Manager - Management Consulting

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KordaMentha is looking for a Consulting Manager to join its New Zealand practice, overseeing multiple streams across client engagements and working directly with senior leaders on transformation programs, operating-excellence reviews, performance-improvement initiatives, or major infrastructure projects. On-site in Auckland, you’ll need 4+ years in consulting, a commerce, finance, economics, accounting, business, or related degree, strong problem-solving, project management, and executive communication skills, plus leadership and coaching experience and the ability to build diverse client and internal relationships. What matters most: impact, rapid yet rigorous decision making, and mentoring others. Tips to apply: tailor your CV to large transformations with quantified outcomes, prepare concise executive briefs, showcase client-facing leadership, and demonstrate cultural fit with our values of independence, diversity, and growth; ensure NZ eligibility and highlight how you would contribute to both corporate and public sector work.

Company Description

Since 2002, KordaMentha has been entrusted with some of the region’s most complex and sensitive commercial situations. We are an advisory and investment firm at heart, helping corporations, financiers, lawyers, private investors and government clients to grow, protect and recover value.

But we are so much more than that.

Fiercely independent, strategically local, and with a bias for action to get things done, we focus on doing what is right by our clients, our people, and the wider community across the breadth of the Australian and New Zealand market. We provide bold and impactful solutions delivering growth, certainty, and value.

There is strength in difference. And we are different.

Job Description

We are seeking a Consulting Manager to join our rapidly expanding New Zealand practice. The successful candidate will play a critical role in managing multiple streams across a variety of client engagements. You will have the opportunity to work with iconic New Zealand clients across both the corporate and public sector. You will have demonstrated experience in engaging with clients on large, transformation engagements, including operating excellence reviews, performance improvement initiatives, or major infrastructure projects. 

You will have the opportunity to work directly with senior leaders from across the business, gaining strong mentorship and contributing to the growth of the New Zealand team. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• collaborate with our team and clients to develop and deliver strategic reviews and operational performance reviews across a range of industries
• project management of diverse engagements
• developing reports, presentations
• mentor junior staff, with an emphasis on knowledge sharing
• direct experience leading qualitative analysis to inform decision-making
• identify issues and prepare recommendations for our clients  

You will enjoy: 

Genuine exposure to senior leaders – you will provide support to the senior team members and will be relied on as a meaningful contributor. 

Market leading engagements – we are brought in for complex engagements when significant value is at risk. Our clients are often at a difficult crossroad, and this makes the work important, interesting, and educational. 

Meaningful work – our engagements are highly commercial, with an emphasis on developing impactful solutions to improve the bottom line and operations. As a team, our bias is towards rapid decision making and is grounded in deep analysis and learnings from client interactions. 

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years consulting experience 
• A bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, economics, accounting, business, or a related discipline
• Ability to solve unstructured or ambiguous problems through application of logical and systematic problem-solving techniques
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Direct experience leading qualitative analysis to inform decision-making 
• Executive-level communication skills including the ability to synthesise complex information in both oral and written formats to inform fast decision making by senior business leaders
• Leadership and coaching skills, with experience managing teams and engagements
• Strong relationship building skills and ability to collaborate effectively with diverse client and internal stakeholders
• You must hold New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residency 

Additional Information

Join KordaMentha — Where Your Growth Is Our Priority
We don’t just hire talent; we invest in it - with support that accelerates your success in every way

Why Join Us?

• Professional Development: Expert mentorship, tailored training via KordaMentha Business School, study support, and our Accelerate program for Analysts to Associate Directors — build your brand, expand your network, and gain strategic insights from senior leaders
• Flexibility: We champion work/life integration with options that fit your lifestyle.
• Career Growth: Merit-based promotions, secondments, and opportunities to work alongside senior leaders on impactful projects.
• Leave That Works for You: Buy extra leave and access volunteer, generous parental leave and career break options.
• Culture & Connection: Social events, cultural celebrations, and our bi-ennial black-tie ball.
• Family Support: Flexible parental leave, return-to-work support through our partner GracePapers, and resources for every stage of family life.
• Health & Wellbeing: Inclusive wellness initiatives and confidential and industry leading EAP for you and your family.

This isn’t just a job — it’s a place where your ambitions are nurtured, your wellbeing is valued, and your contributions celebrated. Ready to shape your future with us?

At KordaMentha, we believe there is strength in difference. Our entrepreneurial spirit expands the possibilities for action. We approach situations, challenges, and opportunities with optimism, curiosity, and diversity of thought. We seek novel solutions to problems and encourage unconventional and innovative approaches. 

Our team's diverse skillsets, backgrounds and experiences fuel KordaMentha's different mindset. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, recognising that talent and potential extend beyond traditional qualifications. Our selection process values diverse perspectives and considers each applicant's unique strengths and capabilities.