Management Accountant
Enatel
Listing Description
Description
Please note:
Our team will be on leave over the Christmas and New Year period, so we won’t be screening applications until 2026.
We’ll begin reviewing and contacting candidates from January 2026, we encourage you to submit your application now!
Analyse. Report. Drive.
- Enhance your management accounting skills and drive data driven decisions!
- Support innovative thinking and influence your peers!
- Join this growing New Zealand business and make your mark in this new role!
About the company
Founded in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Enatel is the global leader in advanced battery charging technology. We design and manufacture efficient charging solutions for the millions of electric industrial vehicles used around the world. Intelligent software combined with efficient hardware and decades of power electronics design experience has resulted in solutions that address industry needs.
We pride ourselves on our talented people, valued customer base and extremely successful product portfolio. We invest in our growth through our people and their development. By seeing obstacles as opportunities, we continuously improve as a team and as a business.
Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in?
About the opportunity
Ready to take the next step in your accounting career? If you’ve built a solid foundation and want to grow your management accounting skills, this role is the perfect opportunity to develop and make an impact.
We’re looking for a proactive, detail-focused Management Accountant to join our team. You’ll support financial planning and reporting, helping ensure business decisions are backed by strong data. You’ll work with financial information, refine processes, and contribute to performance improvement, all while learning from experienced professionals.
If you’re motivated, curious, and ready to build on your foundations, we’d love to hear from you.
In this role, you will:
- Assist the manufacturing variance analysis process, ensuring accurate reporting and clear explanations of variances.
- Assist with job costing and profitability analysis, ensuring accurate allocation of materials, labour and overheads.
- Support the month-end close process.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning activities
- Build and maintain financial models and dashboards to track performance
- Extract, clean, and manage data from ERP systems and spreadsheets
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives that streamline reporting and enhance data quality
- Assist with ERP implementation and system upgrades, providing finance expertise
- Collaborate across departments to ensure financial plans align with strategic goals
- Deliver insightful analysis that supports commercial decisions and highlights risks and opportunities.
About you
You’ll be someone who enjoys solving problems, improving systems, and collaborating across teams to deliver meaningful financial outcomes. The ideal candidate will also have:
- Around 2 years' experience in a similar role
- A Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting, with CA or equivalent certification (or working towards)
- Strong analytical thinking and financial acumen
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in data handling
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and solid Microsoft excel skills
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- A tech-savvy mindset with a passion for automation and innovation
- The ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- A collaborative, can-do attitude with a willingness to get stuck in
- Experience working with ERP systems (Infor Syteline or Dynamics 365) would be advantageous
- Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform tools such as Power BI, Power Query, or Power Automate is desirable
- Be a team player, interact and work effectively with others to achieve shared goals.
In addition to a great working environment and the opportunity to work with leading edge products, there are a range of other benefits when you work at Enatel:
- Wellbeing - Friendly, supportive and inclusive people. There’s an Enatel wellbeing programme and all staff have 24/7 access to a confidential employee assistance programme – OCP.
- Health Insurance - Health Insurance via Southern Cross.
- Staff Development - Access to LinkedIn Learning suite and Enatel internal training modules.
- Financial - Competitive compensation, reviewed regularly.
To learn more about this role, click here: http://www.enatel.net/careers/
To seize this exciting opportunity, you’ll need to forward your CV and cover letter to recruitment@enatel.net with Management Accountant in the subject line.
To discover more about Enatel, visit http://www.enatel.net
Application details
Apply online for this role or contact Hailey Barker for more information.
Enatel
We are a global leader in designing and manufacturing advanced charging solutions for material handling equipment, ground support equipment, automated guided vehicles, and other off-highway vehicles.
Headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand, our products are engineered and produced locally, with distribution hubs in the United States and the United Kingdom. We are committed to delivering high-performance, reliable solutions that meet the needs of our customers worldwide.
As an accredited Immigration NZ Employer, we embrace a diverse workforce, with staff from over 20 different cultural backgrounds. Our core values—kindness, integrity, respect, sustainability, and accountability—guide how we nurture and support our people.
We organize team-building events and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year, ensuring we celebrate our successes together. Supporting the community is integral to our values, and we contribute to charitable causes to make a positive impact beyond our business.
In 2018, Enatel joined the Sycamore-based IDEAL Industries Inc. family, strengthening our position as a global leader in power solutions.
