Senior Financial Accountant

About The Opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Financial Accountant to join a large, well-known New Zealand business in a broad and highly visible finance role.

Working closely with senior finance leaders, you’ll take ownership across fixed assets, leases, project accounting, tax support, month-end reporting and process improvement.

This role will suit someone who enjoys technical accounting, but also wants to be close to the business, partnering with stakeholders and contributing to finance transformation initiatives.

• What You’ll Be Doing
• Managing the fixed asset process across the group Supporting lease accounting and monthly lease journals in line with NZ IFRS 16 Supporting income tax, deferred tax and provisional tax calculations Managing end-to-end project accounting for capex and opex feasibility projects Preparing month-end journals, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and reporting support Liaising with external auditors at half-year and year-end Supporting statutory reporting, R&D tax credit claims and revenue accounting processes Working closely with technology and finance teams to improve, automate and document processes Supporting finance transformation activity, including future state process design and FMIS transition work Coaching and developing one direct report
• What You’ll Bring
• You’ll bring strong financial accounting experience and enjoy working in a role where no two days are the same.
• You’ll be confident with technical accounting, reporting and reconciliations, while also being comfortable engaging with stakeholders across the business.

You’ll Also Ideally Have5+ years’ experience in financial accounting and reporting, or 3+ years specialising in asset accounting Strong fixed asset, lease accounting, month-end and balance sheet reconciliation experience Experience working with finance systems, process improvements or reporting projects A relevant accounting qualification, ideally CA qualified or working towards this Big 4 experience would be advantageous, but is not essential Exposure to income tax returns or tax calculations would be beneficial Strong communication skills and the ability to work with both finance and non-finance stakeholders A proactive, improvement-focused mindsetWhat’s On OfferThis is a great opportunity to step into a senior role with real variety, visibility and ownership.

You’ll be joining a sizeable finance team within a well-established NZ business, with the chance to contribute to meaningful transformation and process improvement projects.

You’ll have the opportunity to combine hands-on technical accounting with stakeholder engagement, leadership and continuous improvement.

Also On Offer Discounted Heath Insurance Free Products Discounted corporate and gym membershipsNext Steps? To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.

For any questions give Sarah White a call on 0275053472 and quote Job ID: 18121 for a confidential chat.

To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.

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