Intermediate Accountant

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Purpose of the Position

This role is a key production role within the offshore pod. The Intermediate Accountant is responsible for efficiently preparing large volumes of compliance work to a high standard, enabling the Pod Senior Accountant to review, finalise, and provide advice.

The role is primarily focused on:

• Compliance delivery: Preparing GST returns, reconciliations, workpapers, trial balances, annual accounts, and income tax return supporting schedules accurately and on time, in line with RightWay processes and templates.
• Senior support: Producing tidy, review-ready files with clear notes, assumptions, and query lists to minimise rework and accelerate turnaround.
• Internal process discipline: Following workflow, quality standards, and data security requirements, and proactively improving how work is delivered.
• Development: Building technical capability in NZ accounting and tax compliance through coaching, feedback, and structured learning.

Key Relationships

• Pod Senior Accountant (NZ)
• Accounting Managers
• NZ leadership (as applicable)
• Offshore Team Leader and offshore team members
• Customers (limited/direct contact as required and appropriate)
• Suppliers/external contacts (rare; only as directed)

Key Accountabilities and Performance Measures

1) Compliance Production (Core of the Role)

Responsibilities:

• Prepare GST returns accurately and on time for designated clients, including supporting reconciliations and GST workpapers.
• Maintain accurate client ledgers: bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, coding integrity, journals, and preparation to trial balance.
• Prepare interim and annual accounts/workpapers to a review-ready standard (all schedules, reconciliations, fixed asset support, accruals/prepayments, etc.).
• Support income tax return preparation by compiling supporting schedules and required information (companies, individuals, trusts, partnerships) as directed by the Senior Accountant.
• Maintain the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering financial transactions.
• Work within RightWay templates and checklists to enable quick and consistent review.

Performance Measures:

• On-time delivery against workflow deadlines and pod targets
• Low rework rate (minimal repeated review points month-to-month)
• High-quality workpapers (clear, complete, easy to follow)
• Consistent productivity aligned with pod targets (e.g., utilisation/time budgets)

2) Pod Support & Communication

(Internal-first; client contact where needed)

Responsibilities:

• Escalate issues early (missing data, unclear treatment, time budget risks, technical uncertainty).
• Ask for help when needed, providing clear summaries of completed work and outstanding issues.
• Draft concise client queries (when requested) and assist with follow-ups using approved channels and templates.
• Maintain clear reviewer notes: assumptions, judgment calls, items to confirm, and next steps.

Performance Measures:

• Clarity and timeliness of internal communication
• Quality of query lists (reduces back-and-forth and speeds completion)

3) Internal Processes, Controls, and Information Security

Responsibilities:

• Follow workflows, naming conventions, workpaper standards, and quality checklists.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date timesheets and job/time records.
• Protect confidentiality and comply with security requirements (client data handling, access control, secure storage, approved tools only).
• Participate in team meetings, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Performance Measures:

• Process adherence (low exceptions)
• Strong file hygiene (correct saving, naming, version control)
• Security compliance (zero breaches)

4) Personal and Professional Development

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of learning NZ compliance work (GST, financial statements preparation, workpaper standards, basic NZ tax concepts).
• Apply feedback from Seniors and Managers and demonstrate month-on-month improvement.
• Build efficiency by learning recurring client patterns, effective template use, and productivity shortcuts without compromising quality.

Performance Measures:

• Demonstrated skill growth and reduced review notes over time
• Increased independence on standard client work

Essential Skills and Attributes

• Strong accounting fundamentals (reconciliations, trial balance preparation, financial statement basics)
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Ability to work at pace while maintaining quality (production mindset)
• Motivated, coachable, and receptive to feedback
• Comfortable escalating early and asking questions when unsure
• Clear written communication (internal and limited external/client communication)
• Reliable time management and ability to meet deadlines and time budgets
• Team-oriented and effective in a remote/offshore collaboration model with NZ teams

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Accounting Technology, or equivalent
• At least 2 years’ experience in public practice, shared services, or outsourcing/BPO accounting
• Experience with cloud accounting software (Xero preferred) and intermediate Excel skills
• Exposure to NZ accounting or tax compliance
• Willingness to work required NZ business-hour overlap as agreed (for pod collaboration and handovers)

Workplace Health, Safety, and Wellbeing

• Comply with health and safety policies and take reasonable care for personal and others’ health and safety.

Miscellaneous

• Other duties reasonably within capability may be required from time to time, with consultation where appropriate.