Assistant Accountant

Become a Key Player in Financial Success!

Are you an experienced finance professional ready to make a significant impact in a growing, innovative company?

We’re looking for a 12-month fixed term Assistant Accountant to join our team in Auckland and play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of our finance function.

Join us for this exciting opportunity and help us achieve our purpose of doing good from the ground up!

About the role

The Assistant Accountant is critical to supporting our finance function through accurate financial processing, reconciliations, and reporting. This is a 12 Months Fixed term position covering maternity leave and reports directly to the Financial Controller.

You will be the key person responsible for accounts receivable and credit control, working closely with the Financial Controller and wider Operations, Sales, and Customer Service teams. You will contribute to the effective financial management of the business, ensure compliance with accounting and audit standards, support various monthly and annual finance activities, and even serve as a backup for payroll.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Accounts Receivable and Credit Management: Processing customer credit applications, customer set-up and maintenance, invoicing, applying payments, and liaising with customers on outstanding invoices.
• General Accounting: Assisting with month-end and year-end journals and reconciliations (like Balance Sheet, Fixed Asset Register), and inputting transactions into MYOB.
• Inventory and Operations Support: Assisting with monthly stocktake activities, reconciling stock variances, and inputting daily/weekly production timesheets.
• Compliance and Reporting: Supporting audit and compliance processes, preparing documentation, and ensuring adherence to finance procedures and internal controls.

What will you bring:

We’re looking for someone who is results-driven, highly accurate, and a great collaborator:

• Experience: 2–3 years’ experience in a similar accounting or finance support role.
• Qualifications: A tertiary qualification in Accounting or Business (or actively working towards one).
• Skills: High attention to detail and strong numerical accuracy, sound knowledge of accounting principles, and proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Google Workspace tools.
• Advantageous: Experience in a manufacturing or inventory-based environment is preferred, and exposure to ERP systems and payroll processing is advantageous.
• Attributes: The ability to work independently, prioritise workloads to meet deadlines, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

About us

At APD, our purpose is to provide products and service that revolutionises water management solutions for the New Zealand environment. Our products are used in the residential, manufacturing, industrial and municipal sectors. Our success is the result of continually innovating and creating quality products. Combined with the superior service that we give our customers, APD is second to none.

We are a New Zealand owned medium-sized local manufacturing company and growing quickly. Our continued growth comes from our focus and drive to increase our range of products and the markets we serve. As we grow, we are keeping our family feel and our values reflect that.

Why join us?

As a growing company, APD offers employees competitive remuneration and a fantastic team culture. We strive to make working at APD a great experience with benefits like:

• Learning and development opportunities
• Great coffee and fresh fruit
• Monthly lunch shouts and free parking
• Flu vaccinations, free GP visits after 3 months, and a voucher on your birthday
• An annual ten pin bowling event

So, apply now to join us and be part of a successful, growing company that really cares about their employees.