Senior Systems Accountant

Randstad New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad New Zealand is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Accountant to blend project delivery with hands-on systems support for the Finance team, IT, and vendors. The role interfaces across the organisation to embed best-practice workflows and robust reporting capabilities.

The successful candidate will have a tertiary qualification in a related field, hands-on SSRS and SQL experience, advanced Excel skills, and a track record in finance system implementations or upgrades.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline.
• Hands-on experience in SSRS report design and writing/maintaining SQL queries.
• Advanced MS Excel capabilities: complex lookups, pivots, data modelling.
• Experience implementing/upgrading finance or ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as Finance SME for system implementation ensuring best-practice workflows and processes.
• Support data migration planning, validation, and execution.
• Design and enhance reporting solutions to deliver key financial and operational insights.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business users, IT and finance.
• Manage day-to-day administration of reporting tools (SSRS, Power BI) and provide report-writing support.

Skills

Systems accounting

Data analyst

Reporting

Education

Bachelor Degree

CA qual

Tools

SSRS

Power BI

SQL queries

MS Excel

Job description

Are you an experienced systems accountant looking for a high-impact contract where you can blend project delivery with hands-on systems support?

I am seeking a skilled Senior Systems Accountant to serve as the critical interface between the Finance team, IT, vendors, and the wider organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as an additional Finance Subject Matter Expert (SME) for system implementation, ensuring best-practice workflows and processes are embedded.
• Support data migration planning, validation, and execution.
• Design, build, and enhance reporting solutions to deliver key financial and operational insights.
• Serve as the key point of contact between business users, internal IT, and finance.
• Manage day-to-day administration of reporting tools (SSRS, Power BI) and provide report-writing expertise and user support.

Qualifications & Technical Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.
• Proven finance systems administration experience, with hands‑on expertise in SSRS report design and writing/maintaining SQL queries.
• Advanced MS Excel capabilities (complex lookups, pivot tables, data modelling).
• Demonstrated track record working on finance or ERP system implementations/upgrades.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

Experience

4 years

Skills

Systems accounting, data analyst, reporting

Qualifications

• CA qual

education

Bachelor Degree