My client is one of New Zealand's leading beverage exporters, sharing the best of New Zealand with the world. This is a thriving finance team of collaborative individuals who are big picture thinkers.  This is a newly created role with a dotted line to a very senior manager, allowing the right person extensive growth and development.  This is a genuinely exciting opportunity for someone ideally with a start in Big 4, keen to look at a move to commercial.  
It's a varied, hands-on role working closely with the key finance managers in the business, all being seriously good people creating meaningful workflow, process improvement, quality reporting and a great culture to work in.   

What you'll be doing

• Supporting month-end and year-end close, including journals, reconciliations, accruals and intercompany
• Helping prepare the annual financial statements and supporting the external audit
• Preparing tax workings for income tax, GST and FBT, plus tax reconciliations, provisions and deferred tax
• Supporting tax reviews and information requests
• Strengthening internal controls, governance and compliance across the Group
• Finding smarter ways to streamline reporting and improve processes

What you'll bring

• CA qualified or working towards it
• Solid financial accounting experience, either in-house or from a chartered accounting or audit firm
• Strong knowledge of NZ IFRS and month-end and year-end processes
• Exposure to tax compliance, including GST, FBT and income tax
• Great attention to detail and a methodical approach
• An improvement mindset, and the confidence to suggest a better way
• A collaborative team player who lives by doing the right thing

Why you'll love it

• A broad role across reporting, tax and controls, so you'll keep growing
• Support from an experienced finance and tax leadership team
• A company with a strong reputation, clear values and a focus on wellbeing and sustainability
• A great move for audit professionals ready to go in-house

The right person for this role is someone who wants to grow and develop under the best leadership you could ask for, you'll be someone who asks the questions, who wants to be a part of the journey through automation, and who understands that all parts of the business are interrelated, curious and aware of the bigger picture. 
If this sounds like you and you'd like to know more, please show an interest by clicking Apply today to Liz Beckett with an updated CV.