, the Manager Financial Systems and Operations to ensure alignment with overall strategic goals and operational efficiency, as well as compliance with industry standards.
The Senior Systems Accountant role also acts as a 2IC, and escalation point for the Manager Financial Systems and Operations when required.Your key responsibilities will be:Act as the subject matter expert responsible for developing, maintaining, testing, implementing, and supporting the RBNZ's financial accounting and HRMIS/Payroll systems along with any future systems implemented.Lead and support technical fixes and solutions for our systems, using expertise to solve complex problemsLead projects and collaborate with other groups to align RBNZ's accounting systems and organisation objectives.Oversee implementation of new systems, upgrades and processes to ensure these align with overall financial reporting and compliance requirements.Mentor and support junior colleagues.Development and maintenance of appropriate accounting structures, internal controls, reporting regimes to ensure that information provided by the financial system meets users' needs and accommodates changes in legislation and financial reporting standards.Develop, improve, and implement financial reporting and analysis tools to enhance financial information.Through design, testing and reconciliation, ensure the integrity of financial systems are maintained to high standards and continually enhanced with risks mitigated, while ensuring systems are continually available to users.Actively educate the team and business areas and monitor expense management processes and tools to ensure that the business is appropriately spending and documenting expenditure incurred, while proactively identifying improvement opportunities through innovative thinkingŌ pūkenga
- About youWe're looking for someone with strong technical skills, attention to detail, and a proactive systems and process improvement mindset.
For more information on the role and the competencies you can view the position description hereKo wai matou
- Who we areWe're kaitiaki (guardians) of New Zealand's financial ecosystem
- enabling economic wellbeing and prosperity for all New Zealanders.
We do this by providing money and cash, helping to keep prices stable, maintaining safe banking and underpinning the financial system that allows New Zealand to spend, save, insure and do business.
We do all we can to support, a sustainable, productive and efficient economy built on integrity, innovation and inclusion.We're building diversity and inclusion into everything we do.
Our differences seed our innovation and help us deliver our best work- reflective of the needs of society.
Ngā painga
- What we can offer youThe Reserve Bank
- Te Pūtea Matua has so much to offer.
From flexible working to an inclusive and positive workplace culture, our benefits include additional leave options, a wellness package, generous parental leave provisions, learning and development opportunities, and access to numerous social, networking and sporting activities.
Find more information about our benefits here: www.rbnz.govt.nz/careers/our-benefits Come join us if you want to make an impactWorking at the Reserve Bank- Te Pūtea Matua is about more than a job.
Here you'll have a career, a community, and an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of others.
Bring your talent, curiosity and expertise and we'll help you do the rest.You'll be part of one of the world's most trusted and respected central banks.
We'll invest in you.
And with you, we're investing in New Zealand.
Kōrero tāpiri- Additional informationWe welcome all people and we want everyone to be able to equitably participate in our recruitment process.
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Check out the job description for this role or email us at recruitment@rbnz.govt.nz for more info.
You can also contact us if you need any accessibility support to apply for this role.Applications for this role close at midnight on Sunday 8th March 2026.
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