Corporate Finance Manager

Freedom Lifestyle Villages – NZ based operator of over-50s lifestyle villages, offering designer homes in secure, fully managed developments across lifestyle locations throughout the country. The business currently operates villages in Pāpāmoa, Cambridge, Matamata, Rotorua, and Ravenswood near Christchurch and have new villages underway in Ashburton, Lincoln and Masterton with an ambitious target of 10 to 12 additional villages over the next 5 years.

Backed by Singapore-based private equity firm AGP, which acquired a majority stake in the business, including capital to fund the development pipeline, the business is well-capitalised to execute on its growth plans.

The Opportunity – Corporate Finance Manager

Reporting to the CFO, the Corporate Finance Manager is a key role to support the company to meet their ambitious growth targets. You will be the custodian of the corporate financial model across the full portfolio of villages, and play an important role in supporting strategic planning, execution, financial modelling, project evaluation, and business performance activities across the business. This role provides insight to the CFO, CEO and wider senior leadership team, ensuring high‑quality insight and rigorous commercial analysis underpin strategic decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the group-wide corporate financial model, integrating performance data across all village assets and updating rolling forecasts to reflect current trading, pipeline, and capital assumptions
• Build and review robust financial models to support business cases, capital evaluations, pricing, scenario analysis, and short and long-term planning
• Prepare investment appraisals and financial feasibility assessments for new developments, refurbishments, and land acquisitions
• Produce and maintain portfolio valuations; manage external valuer relationships and support due diligence processes for acquisitions and new site opportunities
• Analyse sales performance and track pricing trends, settlement timelines, occupancy, and conversion rates — and develop sales forecasting models
• Support pricing strategy through data-driven analysis of market positioning, demand, and property-level financial performance
• Build and maintain supply and demand models across locations incorporating demographic data, competitor analysis and macroeconomic factors
• Prepare investor materials, board papers, and performance packs for the PE owner; support the CFO through quarterly and annual reporting cycles and contribute to capital markets activities.

Key Skills And Experience Required

• Degree qualified in Commerce, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field; CFA or equivalent is advantageous
• 5+ years of experience in corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, or a strategic/commercial finance capacity
• Advanced financial modelling skills in Excel; highly proficient in PowerPoint
• Strong commercial judgement — able to synthesise complex financial and operational data and communicate it clearly to senior stakeholders
• Experience preparing materials for investors or boards in a private equity or listed environment is a strong advantage
• Exposure to real estate, property development, aged care, or retirement living is highly desirable
• Curious, proactive, and a genuine interest in strategic and commercial finance

What’s In It For You

This is a high-visibility, commercially critical role at the centre of a well-backed business on a genuine growth trajectory. You will work directly with the CFO and senior leadership team, with broad exposure across financial modelling, valuations, investor relations, and strategic planning. Freedom Lifestyle Villages is expanding rapidly, which means an abundance of exposure and strong career advancement opportunities.

To be considered for this position, please submit your CV via the link below. For a confidential discussion, contact Daniel Turner on +64 21 193 0369 or email ***email_hidden***.