Commercial Accountant - NZ Remote

Overview:

This role requires a motivated person who is good at multi-tasking and has good communication and time management skills. You should be thorough, accurate and be able to demonstrate good bookkeeping, Excel skills, system skills and logic. With prior working knowledge of Xero and Syft Analytics used to consolidate the financials.

Currently the company operates as a Trust and 10 individual limited liability Companies. As the refinancing project continues potentially the number of limited liability companies may grow.

The role is within our Shared Service Finance unit and is responsible for the day-to-day processing of data, reconciliations and reporting. You will be required to do the full range of accounting duties including data entry, creation of transactions into Xero, fact-checking, preparation of forecasts, preparation of daily cashflows, liaison with our Insurance Brokers, working with our external refinancing team, leger reconciliations, working on projects and finally preparing the consolidated monthly financial statements.

Responsibilities:

• The role primarily provides the day-to-day accounting support. From time-to-time you may also be required to provide input/support across our wider business units.
• You will be required to process all property transactions from the Xero bank account Dashboards.
• You will provide the day-to-day lead and support on any future system implementations within the Division. Currently we are working through the development and implementation of a new Property Management System. To this extent you will be required to provide input and testing to ensure that this system is correctly implemented and allows for the accurate financial reporting of the Divisions operations.
• You will create and maintain monthly General Ledger reconciliations.
• You will create and maintain the Fixed Asset Registers for each of our business units.
• You will oversee communications with the Divisions vendors as and when required. This may require you to assist in producing supplier account reconciliations.
• You will prepare a set of monthly financial statements for the Division and will arrange, attend and facilitate regular monthly ‘Board’ meetings with the owners. This will require you to provide an explanation/understanding of the key events occurring in the reporting period.
• You will provide and maintain a daily cashflow forecast for the various bank accounts of the Division.
• You will undertake fact checks and resolve discrepancies as and when they arise.
• You will, from time-to-time, assist with tax compliance.

Requirements

• Degree qualified with 3-5 years experience in a related field.
• Commercial accounting background.
• Previous experience working within a project team and know what is required to lead the day-to-day work.
• Be able to demonstrate good problem solving skills and have an ‘eye for detail’ to spot anomalies. This may require you to undertake deep dives to get to the route of the problem and then be able to provide a workable solution.
• Good keyboard skills.
• Proficiency with computer packages and cloud based bookkeeping software. Also have an understanding of what AI applications can bring to processes and how various social media’s and Apps can impact the working environment.
• Good time management and verbal and written communication skills.
• Good general ledger and supplier statement reconciliation skills.
• Professional manner and a strong ethical code.
• Ability to multitask and remain motivated and positive. At times you will have several ‘balls’ in the air at one time and you will need to be able to ensure that appropriate coverage/attention is being applied to each task.
• Commitment to working efficiently and accurately.

Benefits

• New Zealand based client
• Remote / WFH
• Full time