Assistant Accountant
Join a fantastic company in an office based role in a role of responsibility with plenty of mentoring and coaching available!
- Work under an excellent CFO with a direct reporting line to do your CA qualification – ATE registered!
- Gain exposure to diverse financial tasks, you won’t be bored!
- Easy access to motorways, in a great location
- OFFICE only based role – NO work from home
Are you ready to take your accounting career to the next level? Join a thriving Auckland company in the consumables sector and bring your expertise to life as you work towards or build on your Chartered Accounting (CA) qualification.
What’s in it for you?
- Join a high-performing Finance Team that values growth and innovation.
- Handle real-world challenges with vendor rebates, chargebacks, operations expenses, and monthly reporting.
- Turn numbers into actionable insights with management accounting and variance analysis.
- Work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where your contributions will make an impact.
What we’re looking for:
- Qualification: Degree in Accounting/Finance (CA/CPA eligible or ready to start).
- Experience: 2–3 years in a similar role, this isn’t your first role post qualification, ideally starting at one of the Big 5 or within a consumables/manufacturing business, ready to take that next step.
- Skills: SAP knowledge (or similar ERP), Excel whiz, and sharp with financial/management accounting tasks.
- Mindset: Ambitious, detail-focused, and eager to learn, committed to exceptional communication.
Your Day-to-Day:
- Manage month-end journals, balance sheet reconciliations, and fixed assets.
- Track operational costs, handle accruals, and manage prepayments.
- Build vendor relationships and oversee rebate/chargeback processes to resolution.
- Prepare audit workpapers, contribute to financial disclosures, and support the Finance Team with ad hoc tasks.
This isn’t just another accounting role—it’s a chance to make an impact and grow with a respected organisation. Here, your skills will be developed, your ideas valued, and your career supported every step of the way.
If you’re ready to take on a rewarding challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
- Industry
- Accounting & Finance
- Locations
- East Tamaki
East Tamaki
Why work with Paragon? 💎
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True Partnerships, we're not about transactional relationships 🤝
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Proven success recruiting in the contact-centre industry 📞
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Solutions built for your business, not others
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Upholding the businesses and your candidates privacy 🔒
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We use technology to back our processes. Therefore full transparency is assured 🖥️📱💻
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We provide guidance to your hiring managers!
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A unique cost-model, we're not just about the big fee at the end 💰
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We have over 70 years of joint expertise to find you the best and hardest to entice talent across the globe
Partnering with Paragon
As a small business we’re agile and adaptable to meet the expectations of our clients, and our candidates.
Our ethics, honesty, transparency and hands-on approach means we’re always contactable, in tune with what our candidates and clients require and provide updates and advice, along the recruitment journey.
We are inclusive, love having fun and a laugh, we're inquisitive about you as a candidate, and your business as a client, so we ask loads of questions so we can help you as best as we can!
We don’t take ourselves too seriously but take finding your next dream job, as seriously as anything!
At the same time, we are very committed to attracting the best talent for your business, and ensuring your brand speaks volumes for potential employees to join your team.
Check out the candidate journey we take our candidates on, to be their best!
About Paragon Recruitment Ltd
What is a Paragon?
Paragon (n): A person or thing viewed as a model of excellence.
Imagine a 100-carat diamond, Invaluable. Precise. Flawless.
These are the values that drive Paragon. When it comes to recruitment, our mission is to find you that diamond in the rough.
Paragon represents Excellence in Recruitment & HR.
We take the hassle out of recruitment; Using a precise method that focuses on quality to deliver invaluable candidates for our clients.
Assistant Accountant
Join a fantastic company in an office based role in a role of responsibility with plenty of mentoring and coaching available!
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