• Remote role - work from anywhere in NZ
• Immediate or quick start
• Help establish national entity
• Some public sector interaction or experience essential

We are after a Financial Controller or CFO on an interim basis for an urgent requirement for a client organisation in the throws of establishing a national presence and will become a leader in their category once launched. This role is to continue the work of the initial person who is unable to commit further to the level of work being undertaken.

What we're after

You'll be a qualified accountant who has worked as a Financial Controller or hands-on CFO in a large environment in an establishment or change environment, and know the nuances of this type of environment. You'll have extensive experience in managing both process and staff, and be able to pivot on a pin as needed! You will need experience either working in the public sector, or having been involved in funding with the public sector - this is a requirement for this role.

The organisation and status

The organisation is in establishment phase so all hands are "on deck" to get things up and running! Once established, this will be one of the biggest operators in its category, so experience in this type of environment is essential. Your role will be to focus on getting things operating to an optimum level and supporting the new CFO once they commence in a few months time.

What you've done to date?

You'll have operated at a minimum at Financial Controller level, preferably at CFO level, be hands on, but understand operational and strategic aspects of this type of role. Experience in the public sector is essential as is an understanding the Government funding model across sectors such as education, health, social services, social housing, or infrastructure.

How to Apply

Call me, Kevin Chappell, Principal Director, on 029-5974739, for a confidential discussion, or submit an application pronto via the Apply button, attaching a brief cover letter and an updated CV in Word or PDF format.

Please note:

As this is a contract role with an urgent start, NO overseas applications will be considered or acknowledged, and applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

We look forward to you submitting your CV for consideration for any roles in your category.

You will come up in any search when we are seeking talent with your skills.

We’re looking for an experienced Asset Manager to take ownership of a diverse infrastructure portfolio and ensure assets are planned, maintained, and developed to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective services to the community.

This is a strategic and hands-on role where you’ll influence long-term investment decisions, guide asset planning frameworks, and provide trusted advice to senior leadership and elected stakeholders.

The Opportunity

You’ll lead the development and delivery of robust asset management planning across multiple asset classes, ensuring alignment with long-term strategies, budgets, and community expectations.

Key focus areas include:

• Leading Asset Management Plans and long-term infrastructure strategies
• Lifecycle planning across acquisition, maintenance, renewal, and disposal
• Risk-based investment prioritisation and resilience planning
• Driving data integrity, asset systems, and evidence-based decision making
• Providing clear, strategic reporting to senior leaders and governance groups
• Supporting capital programmes and business case development

This role plays a critical part in ensuring infrastructure is future-fit, financially sustainable, and aligned with community outcomes.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for someone who combines technical depth with strategic thinking and can operate comfortably across both detail and big-picture planning.

You’ll likely have:

• Proven experience (5+ years) in asset management within infrastructure, utilities, or local government
• Strong understanding of lifecycle planning, risk, and asset performance frameworks
• Ability to translate complex technical information into clear, practical advice
• Experience contributing to long-term planning, budgets, and investment decisions
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and infrastructure standards
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with strong analytical capability

Your Work Style

This role will suit someone who:

• Enjoys working collaboratively across teams and disciplines
• Is self-driven and comfortable taking ownership of outcomes
• Brings a strong customer and community focus to decision-making
• Thrives in environments where initiative, improvement, and accountability are valued
• Can navigate the complexity and sensitivity of stakeholder and governance environments
• Demonstrates resilience, sound judgement, and a calm, considered approach

You’ll be part of a team that values integrity, teamwork, positivity, and making a meaningful contribution to the wider community.

Lifestyle & Location

Enjoy the benefits of a role based in a well-connected regional centre, offering:

• Community living with genuine work-life balance - and choose your commute!
• Easy access to outdoor lifestyle and green spaces
• A strong sense of community and local identity
• Affordable living compared to major metropolitan areas

This is an opportunity to combine career impact with lifestyle advantage.

