At Mons Royale, we believe action and adventure sports can be a force for good but most of the gear made for these sports is trashing the planet. That’s why we’re on a mission to shift riders from synthetics to natural fibres designing high-performance merino apparel that doesn’t mess up the places we love to play.
We have a newly created role for a Head of Finance to join our mission, leading the global finance function.
Reporting to the CFO, this is both a senior and hands-on role, perfect for a technically strong finance leader who enjoys both detail and big-picture impact. You’ll ensure financial integrity across the business and provide insights that shape performance and growth. You’ll lead a highly capable team and act as a true business partner, combining financial stewardship with commercial insight.
In this role, delivering the fundamentals is a given - timely, accurate accounts, compliant reporting and strong internal controls. The real impact comes from understanding how our products move through long development cycles and global supply chains, ensuring cashflow and investment decisions support growth and innovation.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the full accounting cycle, AP/AR, inventory, payroll, treasury and tax compliance.
- Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting, analysis and insights.
- Manage cashflow planning, foreign exchange and banking relationships.
- Partner with leaders across wholesale, retail, e-commerce, marketing and product to support decisions.
- Lead and mentor the finance team, building capability as we grow globally.
- Provide strategic insights and analysis to support profitable growth.
Requirements
What you’ll bring:
- A genuine connection to what we stand for, pushing boundaries to drive change in an industry dominated by plastics.
- Minimum 5 – 7+ years’ experience.
- Chartered Accountant (CA) or equivalent qualification preferred.
- Experience in financial control roles, ideally in retail, apparel, or consumer products. Deep understanding of inventory, product costing and long-lead-time development.
- Strong commercial finance and business partnering skills. Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and support strategic decisions.
- Confidence working across NZ and international operations.
- Hands-on leadership style suited to a fast-paced, entrepreneurial growth business.
We’re moving quickly on this appointment. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so early submission is encouraged.
Benefits
Opportunity for Growth
Mons Royale is a fast-growing brand in the action and adventure sports space with lots of opportunities for career development, within and outside NZ.
Mountain town lifestyle and flexibility
We are based in mountain towns because we value time spent in the mountains and want to enable and encourage our team to achieve a work/life balance. While we do work hard and put in the hours, we also believe in the value of having a life outside of the workplace. This role will be based in our brand home, Wanaka.
We value people and our team
Company culture is important to us. We're often together in the mountains or catching up for a happy-hour bike ride. With offices in Squamish, Innsbruck and our hometown of Wanaka, Mons is comprised of a globally diverse workforce. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and therefore all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment.
Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit
Being a part of a fast-growing brand means that there’s never a dull moment and that you’ll likely be involved in a lot of opportunities that may fall outside of your typical job description.
Competitive Salary and Discounts to fuel your passion
We offer competitive remuneration, discounted Mons Royale product and access to discounts across the outdoor industry.
What We Do
From Lake Wanaka New Zealand, Mons Royale creates technical merino clothing that delivers on both performance and style. It has been our philosophy from the start, we don’t think you should have to compromise either one of these which is why we design garments that perform brilliantly and look great. As a natural product with a strong, differentiated brand and aesthetic, Mons’ formula of technical performance and design-led style resonates strongly with young outdoor and action sports lovers.
Mons Royale work with some of action sports top athletes as well as sponsor global events including Crankworx and the Freeride World Tour allowing us to showcase our unique brand of high performance merino wool to the rest of the world.
With our head office located in the Southern Alps of New Zealand and a brand-new office in Innsbruck, Austria we’re sticking to our values of driving a local brand from mountain towns around the world and its enabling us to attract some amazing employees and build a business based what it’s really all about.
We are continually on the look out for amazing people to join our team in New Zealand or growing team in Europe. So please follow us for updates on job vacancies and all that is going on in the world of Mons Royale.
