Assistant Accountant
- Ellerslie, Auckland
- $75,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
The role of Assistant Accountant will report to the Financial Controller and be an integral member of the finance team. My client is looking for a career focused individual who is looking to grow their career, pursuing their CA studies and will take on the following responsibilities:
- Assist with the preparation of month end for three businesses, including monthly journals, prepayments and accruals
- Prepare the indirect tax returns of GST, FBT and PAYE
- Prepare general ledger reconciliations
- Manage the fixed assets, including monthly deprecation and managing the additions and disposals
- Assist with cashflow modelling
- Assist with KPI metric reporting and analysis, partnering with the business thereon.
- Back up for AP, AR and payroll as required
- Assist with Stock takes
- Other ad hoc tasks as required.
To be considered for this role, we are looking for a professional individual who has begun their path to CA/CPA. You will be career driven and looking for a role where you can continue on the upward trajectory of your career but are willing to take responsibility for your learning and development.Your attributes will include:
- Strong excel and IT skills
- Power BI experience would be a distinct advantage
- A team player where you are happy to contribute to all tasks as and when required within the finance team.
- A outgoing personality where you can partner the business
- An analytical mindset where you don't just prepare numbers but you take ownership of what they mean and learn to interpret them for non-finance people
- Prior experience in FMCG will be advantageous
- A working knowledge of preparing P&L's and Balance sheets.
- A Growth mindset
- Great communication skills