Fisher & Paykel is an iconic New Zealand brand, a global company with a strong local heritage. Our origins inspire our culture of curiosity and passion to develop solutions designed around people - these are some of the core elements that make us unique.We are driven by our values of being trusted, sustainably minded, innovative, generous, and curious.

Due to an internal promotion,we now have an opportunity in our small dynamicand collaborativeNZDistributorteam for anearly-careerAssistant AccountantThis is your chance to develop yourtechnical andcommercial accounting skills and continue towardsachievement of CA with an exceptionally supportive leader and team

You’llown core accounting processes across rebates, pricing, debtors, and month-end reporting,maintainaccuracy and integrity of financial transactions and reconciliations

Want more detail on whatyou’llbedoing?

• Managing rebate commitments, analysing performance, processing payments and reconciliations, and partnering with Sales on pricing and claim approvals

• Maintaining the Global Price Management (GPM) tool as thesingle sourceof truth and presenting key insights in monthly sales meetings

• Performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations across key accounts and investigating variances

• Performing daily and month-end bank reconciliations andmaintainingthe integrity of NZ debtors' balances with monthly reporting

• Overseeing CAPEX reporting andmaintainingthe Fixed Asset Register in alignment with project timelines

• Supporting the Financial Accountant and Inventory Controller with inventory reports, integrity checks, cycle counts, and consignment and inter-location stock movements

• Supporting month-end close, journal entries, and preparation of monthly and annual (audited) accounts

• Continuously improving financial controls, process documentation, and internal training, and ensuring compliance with Group financial policies and NZ regulatory requirements

• Rotating across accounting tasks to build broad capability and cross-functional coverage within the team.

Our ideal candidate…

You’llhaveup to a year of post-gradexperienceandbecommitted to ongoing learning andworking towardsCA. You’llneed excellent written and verbal communication skills, an ability to grasp and understand complex business issues and translate to non-financialstakeholders, a customer-facingaptitudeandan ability to time manage competing demandsand prioritiesYou’reself-motivated and display initiativeand aresolutions focused. Importantly you will work collaborativelyacross broad set of stakeholdersto deliver successful outcomesfor the business

What’son offer?