Why Apply?

• Influence long-term infrastructure strategy and community outcomes
• Broad, varied asset portfolio with real impact
• Visible role working closely with leadership and stakeholders
• Balance of strategic thinking and practical delivery
• Lifestyle location without sacrificing career progression

If you’re ready to take ownership of a critical asset management function and make a lasting difference, we’d like to hear from you.

Apply Now

Please send your CV and cover letter (Word or PDF format) outlining your alignment with the role criteria to Kevin Chappell, Principal Director, TalentNow! via the ‘Apply’ link. Or call me on 029-5974739 for a confidential conversation.

Please note that we are providing our slimmed down ScreenLite service to this client. All qualified CVs will be forwarded to the client organisation and they will be conducting the shortlisting and interviewing, so please take this process into account when submitting your application.

Applications close: 26th May 2026 or earlier.

Please Note:
This role is open only to candidates currently based in and entitled to work in New Zealand and with the skills and competencies as outlined in the advert.  We will respond only to candidates who meet the above criteria.

• Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association
• Senior Operational Management Role
• Specialist Technical Environment
• Join a friendly and supportive team contributing to New Zealand's road safety.
• National impact, high-quality service excellence and innovation
• Permanent Management role Porirua, Wellington

The Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association (LVVTA) is New Zealand's recognised authority for low volume vehicle certification and modification standards.

Operating as a small, expert-led peak body [central organisation that speaks for an industry and helps set or influence standards, rules, and direction], LVVTA delivers a nationally significant regulatory service that enables safe vehicle modification while supporting innovation across the automotive sector. The organisation is known for its technical credibility, practical approach, and strong relationships across industry and government.

This is a lean, outcomes-focused environment where operational excellence, accuracy, and stakeholder trust are critical.

The Role

Lead the day-to-day operational performance of New Zealand's specialist low-volume vehicle certification system. This is a hands-on operational management role in a small, highly technical, and respected organisation operating at the intersection of engineering, compliance, and public safety.

You will manage a small but highly skilled team of expert technical and operational specialists, ensuring effective service delivery, strong stakeholder relationships, and continuous improvement across all operational functions.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the Operations Manager - Technical Services is responsible for leading operational delivery across technical, engineering support, administration, and service functions.

This role is not a strategic executive position - it is a senior operational management role focused on delivery, coordination, people leadership, and performance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and supporting a small team of technical experts and operational staff.
• Managing day-to-day operational workflows, priorities, and service delivery.
• Overseeing complaints, audits, investigations, and certification-related processes.
• Driving continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
• Supporting regulatory compliance and quality assurance outcomes.
• Coordinating stakeholder engagement across industry, certification partners, and government agencies.
• Managing projects, contracts, and operational reporting.
• A curiosity for innovation and continuous improvement, including the practical application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies to support operational excellence, knowledge sharing, and organisational effectiveness.
• Supporting a culture of accountability, collaboration, and service excellence.

About You

You are a capable and grounded operational manager who thrives in structured but technical environments. You enjoy leading experienced professionals and ensuring work gets delivered accurately, efficiently, and consistently. You will bring:

• 10+ years' experience in operations, service delivery, or technical management roles.
• Experience leading small teams of professionals or technical specialists.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication capability.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a regulated or compliance-driven environment.
• Experience with process improvement, workflow management, or service delivery optimisation.
• Strong organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Highly regarded experience

• Automotive, transport, engineering, aviation, defence, or infrastructure sectors
• Regulatory, compliance, certification, or safety-critical environments
• Technical service organisations

You will have a genuine interest in vehicles, engineering, motorsport, or automotive modification culture, which would be an advantage.

Why This Role?

This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior operational role within a specialist national organisation where your work directly contributes to vehicle safety and industry standards across New Zealand.  You will benefit from:

• A highly experienced and knowledgeable technical team.
• A stable, respected national organisation with purpose-driven work.
• A varied role spanning people, process, and stakeholder engagement.
• A collaborative and professional working environment.
• Modern Porirua office with free parking.

