- Central city location
- Key member of leadership team
- Strategic contributor
Mō tātou | About us
Corcoran French is a highly regarded and long-standing law firm with offices in Christchurch, Kaiapoi and Greymouth. Our heart is in our clients, our team and our community. Our team lives and breathes our core values that inspire us to go above and beyond.
We are a multi-disciplined legal team and we seek to build partnerships with our clients on small as well as substantial issues. We pride ourselves on providing an accessible, personalised service with a single point of contact.
We have a key opportunity for an experienced and highly relationship-driven Manager Finance and Business Services to join our team. In 2024 we carried out a review of our support services, with a focus on ensuring we were positioned well to be agile and innovative now and into the future. The Manager Finance and Business Services role is a product of this review and is an exciting opportunity for a new team member to put their own stamp on this role, and our firm.
He angitūtanga | The opportunity
Reporting to the Managing Partner, the Manager Finance and Business Services oversees strategic and operational finance and business services. This new role includes responsibility for finance management, AML compliance, audit, risk and compliance, ICT, property and facilities management, procurement, and payroll.
With three direct reports and as a key leadership team member, you will be approachable, engaging, and able to connect with all levels of the business.
He kōrero mōu | About you
The successful candidate will be a highly experienced and capable finance leader. You will have a track record of success leading a team of finance professionals as well as the ability to build great relationships across a business.
In addition, you will be able to demonstrate the following experience and attributes:
- A degree qualification in accountancy, finance or business management
- A high level of proficiency in business planning, preparing budgets and producing performance reports that inform decision-making
- Experience, leading, coaching and mentoring a team
- A clear and concise communicator
- Well-developed commercial and financial acumen with the ability to demonstrate strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
- The ability to identify, manage and mitigate a variety of business risks
- Experience with AML policies and processes would be advantageous, but not essential.
Equally important is your alignment with our values: ‘Be part of a team’, ‘Get the best result’, ‘Think outside the square’, ‘Bring your “A” game’, ‘Grow’, ‘Dot the “i”s, cross the “t”s’.
Nōu te rourou? | What's in it for you?
- A rare opportunity to contribute, shape and innovate within a great team
- An exceptional working environment with challenging and interesting work
- A comprehensive framework of wellbeing and family benefits
- Our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where people feel valued and supported.