Global Head of Commercial Finance

About the Company

ZIWI is New Zealand’s leading pet food exporter and the global leader in air-dried pet nutrition, with its award-winning recipes sold across North America, Greater China, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and beyond. Backed by strong export growth and a genuine commitment to quality, ZIWI has built an international reputation from its Auckland base.

ZIWI is a business with ambitious growth plans and a mindset to match. We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is comfortable navigating change, and enjoys building capability as the business scales.

The Role

Reporting to the CFO, the Global Head of Commercial Finance will lead the commercial finance business partnering across manufacturing, supply chain, innovation, and sales and marketing globally. This is a senior, strategic role combining hands-on execution with genuine influence over ZIWI’s financial performance and growth.

This role will suit a commercially minded leader who enjoys creating structure in a dynamic environment and is excited by the opportunity to shape how finance supports the next phase of ZIWI’s growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Support strategic business planning to deliver sustainable revenue, EBITDA and cash flow growth
• Lead and develop a global commercial finance team
• Direct budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling for commercial activities worldwide
• Own weekly flash, monthly reporting, quarterly reforecasts and the annual budget process
• Support M&A activity from strategic fit through to financial modelling and due diligence
• Build KPI dashboards and reporting tools to track commercial performance

• CA/CPA (or equivalent) qualified with 10+ years’ experience
• Commercial finance background in FMCG or a similarly complex, fast-moving business
• Strong financial modelling capability
• Confident building data-driven reporting frameworks
• Exceptional stakeholder management across finance and non-finance audiences at executive level

This is a rare opportunity to work for a genuine NZ global export success story, with direct exposure to senior leaders and a mandate spanning five regions. You’ll have real scope to shape ZIWI’s commercial finance capability as the business scales internationally. Hybrid working from the Parnell office gives you flexibility, alongside a competitive package that includes a bonus incentive scheme.

To be considered for this position, please submit your CV via the link below. For a confidential discussion, email Chris Cooper at [email protected].