Work From Home Accounting jobs in Auckland City, Auckland

• Parental leave 12-month fixed-term contract in a growth sector!

• Lead the carbon and sustainability accounting inventory and reporting inputs

• Further develop key carbon & sustainability financial tools, datasets & metrics

Lead Transpower's carbon accounting & help power NZ's net-zero future. Enjoy work- life balance and build enduring relationships enterprise wide!

Transpower is the owner and operator of the National Grid. At the heart of the electricity sector, we transport high voltage electricity from where it is generated to large electricity users and the distribution businesses that deliver it to homes and businesses nationwide.

Our core purpose is to empower the energy future for New Zealand - a future that delivers a net-zero carbon economy and a reliable and secure electricity system.

About the team

The Sustainability team sets Transpower's sustainability strategy and works with every division, service provider, supplier, and community partner to make 'the sustainable way' business as usual. It also delivers our emissions, sustainability, and climate risk disclosure reporting.

About the Opportunity – 12-month fixed-term, due to parental leave.

You’ll play a critical role supporting the delivery of our emissions inventory and climate statement reports as well as Transpower's wider climate risk and sustainability strategy programmes. Find out more here www.transpower.co.nz/about-us/sustainability

You’ll work with the Sustainability team and stakeholders to analyse data and maintain key carbon and sustainability financial tools, including:

• lead collecting, analysing, and reporting data on our carbon footprint in accordance with Greenhouse Gas (GHG) standards and protocols in support of the delivery of our annual emissions inventory report.

• lead defining, collating, and reporting on climate-related data and the financial impact of climate-related risks and opportunities, in line with GHG standards and the XRB's Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standards, to support our annual climate statement report.

• support the ongoing delivery and development of other key carbon and sustainability financial tools, datasets, and metrics, including those used to monitor and manage sustainability initiatives, emissions, and climate-related risks and opportunities.

What will you bring?

You have proven financial reporting experience in a large, complex organisation, ideally related to carbon and sustainability.

With excellent facilitation, collaboration, and influencing skills, you are adept at partnering with senior leaders and executives to drive outcomes.

As a large-scale infrastructure owner and operator, our context is complex and evolving. You bring a project management approach, strong analytical and critical thinking skills, and the ability to think across systems and draw insight from your analysis.

Known for your time management, you are comfortable in a high-workload, task-driven environment, assimilate information quickly, navigate ambiguity and deliver results.

To be considered your CV and cover letter will clearly demonstrate:

• 3+ years' technical accounting or finance experience, with strong numeracy, attention to detail and the ability to communicate financial information clearly

• Experience carrying out internal auditing of data and compliance, and supporting external assurance activities

• Proven MS Excel spreadsheet skills at an intermediate-to-advanced level

• Experience developing qualitative and quantitative metrics

An understanding of corporate sustainability reporting standards and frameworks (i.e. GRI, IR, ISO, Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standards) will be advantageous although can be learnt.

Join us at Transpower

Aotearoa New Zealand is powered by the people who work here. With over 31 ethnicities, our people bring diverse perspectives, knowledge, and experience that we value, share, and celebrate.

We work in the office for a minimum of three days each week, which helps us build relationships, support learning, deliver outcomes and sustain our culture. This approach also offers flexibility for work and personal commitments, with adaptable daily start and finish times.

Next steps

If you're keen to join a collaborative, results-focused team with plenty of opportunities to learn, we'd love to hear from you.

Role closes Monday 30 November; however, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we may contact you to explore your application further prior to the close date.

We will appoint before Christmas with a start date by mutual agreement in late January/early February to enable handover before our current team member heads off on parental leave.

Existing New Zealand work rights are required.