Functional Consultant - Finance

About Gallagher 

Our purpose at Gallagher is ‘Protect what matters most’ and we live it every day. Our technology can be found in more than 160 countries – protecting what matters most for government sites to global HQs, wildlife parks to dairy farms, palaces to prisons, and so much more. 

Born in 1938, we’re a privately-owned tech company and headquartered in Hamilton. We have over 1,300 people throughout the world, protecting our customers with products which are made right here in New Zealand. 

The Opportunity
We’re seeking a motivated and skilled individual with a strong background in finance and SAP systems to join our team. As a Functional Consultant focused on SAP S/4HANA Finance, you’ll play a crucial role in implementing and optimizing our finance technology solutions. This mid-level position offers a great chance to leverage your expertise in technology and finance to drive meaningful improvements within our organization. You’ll be involved in the implementation of various S/4HANA Finance modules, including FI (Financial Accounting) and CO (Controlling) with heavy integration with manufacturing and supply chain, TR (Treasury), FM (Funds Management) and AM (Asset Management).

In this role, you’ll collaborate with stakeholders to ensure effective adoption of finance solutions and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across financial processes. Your role will include working on S/4HANA Finance implementations, upgrades, and supporting best practices to enhance our global operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the implementation and optimization of S/4HANA Finance modules.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to drive improvements and ensure best practices.
• Assist in documenting and developing solutions to align with industry standards and organizational needs.

The Fit

You’ll be an adept communicator with a proven track record of successfully delivering finance related projects at an enterprise and global scale. Your hands-on experience with S/4 HANA Finance will have given you an in depth understanding of financial processes, accounting principles, taxation and regulatory requirements.

You will be a natural at balancing and combining your technical competence with a deep understanding of business processes; communicating, engaging and building relationships with members across our organisation.

You’ll bring with you a continuous improvement mindset and passionately invest in staying up to date with the latest trends, technologies, and best practice.

Some of the keys skills and experiences we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in finance or accounting roles, with significant exposure to SAP systems.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance, including participation in implementations, upgrades, or migrations.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Activate implementation methodology.
• In-depth knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Finance modules (FI, CO, TR, FM) and FSCM.
• A working understanding of financial processes, accounting principles, compliance and tax management, finance operations, financial planning and analysis and group reporting.
• Experience with financial reporting, profitability analysis, and financial planning within the S/4HANA framework is advantageous.
• Ability to manage organizational change and support user adoption processes for S/4HANAFinance.
• Demonstratable ability to drive fit-to-standard and SAP S/4HANA Finance best practices into business processes.

Why Gallagher

At Gallagher, we foster a supportive and family-friendly work environment, where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are at the forefront. We value work-life balance and prioritise the well-being of our employees.  We also offer:

• Competitive salary and annual bonus.
• Flexible work arrangements + WFH options
• Convenient office location with free parking, subsidised on-site café and great eateries nearby.
• Boost App membership; Gallagher staff discounts at a variety of NZ stores.