Senior Accountant - Full-time or Part-time position

Sidekick Timaru Limited; Timaru; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm in Timaru is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their professional and fun team. The role offers flexibility with full-time or part-time options, and requires a minimum of 3 years of Public Practice experience. You will provide excellent client management and support within a vibrant workplace culture that emphasizes professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Professional development and CPD hours

Health and wellbeing activities

Annual conference with training

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of Public Practice experience.
• Fantastic verbal and written English.
• Ideally have experience working with Xero.
• Sound technical accounting knowledge and ability to learn new systems.
• Dedication, professionalism, and the ability to have fun.

Responsibilities

• Help clients achieve their version of success.
• Provide support to an innovative and growing client base.

Skills

Public Practice experience

Verbal and written English skills

Client management and communication skills

Technical accounting knowledge

Experience with Xero

Professionalism and dedication

Education

Accounting qualification at a tertiary level

Tools

Xero

Job description

Senior Accountant - Full-time or Part-time position

Sidekick Timaru is searching for a Full-time or Part-time Senior Accountant!

Are you looking for the next step and want the opportunity, training and remuneration to reach your potential?

Are you a professional, fun and forward-thinking Accountant that loves to help clients in the ‘real world’ not just help with their compliance? Sidekick want you to join their professional and fun team, we even won the National Award with BSI People Skills, Culture Excellence Awards in 2024!

Sidekick is an innovative industry leader among Chartered Accounting firms with a strong and continuously growing client base.

Sidekick is one of the leading Xero Partners in New Zealand having recently been finalists is the Xero Advisory Partner and Xero Large Partner of the year and has been awarded Partner of the Year.

Be More Successful with Sidekick!

Our core values are:

• Connected - The best solutions
• Legit - Do the right thing
• Genuine - Real relationships
• Ingenious - Agile and innovative
• Effective - Play to our strengths

Our brand promises to our clients:

• Be ahead of the pack
• Help achieve your version of success
• Give clarity and build confidence

What you need to have:

• At least 3 years of Public Practice experience
• An accounting qualification at a tertiary level
• Fantastic verbal and written English
• Excellent client management and communication skills
• Ideally have experience working with Xero
• Sound technical accounting knowledge and the ability to learn new systems
• Professionalism, competence, dedication, willingness, intelligence, and if you have all of that, the ability to have fun too!
• Ideally some Rural Accounting experience

What you will get:

• We offer an amazing working culture with a fun social club, health and wellbeing activities including optional gym bootcamps twice a week, and regular workplace celebrations in a flexible working environment.
• Professional development and CPD hours
• CAANZ memberships and CA Program covered
• Annual Sidekick conference with training and team-building
• Awesome clients who will love the support you provide
• An attractive salary based on your skills and experience
• An enthusiastic, progressive, and professional team for you to build your career with
• Personal Development Plans and quarterly goal-setting

Full-time or Part-time position available for the right candidate

At Sidekick Timaru no day will be the same! Are you ready for the next step, a new challenge and the opportunity for growth.