Applications are welcomed from experienced operational managers within engineering, transport, automotive, infrastructure, aviation, defence, technical services, certification, regulatory or compliance-driven environments."

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter (in Word, please) outlining your relevant operational management experience via the Apply button. For a confidential discussion, contact Amanda Scott, Consulting Director, TalentNow! 021784483.

Applications close: Friday 26 June 2026

Applications will be reviewed as received, and suitable candidates may be contacted before the closing date.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand. Only candidates meeting the above criteria will be contacted.

• Hybrid role - 3x2
• Sunny Bay location
• Immediate Strategic Impact

This is not a role for someone who just builds pipelines and walks away.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer who thrives on turning complex data into real-world impact - someone who can move seamlessly from architecture to insight, from engineering to influence. The focus here is simple: getting the right fit - someone who can partner with people, not just systems.

You’ll take ownership of a growing data environment - designing, building, and continuously improving a modern data platform that enables smarter, faster, and more confident decision-making across the business.

This is a role where your work will be seen, used, and valued at senior levels.

• Designing and building scalable data pipelines and platforms
• Bringing together multiple data sources into a single source of truth
• Turning data into clear insights and recommendations for leadership
• Applying analytics and predictive modelling to guide future decisions
• Creating visualisations and reporting that non-technical stakeholders actually understand
• Embedding data governance, security, and privacy best practices (including Zero Trust principles)
• Working cross-functionally to understand needs and deliver meaningful outcomes
• Driving continuous improvement across tools, processes, and data capability

• Strong connection between data and strategy
• High level of stakeholder engagement and influence
• Opportunity to shape a fit-for-purpose, future-ready data platform
• Real ownership - not just execution

• Proven experience across data engineering, analysis, and visualisation
• Strong understanding of data architecture and pipeline design (ETL/ELT)
• Ability to translate data into commercial or operational insight
• Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders
• High attention to detail with a strong sense of business impact
• A collaborative mindset - someone who builds relationships, not silos
• Knowledge of data security, governance, and privacy frameworks
• Exposure to modern data platforms (ideally Microsoft ecosystem)

• Curious, analytical, and forward-thinking
• Commercially aware - understands why data matters, not just how
• Comfortable operating across technical and non-technical spaces
• Someone who can challenge, influence, and add value
• A team player who lifts others while delivering outcomes

• Work that directly influences strategic direction
• A business that values data-driven thinking
• A role where your contribution is visible and meaningful
• Flexibility and autonomy in how you operate

This is an opportunity for someone who wants more than just a technical role - someone who wants to shape outcomes through data.

This is an opportunity to build something meaningful - helping to create a data environment that drives smarter decisions and real competitive advantage.

• Auckland or Wellington
• Help shape the Future of New Zealand's Digital Economy
• Build C-Suite level relationships
• Technology, Consulting Services, Digital Transformation

Operating across more than 50 countries, they partner with leading enterprises, government agencies, telecommunications providers, utilities and financial institutions to solve complex business challenges through technology, innovation and transformation.

With continued investment and growth across New Zealand, they continue to expand their market presence and helping organisations modernise through AI, cloud, cybersecurity, data and analytics, customer experience, enterprise applications and digital engineering.

As part of this growth strategy, an opportunity exists for an experienced Business Development Manager to drive new client acquisition, strategic account growth and long-term partnerships across the New Zealand market.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Country Head, this is a senior consultative sales role focused on identifying, shaping and winning complex transformation opportunities.

Working alongside consulting, solutioning and delivery teams, you will engage with C-Suite and senior executives, build trusted relationships and help organisations navigate large-scale business and technology change.

