I currently have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Accountant, with a public sector organisation based in Lower Hutt. This is a six month fixed-term role, covering journals, month-end processes, reconciliations and support to an experienced Financial Accountant. We are ideally looking for a motivated finance professional, who has experience in financial administration and an excellent communication skillset.

Other Duties Include:

• General ledger reconciliations and maintenance, assisting wider users with queries and issues
• Post accrual journals, assisting the Management Accountants with month-end accounts
• Support the Financial accountant with accounting of subsidaries, group consolidation
• Support the Systems Accountant with maintenance and the issue log for the FMIS

What We Are Looking For:

• Experience across financial administration (AP/AR), reconciliations, general ledger maintenance and journal entries
• Confidence to use various systems, databases and FMIS with Intermediate level MS Excel skills
• 2-3 years experience in a Finance Team, with a working understanding of financial principles and experience applying these