Intermediate Accountant — Own Your Client Book & Grow

Calc Business Advisors & Chartered Accountants; Whakatāne; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Calc Business Advisors & Chartered Accountants in Whakatāne is seeking an intermediate accountant who will own a client book from start to final sign-off. You’ll work with a close-knit team and have direct support from a director, handling a range of work from trusts to growing local businesses.

Expect real variety and room to grow into advisory work, with a collaborative culture that values practical, plain-English client communication and hands-on ownership of the jobs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a chartered accounting practice.
• Accounting degree required; CA study a plus.
• Strong Xero skills with XPM/FYI experience beneficial.
• Ability to autonomously manage a client workload.
• Clear, plain-English client communication.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual accounts and tax returns for companies, trusts, partnerships, estates and individuals.
• Prepare and file GST returns.
• Finalising jobs once clients have signed.
• Trust admin, from gifting to wind-ups.
• Being the go-to person for your own clients, and keeping your jobs moving in XPM.
• Helping clients with the IRD, including instalment arrangements and debt applications.

Skills

3+ years experience

Xero skills

XPM experience

FYI experience

Autonomy

Plain-English communication

Education

Accounting degree

CA study a plus

Tools

Xero

XPM

FYI

Job description

Calc Business Advisors & Chartered Accountants in Whakatāne is seeking an intermediate accountant who will own a client book from start to final sign-off. You’ll work with a close-knit team and have direct support from a director, handling a range of work from trusts to growing local businesses.

Expect real variety and room to grow into advisory work, with a collaborative culture that values practical, plain-English client communication and hands-on ownership of the jobs.