Financial Accountant

Heritage Lifecare; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Heritage Lifecare in Wellington is seeking a Financial Accountant to join our Commercial Finance team during a period of growth. You will own the month-end close, maintain strong balance sheet discipline and support the annual audit while collaborating with stakeholders across the business.

This role is ideal for a newly qualified Chartered Accountant looking to broaden experience in a large, complex organisation.

Qualifications

• CAANZ-registered or equivalent Chartered Accountant qualification.
• Experience in a Big 4, professional services or medium-to-large corporate environment.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and timeliness.
• Comfortable with financial systems, reporting tools and large data volumes.
• Demonstrates initiative, accountability and continuous improvement of processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journals, accruals, prepayments and other month-end entries.
• Support the monthly and year-end close and financial reporting processes.
• Provide draft commentary for reporting packs and perform variance analysis.
• Own CAPEX accounting and reporting, including WIP review and fixed asset register maintenance.
• Contribute to the annual audit, prepare schedules and liaise with auditors.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Effective communicator

Team player

Initiative & accountability

Education

CA qualified (CAANZ or equivalent)

Tools

TechnologyOne

Jedox

Power BI

Job description

Heritage Lifecare is one of New Zealand's leading aged care providers and the country's largest dementia care provider. We are a growing and dynamic organisation with care homes and retirement villages stretching from Whangārei to Invercargill. At Heritage, we pride ourselves on being a caring community with a supportive and nurturing culture; we are whānau.

• Broad exposure across month-end, financial reporting, audit and CAPEX
• A great opportunity for a newly qualified CA looking to build their career
• Take on real ownership in a large, complex and growing organisation

Build your accounting career in a supportive, high-performing team at an exciting time of growth for one of New Zealand's largest aged care providers.

We’re looking for a Financial Accountant to join Heritage Lifecare’s Commercial Finance team in Wellington at an exciting time for the business. With over 50 care homes and 28 retirement villages across Aotearoa, Heritage continues to grow and invest across its portfolio.

This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified Chartered Accountant who is looking to broaden their experience in a large and complex organisation. You may be looking to make your first move out of a professional services firm or already be working in a similar-sized corporate environment and be ready to take greater ownership across month-end, reporting, audit and CAPEX.

Working closely with our Finance Manager and Senior Financial Accountant, you will play an important role in delivering an accurate and efficient month-end close, maintaining strong balance sheet disciplines, supporting our annual audit and working with a range of stakeholders to manage our extensive capital expenditure programme.

Our Corporate Services office is currently based in Johnsonville and will move to the Wellington CBD in March next year. Flexible working arrangements are available, including the option to work from home up to two days per week.

• Preparing journals, accruals, prepayments and other month-end entries.
• Supporting the monthly and year-end close and financial reporting processes.
• Supporting revenue, cost and other month-end analysis. Providing draft commentary into reporting packs.
• Own CAPEX accounting and reporting, including WIP review, capitalisation and maintenance of the fixed asset register.
• Play a key role in our annual audit, including drafting financial statements, managing audit requests, completing supporting schedules and memos, and coordinating samples and reconciliations with the transactional finance team.
• Own balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules, with support from the transactional finance team.
• Supporting retirement village and other recurring financial reporting requirements.
• Maintaining accurate financial data and supporting reporting through TechnologyOne, Jedox and Power BI.
• Helping improve and automate finance processes and reduce manual work, leveraging AI where appropriate.
• Possess genuine respect, empathy and interest in others.
• CA qualified (or similar) through CAANZ or an equivalent professional body.
• Have experience within a Big 4, professional services or medium-to-large corporate environment.
• Have strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail, ensuring work is completed accurately and on time.
• Be comfortable working with financial systems, reporting tools and large volumes of financial data.
• Demonstrate initiative, accountability and a willingness to continuously improve processes and ways of working.
• Be an effective communicator and team player who collaborates well with colleagues and stakeholders across the business.
• The opportunity to work within a progressive environment and with an organisation that has a solid focus to ensure the delivery of respectful and caring services that are safe for residents and staff.
• Flexible working arrangements, including up to two days working from home each week.
• The opportunity to work alongside a supportive and experienced finance team.
• Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities. CA fees covered.

We recognise the Treaty of Waitangi and its importance to Māori and how it applies to the work at Heritage Lifecare. This includes adhering to the concepts of whanaungatanga, whakapapa and manaakitanga when dealing with people to foster an environment where people can work together with ease and understanding.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand. Therefore, we may be unable to support a visa application for this position.