Auditor / Accountant

Lennie & Associates; Auckland; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lennie & Associates in Auckland is seeking an experienced accountant to support audit engagements using AA, a cloud-based audit software. You will prepare engagement letters, upload trial balances, perform analytical reviews, and assist with year-end reporting and tax-related tasks.

The role focuses on accounting and income tax processes, including MYOB tasks, ledger maintenance, and producing financial statements under NZ standards, with a collaborative team environment and client-facing

Qualifications

• Experience with New Zealand accounting standards and tax procedures.
• Familiarity with audit working papers and engagement documentation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare engagement letters and governance questionnaires for clients.
• Upload trial balances and maintain client accounting files in AA.
• Conduct preliminary analytical reviews and assess materiality.
• Assist with finalisation of financial statements and audit reports.
• Support management letters and client communications.

Tools

MYOB Accountants Office

Job description

The New Zealand written software called Audit Assistant (AA), which is hosted in the Cloud, is used. It is auditing standards written, with the software constantly updated for revisions to the standards and is very comprehensive.

Using AA working through the suite of programmes:

• Deciding on the appropriate template for the particular client regarding:
  • Size
  • For profit
  • Not for profit
• Audit Planning including:
  • Preparing / updating the engagement letter for the client
  • Sending to the client governance questionnaires
  • Establishing deadlines with the client regarding:
    • Receipt of draft financial statements
  • Uploading the trial balance
  • Establishing materiality levels of
• Internal Controls assessment including:
  • Sending to the client various questionnaires
• Preliminary analytical review
• Fraud considerations including:
  • Sending questionnaires to management and governance
• Strategy / Plan
  • Establishing the risk analysis, audit strategy and plan
  • Establishing whether to use substantive testing using statistical analysis via AA, or internal controls testing, or both
  • Carrying out testing for
    • Journal and general ledger
    • Fixed and other non-current assets
    • Accounts receivable and other current assets
    • Accounts payable and other current liabilities
• Finalisation and reporting including:
  • Sending audit adjustments to the client
  • Reviewing the financial statements
  • Working through detailed checklists for each financial statement
• Final analytical review
• Management letter
  • Discussing with the Principal as to whether a management letter is required
  • If so, drafting the letter
• Reports including:
  • Customising the standard AA representation letter
  • Customising the standard AA audit report.

Accounting and income tax

• Preparing a paper-based file for the new year
• Using MYOB Accountants Office
  • Backing up the last year’s file
  • Rolling the original last year’s file to the next year
  • Importing cash transactions (coded by another staff person) from MYOB Business
  • Entering year end accruals for debtors, creditors, fixed assets
  • Updating statutory changes including shares issued, shareholders, directors, registered office
  • Updating the notes to the financial statements
  • Checking the links within the financial report
  • Printing the financial report and entering workpaper references on the balance sheet
  • Preparing Director annual resolutions
  • Preparing shareholder resolutions
• Agreeing balance date bank balances to the bank statement
• Updating worksheets in Excel for
  • Revenue
  • Expenses
  • Debtors
  • Creditors
  • GST - reconciling GST to the GST return at balance date
  • IR10 – entering profit or loss and balance sheet numbers to the formulated worksheet
• Updating the Interests Register in Word
• Preparing the income tax return in MYOB Live
• Printing the financial report and tax return for the Principal’s review.

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in New Zealand?
• What's your expected annual base salary?
• How many years' experience do you have as an accountant?
• How much notice are you required to give your current employer?