- Join a global leader in high value seed production and food ingredient exports
- Provide core financial services for vertically integrated business
- Support new ERP implementation
- Competitive salary + Ashburton based with flexibility + CA membership & CPD support
About the Company:
Known for its ingenuity and continued innovation, Midlands has become one of New Zealand’s top agricultural producers and exporters of specialty vegetable and herbage seeds, pulses, oilseeds, cereal grains, and value-added food ingredients. And with a strong future focus on research and development, Midlands is continually exploring new opportunities to improve its product range.
Privately owned, with a legacy of over 30 years, Midlands is committed to further growth and development of the New Zealand and Australian agri/rural sectors.
About The Role:
The Financial Accountant provides day-to-day financial accounting services for the Group including provision of deliverables related to month-end and year-end activities, accounts payable, balance sheet reconciliations, reporting on performance against budget, and tax compliance.
Skills & Experience:
As the successful candidate, you will lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for various companies within the Group.
You will have a keen eye for detail and robust analytical skills. Collaborative by nature, you will work closely with the Finance Team and easily build solid relationships across the wider group.
Tech savvy with a knowledge of systems development and improvement, you will play a key role with the process mapping and implementation of a new ERP system.
Agriculture and its people will be important to you, and you will actively immerse yourself in the business.
In addition, you will have:
- Relevant Tertiary qualification and a Chartered Accountant
- Five years’ financial experience with a proven track record of handling company finances, banking, treasury, insurance, audit and risk management activities
- Experience and/or understanding of providing financial services within commercial entities with vertically integrated end-to-end business enterprise models
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards and New Zealand tax and statutory requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication, including report writing.
Experience of the agri, food production, manufacturing sector, or related industries would be an advantage.
NOTE: we will be reviewing applications and potentially interviewing while the advertisement is live.