Assistant Financial Accountant
October 14, 2024
- Busy and varied role
- Opportunity to develop your skills and experience
- Permanent, Wellington based
What you’ll do
The Assistant Financial Accountant is responsible for providing accounting support services which include daily bank processes, month end processes, journals, balance sheet reconciliations and tax support. You’ll have a customer centric focus in assisting the business by investigating and answering queries and assisting with financial processes.
As well as the above responsibilities, you will also assist with preparation of annual and half-year financial statements and answer external auditor queries.
What you’ll need
- A sound general understanding of bookkeeping and accounting principles
- Excellent skills in MS Office suite, specifically Excel
- An undergraduate degree in accounting, business or similar
- Ideally working towards or intend to work toward a CA qualification
You’ll be someone who genuinely enjoys responding to our stakeholder needs and queries in a timely and professional manner and looking to develop their career in accounting. You’ll be great at building and maintaining effective working relationships and be enthusiastic at exploring new ways to improve processes and systems.
What you’ll get
- Ongoing development opportunities
- Access to discounted travel, health insurance & holiday houses across NZ as part of the Staff Welfare Trust
- A strong Zero Harm policy to keep you safe
Our people are everything. That’s why KiwiRail is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel valued, respected, and have equal opportunity to succeed. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, personalities, ethnicities, abilities, and cultures.
If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture – where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life.
We’re going places. Are you?
Applications close 28 October 2024
