Shared Services Manager

Nau mai, haere mai. We’re Chorus. You may have already heard about us and know we’re the team empowering the digital future of Aotearoa with our ultra-fast fibre. We’re a talented bunch who are passionate about our purpose: Unleashing potential through connectivity. Enabling better futures for Aotearoa.

Te Momo Tūranga | Contract: Fixed Term, 24 months, full time.

Te Wāhi |Where: Wellington.

Te Pūtake | Why we’re hiring: We’re stepping into our next chapter, aspiring toward 80% fibre uptake across the motu by 2030. With our new strategy providing the roadmap for what we’re working to achieve and how we’ll get there, opportunities are emerging as we seek to expand our capability and talent in new and different spaces.

Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The Opportunity

We have an exciting 24-month fixed term contract opportunity for a Shared Services Manager to step in and lead a well-established shared services function, as our business steps into the S/4 HANA implementation project.

You enjoy full accountability for the performance and delivery of transactional finance services. Leading a team of 10, ensuring clear expectations and a consistent focus on service quality, controls and outcomes.

With core responsibility across the end-to-end procure to pay processes, you’ll balance operational oversight and people leadership. The environment is stable, structured, and already high performing, providing a solid platform for a capable and people-focused leader to step in, maintain momentum, delivery standard and continue to develop capability.

You will work closely with stakeholders across the business, influencing outcomes, managing priorities and ensuring financial processes are well understood, controlled and consistently delivered.

Ō Wheako, ō Pūkenga | Your Experience

You are a technically capable Accountant who delivers through people leadership. You bring experience from a transactional or shared services financial environment, with a deep understanding of procure to pay processes and a clear track record of leading teams to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes.

In addition, you demonstrate:

• Strong understanding of accounts payable, receivable, reconciliations, and financial controls
• The ability to communicate clearly with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• A pragmatic, structured approach to problem solving with a strong service orientation
• Confidence managing competing priorities, escalations, and stakeholder expectations
• Experience supporting audits and maintaining well-documented, compliant processes

You will inherit a capable, established team and have the platform to focus on leadership impact, team development, and service delivery.

If you are ready to scale your leadership in a respected organisation with a strong reputation, we’d love to hear from you.

Mō mātou | About us

We’re shaping a future where all New Zealanders are free to access opportunities that define their own lives, as we expand our network to help Aotearoa grow.

With a new strategy in place and a powerful, inspiring purpose, Chorus is an exciting space right now. We’re on the path to moving from being the great network builder to being the great network operator. To do that, we embrace our mindsets : Be bold, ignite growth, Honour our past, reimagine our future, and Connect communities, empower people. We need people who not only embody these mindsets and the underpinning behaviours but who also inspire others to do the same.

With our Chorus Care package benefits behind you, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow alongside a caring, open-minded team in an environment that embraces diversity, encourages innovation, redefines flexibility, and offers an enviable work life balance.

Nōu te mana | Work your way

We know how to do hybrid working well and have been doing it for years and encourage you to find ways to work flexibly. If it suits your circumstances and delivers great outcomes for Chorus – that’s when you know you’ve found the Flex@Chorus Sweet Spot!

He Wāhi Whakaōrite Whiwhinga Mahi.

We have a fair, inclusive and equitable culture where our differences are our strengths, we connect on shared values, and everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Please let us know of any accessibility requirements you would like us to consider to support you with your application. We know women are underrepresented in senior roles, and we want to change that. If you’re a woman looking for your next step, in a company that genuinely supports your growth, has a flexible work culture and visible female leaders we’d encourage you to apply.

Come be part of a new era at Chorus, apply today.