Accountant

About the role

Working closely with the fractional CFO, you will own the group's core financial processes and turn a growing, increasingly complex business into clean, reliable numbers.

Key responsibilities

• Run month-end close across the group's entities: reconciliations, journals, accruals and intercompany balances

• Prepare monthly management reporting: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, KPIs and variance commentary

• Oversee accounts payable, payment runs, bank reconciliations and financial controls

• Assist with GST, FBT and income tax compliance, and year-end workpapers with external advisers

• Maintain intercompany accounting and support group consolidation

• Improve finance processes, controls and reporting templates as the business grows, and support accounts and admin staff day to day

About you

• At least 4 to 5 years of relevant accounting experience, in practice, commercial roles or both

• Strong knowledge of New Zealand financial reporting, GST, payroll obligations and tax compliance

• Confident Xero user (essential) with strong Excel skills

• Experience with multi-entity structures and consolidations, highly valued

• Clear communication with non-financial managers, and accuracy under deadline

About us

Meros Group is an Auckland property services group on a fast growth path. We span real estate sales (trading as Professionals Meros Group, three branches and expanding), property management (around 700 rentals under Professionals Property Management), home staging and property services, and a growing technology arm.

Benefits

• 24 hours across three days, with flexibility on which days and how they run

• High possibility of expanding the role to full time

• Real variety: one week closing the books, the next helping shape reporting for a new acquisition

• Direct access to the owner and CFO; your work is visible and your recommendations get acted on

• A growing group with room for the role to grow with it