FP&A Consultant

Christchurch , New Zealand
full-time

AI overview

Work as a financial subject matter expert to enhance the accuracy and user experience of FP&A products while collaborating closely with developers and product managers.

At Phocas, we make complex financial data simple, fast, and accessible. Our products empower finance teams around the world to understand their numbers and make confident decisions. We’re growing quickly and we’re looking for an FP&A Consultant to help lift the accuracy, reliability, and user experience of our FP&A products. 

About the role 

As an FP&A Consultant, you’ll bring your accounting expertise and customer understanding to ensure our financial products deliver accurate, dependable insights. As a financial subject matter expert you’ll help shape features, validate financial outputs, and guide decisions based on your comprehensive understanding of real world FP&A and accounting practice. 

You’ll test new functionality, identify discrepancies, collaborate closely with developers and product managers, and influence improvements that make our software more intuitive and more valuable to finance teams. 

What you’ll do 

  • Act as the financial subject matter expert, advising teams on accounting logic, FP&A workflows, and customer needs. 
  • Validate and test financial functionality to ensure accuracy, compliance, and reliability. 
  • Identify inconsistencies, bugs, or financial discrepancies early and clearly communicate them. 
  • Build deep knowledge of our ideal customer profile and bring insight into product decisions. 
  • Work cross-functionally with developers, product managers, and designers to refine features. 
  • Support our customer team and customers with the implementation and use of Phocas products.   
  • Contribute to user guides, documentation, and internal enablement. 
  • Stay up to date with accounting standards and financial software trends. 

 

What you’ll bring 

  • Strong accounting & finance knowledge - CA/CPA or similar experience is ideal. 
  • Comfortable working with multicurrency, consolidations and cashflow reporting. 
  • Experience with financial or accounting software (industry or product side). 
  • A naturally analytical mindset with exceptional attention to detail. 
  • Ability to understand customer problems deeply and translate them into clear recommendations. 
  • Excellent communication skills and the confidence to collaborate with technical teams. 
  • A growth mindset and the ability to learn quickly. 

Phocas is an Accredited Employer and typically we are strong supporters of international talent, but due to current visa settings and processing times, we can only consider applicants with current NZ working rights.

Why Phocas? 

  • Meaningful work that directly improves the daily lives of finance professionals. 
  • A friendly, collaborative team that values trust, autonomy, and continuous improvement. 
  • Opportunity to shape the future of a suite of fast-growing products used by thousands of customers globally. 
  • Spacious, centrally located offices and flexible working options 

If you’re excited about financial data, customer insight, and building software people love to use, we’d love to hear from you. 

Apply now and help bring clarity to the world of financial data. 

Phocas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

Recruiters, please note: We don’t accept unsolicited agency resumes

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Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Flexible Work Hours: Spacious, centrally located offices and flexible working options
  • Opportunity to shape product future: Opportunity to shape the future of a suite of fast-growing products used by thousands of customers globally

Phocas has thousands of customers across North America, the UK, Europe and Australia. We're experts in helping manufacturing, distribution and retail customers turn their company data into results. From easy-to-read dashboards, to the renowned lightning-fast grid, everything about Phocas is designed for ease-of-use. Phocas allows you to drill from high level dashboards right down into the underlying transactions. It’s not just turning data into pretty pictures, it's about seeing the data that makes your business tick.Phocas is loved by users. We have a marvelous 98% customer retention rate. Phocas ranks #1 in G2 Crowd. #1 in CrowdReviews. And #1 BARC BI survey. Phocas lists in Deloitte's Fast 50. Learn more about Phocas and our offerings

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