Peke Waihanga – New Zealand Artificial Limb Service is a national organisation delivering life-changing prosthetic, orthotic, and rehabilitation services across Aotearoa. With nearly 200 staff, a nationwide network of centres and clinics, and a strong track record of innovation – including global leadership in 3D printing – the organisation continues to grow in scale, capability, and impact.
As the organisation continues to mature and expand, they’re evolving their leadership structure to ensure corporate services are aligned, resilient, and ready to support its next phase of growth.
Following the planned retirement of its long-serving Chief Financial Officer, Peke Waihanga is seeking an experienced and values-led leader to join the Executive team as General Manager – Corporate Services.
This is a broad and influential senior role that combines strong financial leadership with oversight of key corporate services functions that enable frontline service delivery. This role is for someone who thrives in a progressive, fast-paced environment and wants to help shape the next phase of organisational maturity and performance.
The opportunity
This role offers the chance to lead and integrate a diverse corporate services portfolio within a high-performing, purpose-driven national organisation operating at scale.
You will provide strategic and operational leadership across:
- Finance – strategy, performance, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, risk and assurance
- Health and Safety governance and systems
- Infrastructure, property and facilities oversight
- Procurement and supply chain leadership
- Other shared corporate services that enable frontline delivery
You’ll be a trusted advisor to the Chief Executive and Board, and play a key role in strengthening systems, capability, and organisation-wide performance.
What we’re looking for
You are a calm, credible, and values-led senior leader who brings sound commercial judgement and a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach. You are comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels and know how to bring people with you through change.
You will bring senior leadership experience in finance and corporate services, along with the mindset to grow with the organisation as it continues to evolve. Your background is likely to include:
- Proven senior leadership experience in finance (CFO, GM Finance, Head of Finance or similar)
- Experience leading or overseeing broader corporate services functions
- Strong governance, risk, and reporting capability, ideally with Board-level reporting experience
- A progressive, improvement-focused mindset, with the ability to innovate and optimise systems and processes
- The ability to build high-trust relationships across executives, stakeholders, and teams
- Understanding of public sector or Crown entity environments is helpful, but candidates from other complex sectors are also encouraged
- A relevant professional qualification (eg CA, CPA, or equivalent) is desirable
Why join Peke Waihanga?
This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior executive role with genuine scope and influence.
You will be joining a values-driven organisation with national reach, strong momentum, and a leadership team deeply committed to both purpose and performance. Peke Waihanga combines social impact with a progressive, forward-thinking approach to service delivery and organisational development.
This role offers the opportunity to shape and strengthen corporate services in a way that supports long-term organisational sustainability, while working alongside a highly capable and committed leadership team.
This is an opportunity to step into one of New Zealand’s most meaningful and influential corporate leadership roles, where strong systems, smart thinking, and innovative leadership directly enable better outcomes for people across the country.
This is a permanent position based in Wellington CBD.
To find out more about Peke Waihanga visit their website at https://www.pw.co.nz/
How to apply
Apply with your CV and a cover letter, addressed to Kirsty McLaren, by Wednesday 18 February 2026.
A position description is available on our website at mclaren.co.nz or call us on 04 499 1069.
Once applications have closed, we will commence the shortlisting process, which can take up to two weeks. We will be in touch with you regarding your application during this time.
View the position description by copying this link into your browser: https://mclaren.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/Peke-Waihanga-PD-GM-Corporate-Services-15.1.26.pdf
