"Senior Finance Administrator"

Job Description:

Finance Shared Services

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1 FTE)
• Fixed-term position until November 2026

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā! He hiahia, he pūkenga nōu ki te mahi a te Senior Finance Administrator? Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

The Senior Finance Administrator works in a Shared Services team model and will contribute proactively to identify opportunities for operational efficiency, innovation and process improvements to university systems, processes, and service culture.

As the Senior Finance Administrator, you will be responsible for providing a comprehensive finance administrative service to customers, including processing of software renewal requests from the business, maintaining data on excel spreadsheets, undertaking monthly journals, processing FlexiPurchase payments, reconciliations, and generating purchase requisitions.

Mōu | Who You Are

We're on the lookout for a candidate with experience in working with accounts payable and strong competency in Microsoft products - particularly Outlook and Excel. You can use and support a wide variety of systems, for example, FlexiPurchase, Oracle EBS and Unimarket, additional advantage given to experience in ServiceNow.

You are highly organised, are a clear communicator, and have a high-level of accuracy and attention to detail to ensure compliance with policies and processes.

We're looking for someone who enjoys building positive working relationships with a diverse range of people and who works well within a team, contributing effectively and collaboratively.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With

The purpose of our Financial Services team is to provide central procurement, accounting, business partnership, advice, process improvement, and processing of financial transactions. Everyone is making a difference to the University by helping shape and build a sustainable environment for our students.

For more information about our team, please visit us at Financial Services.

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC

Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 17 August 2025 (midnight, NZ time). Please note, applications may be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted on our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand, then you may also be considered.