Assistant Accountant - - 37798 - Fletcher Building

General Information

Job Type

Permanent

Description

Due to recent growth and a strong forward work position in the Waikato, we have an opportunity for a Assistant Accountant to join the Waikato Region.

Reporting to the Area Finance Manager – Waikato and leading a team of 6 administrators, you will be undertaking and delivering finance and contract management support services.

A typical day may include:

Leading and guiding administrators, setting clear expectations and supporting their professional growth to improve team performance
Raising customer invoices and assisting in weekly debtor and cashflow management
Maintaining project, customer, and supplier master data files within JDE
Assist project managers and engineers in understanding project/financial reporting
Assist in the region’s administrative, regulatory, and financial duties and in line with the Group timetable

What you’ll bring to the role:

Tertiary qualification in accounting with over 3 years practical accounting experience
Prior experience in Civil Contracting / Construction industry is essential
People leadership / management experience
Chartered Accountant designation (or equivalent) or working towards this
Confident at owning and managing workflows with competing deadlines
High attention to detail
Highly organised with the ability to prioritise
Advanced in Excel
Excellent communication skills

Come join the Higgins Team:

Role based in our Hamilton branch
Join a supportive and passionate team with plans to build the Higgins brand across the Waikato.
Career development – opportunities to grow your career at Higgins and the wider Fletcher Building group of businesses.
Access to Fletchers Building Benefits Programme, including:

A brand-new market-leading parental leave policy to ensure employees are well supported throughout one of life’s most significant events.
Employee share scheme, educational and welfare funds.
A significant portfolio of retail benefits across major NZ businesses such as ANZ, Z energy, PlaceMakers, Mico and Samsung.

Higgins is a leading roading and civil infrastructure company in New Zealand. We are on a dynamic growth path with people at the heart of what we do every day. We offer a great working environment, competitive hourly rate, subsidised medical insurance and subsidised education and training for you and your dependants.

Higgins is committed to a drug-free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing along with a health check – you’ll need to be fit for work!

Building better roads for safer journeys – He pai ake te hanga o ngā rori, kia haumaru ai ngā haerenga

We welcome your individuality. We are enriched by so many nationalities, languages, religions, customs, and lifestyles. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us stronger.