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Full-time
professional certificate
Annual salary review, Supportive team environment, Training and development
Posted 3h ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Group Finance Manager is responsible for delivering accurate financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting while ensuring strong governance across a multi-entity organization. They will also drive process improvements and system enhancements to support informed business decisions and organizational growth.
Requirements
Candidates must be CA or CPA qualified with extensive experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and audit processes. Strong commercial judgment, stakeholder management skills, and a detail-oriented approach are essential for this role.
Full job description
Company Description
UP Education is a leading Australasian dual-sector education group, delivering foundation, vocational and higher education to domestic and international students. At UP Education, we are on a mission: to elevate and empower students to unlock their potential. Known for our agility, and responsiveness to the changing world.
The Group Finance Manager is a hands-on role responsible for delivering accurate financial reporting, supporting budgeting and forecasting, improving financial processes, and ensuring strong governance across a complex, multi-entity organisation.
Working closely with the Group Financial Controller and finance teams, you'll provide financial insights, coordinate audit and governance activities, and help build efficient, scalable ways of working that support informed business decisions and ongoing growth.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Group Performance: Prepare accurate financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis to support informed business decisions across the Group.
Financial Control, Reporting & Audit Readiness: Coordinate month-end reporting, consolidations, financial statements and audit activities while maintaining strong financial controls and documented processes.
Company Secretarial & Entity Governance Support: Support company secretarial, board and governance activities by maintaining statutory records, coordinating board papers, and managing compliance obligations.
Finance Governance, Risk & Business Partnering: Strengthen finance governance by maintaining policies, controls and compliance frameworks while partnering with stakeholders to improve financial processes and decision-making.
Transformation & Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements, system enhancements and integration initiatives by identifying efficiencies, simplifying workflows and supporting finance transformation projects.
Qualifications
We're looking for a CA/CPA-qualified (or equivalent) finance professional with strong experience in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and audit, who thrives in a hands-on, fast-paced environment and enjoys improving processes.
You'll bring strong commercial judgement, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a collaborative, detail-oriented approach, with exposure to governance, multi-entity organisations or regulated industries viewed favourably.
Additional Information
The successful applicant will be subject to a Ministry of Justice Check and must pass.
Why work with us:
Salary is aligned to experience & reviewed annually
Supportive team environment with ongoing commitment to your training and development
Fantastic opportunity to be part of an energising team and growing company
*This advert will close on the 26th of Aug, 2026.
Questions about your identity help us appreciate the diversity of individuals looking to work with us, ensuring we’re attracting applications from people with identities and perspectives that are as diverse as our students.
We are an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to equity, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.
We are New Zealand's largest private tertiary establishment that specialises in training programmes for the airline, travel and tourism industries. The New Zealand School of Tourism Ltd (trading as New Zealand School of Tourism) started as Travel Careers & Training in 1985 with one campus in Wellington. Several years later they opened a second campus in Auckland before purchasing Sir George Seymour College in 2006. This gave the company seven campuses and it has since grown to seven campuses throughout New Zealand. In 2015 the two brands rebranded to become The New Zealand School of Tourism.They are a Category One provider having gained the highest outcome from NZQA with a Highly Confident in Educational Performance and Highly Confident in Self Assessment.
All courses are New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) approved and students are eligible to apply for Government Student Loans and Allowances.
New Zealand School of Tourism is part of New Education Group, New Zealand’s leading independent provider of vocational training.
We are New Zealand's largest private tertiary establishment that specialises in training programmes for the airline, travel and tourism industries. The New Zealand School of Tourism Ltd (trading as New Zealand School of Tourism) started as Travel Careers & Training in 1985 with one campus in Wellington. Several years later they opened a second campus in Auckland before purchasing Sir George Seymour College in 2006. This gave the company seven campuses and it has since grown to seven campuses throughout New Zealand. In 2015 the two brands rebranded to become The New Zealand School of Tourism.They are a Category One provider having gained the highest outcome from NZQA with a Highly Confident in Educational Performance and Highly Confident in Self Assessment.
All courses are New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) approved and students are eligible to apply for Government Student Loans and Allowances.
New Zealand School of Tourism is part of New Education Group, New Zealand’s leading independent provider of vocational training.