Chief Financial Officer

Reference Number: 8134aa

Location: West Coast

  • Growing Business to Grow the Coast
  • Perfect Work-Life Balance
  • West Coast Based

 

The West Coast provides the perfect work-life balance

Imagine a life where you can escape the concrete jungle and have more time to spend with your family doing what you love … no traffic jams, no motorway congestion - instead there are vibrant communities and an untamed natural wilderness for a backyard.

The median house price in New Zealand is now over a million dollars.

On the West Coast the quarter-acre section is still a reachable reality.  Median house prices are around $330,000.  You can live by the sea and still have views of the snow-covered alps – with thriving cafes just a walk away.

Development West Coast (DWC) is a charitable Trust, established to foster sustainable economic benefit and employment opportunities throughout the West Coast region.  DWC’s support falls into four main areas – business development and enablement; commercial finance; regional economic development; and tourism and destination management, assisting numerous businesses throughout the region, and optimising long term strategic returns from its perpetual fund.

Reporting to the CE, and a member of the executive team, the Chief Financial Officer will be responsible for leading the Finance team in providing the financial and investment services to DWC and associated operational and compliance requirements.  The appointee will work closely with external advisors managing the significant investment fund and providing commercial finance to West Coast organisations.  This will require close working relationships with the Board, advisors, community and stakeholders.

Candidates will be attracted to a role which combines the strategic with the practical and the diversity of activities within an organisation that is shaping the economic, social and cultural fabric of the region.

Take a look at this role and you will quickly see why people love to live, work and play on the West Coast.

 

To apply in strict confidence now, please complete the ‘apply for this job’ application form, attaching your cover letter and CV.  Applications close 29 May 2022.  Emails will be electronically acknowledged and further correspondence may be by email.

Click here to view the Candidate Briefing document.

For more information please phone Mike Stenhouse on +64 27 442 8348.

To apply use application form or email cvchc@sheffield.co.nz

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