is looking for an experienced Project Accountant to join its finance team for an 8 month fixed term.
This is a hands-on finance project role sitting outside of BAU, focused on process improvement, balance sheet remediation, systems/workflow improvements and SOP development. You'll be getting under the hood of how things currently work, identifying what's not working and implementing practical improvements.
The role: You'll work closely with finance and operational teams across a range of projects, including:
- Reviewing finance processes and identifying opportunities to simplify and improve them.
- Working through balance sheet reconciliation issues and clearing an existing backlog.
- Investigating high-volume transaction flows across sales, customer payments, finance companies and servicing.
- Improving month-end processes, controls and GL mappings.
- Finding practical workarounds within the existing inhouse finance management system.
- Developing clear and consistent SOPs across the finance function.
You'll ideally bring:
- Strong financial accounting and balance sheet experience
- Proven process and systems improvement capability
- Experience in a high-volume transactional environment - retail or franchise would be ideal
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working across different systems.
- An analytical, inquisitive and practical approach
- The ability to work independently, ask the right questions and get things moving
- CA/CPA preferred, although strong QBE candidates will be considered
- Power BI would be a bonus
Please apply in the first instance so we can have your most recent CV on file.
We will be responding to applications from Monday 5 October.
Vacancy managed by Jo Jossevel
Only candidates with current New Zealand working rights will be considered for this opportunity.