While opportunities exist across multiple sectors, experience within Government, Telecommunications, Utilities, Financial Services, Infrastructure or Enterprise Technology Services will be highly regarded.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new business opportunities across enterprise and government markets
• Build trusted relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CEOs and senior decision-makers
• Develop strategic account plans and growth initiatives
• Lead complex pursuits, tenders, proposals and RFP responses
• Collaborate with consulting and technical teams to develop compelling client solutions
• Drive opportunities across digital transformation, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, data and customer experience
• Develop strong relationships with technology partners and industry stakeholders
• Represent the organisation at industry events and executive forums
• Contribute to revenue growth and market expansion objectives

What We're Looking For

You will be a commercially astute business development professional with a strong track record of selling technology consulting, professional services or transformation programmes.

You will bring:

• Proven success in Business Development, Strategic Sales, Client Partner or Account Management roles
• Experience selling complex technology, consulting or managed service solutions
• Strong understanding of digital transformation, cloud, AI, cybersecurity, data or enterprise applications
• Ability to engage and influence senior executives and key stakeholders
• Experience leading proposals, pursuits and bid teams
• Existing relationships within New Zealand's technology sector
• Strong partner and vendor ecosystem exposure
• Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship management skills

Why Join?

• Represent a globally recognised technology consulting leader
• Work alongside world-class consulting and delivery teams
• Access some of New Zealand's most significant transformation programmes
• Auckland or Wellington location
• Competitive salary package with performance incentives
• Genuine career growth within a global organisation
• Collaborative, inclusive and high-performing culture

If you have an established executive network, a passion for technology-led transformation and the ability to create opportunities at a strategic level, we would welcome a confidential discussion.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter (in Word, please) outlining your relevant experience via the Apply button. For a confidential discussion, contact Amanda Scott, Consulting Director, TalentNow! 021784483.

Applications close: Friday 3 July 2026

Applications will be reviewed as received, and suitable candidates may be contacted before the closing date. Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand. Only candidates meeting the above criteria will be contacted.

We’re after an experienced Procurement and Sourcing Specialist for a contract of up to 12 months.

This is a role for someone who understands end-to-end sourcing - from strategy and market engagement through to contract negotiation, implementation and supplier management. You'll work with senior stakeholders, develop sourcing strategies, run robust procurement processes and negotiate contracts that deliver commercial value while managing risk.

You can be based in any location across the country, and, on offer is flexibility while working within a collaborative national team.

What you'll bring

You'll have proven experience managing complex sourcing activities within large organisations and understand how to balance commercial outcomes with governance requirements.

Experience within a large complex structure, in the public or private sector, in education, social services, health, infrastructure, social services or any other complex, technical or specialised environment, is a prerequisite.

• At least five years' experience in strategic sourcing, procurement or contract management
• Experience in Central Government process, either supplying or sourcing.
• Strong RFx and tender management experience
• Proven contract negotiation and supplier relationship skills
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and build trusted relationships
• Sound commercial judgement and an eye for risk, value and process improvement
• Experience delivering measurable procurement savings and business outcomes

Why consider this opportunity?

If you're an experienced procurement or sourcing professional who enjoys navigating complexity, building supplier partnerships and delivering outstanding commercial results, I'd love to hear from you. You'll join a highly capable and high performing team, and work on varied sourcing projects, from expensive capital equipment through to specialist technical products.

Ideally you will be available at short notice, but if a normal notice period is required, then this client will wait for the right expertise! On offer is an excellent hourly rate with contract flexibility being based from anywhere in NZ! There are many offices located throughout the country where you can be based, alongside some WFH.

Process

If this sounds like you and could be your next career move, then please submit an application via our application process by clicking on Apply. You can also reach out to Kevin Chappell on 029-5974739 for an initial confidential chat.

PLEASE NOTE:

1. As this is a contract role, NO overseas applications will be considered or acknowledged.
2. Applicants must also have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
3. We will only engage with those with the prerequisite skills. Those who we don't engage with, we will maintain in our database and be in touch should suitable opportunities arise.