Systems Accountant
Location: NZ, N, Auckland
Department: Finance
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Accounting
Function: Finance
Company profile: Vend is looking for some awesome new talent to come join us. You'll be working in an awesome team doing awesome things, and generally being awesome.Learn about us on our blog, or meet the team on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedInAwesome SpaceOur brand new Auckland office space is located on Nuffield Street in Newmarket, surrounded by our customers and the industry we love. It is huge, open, and shiny new with great meeting room spaces, casual working environments and plenty of space to host awesome events. We don't do cubicles, just plenty of space, whiteboards and meetings rooms. We also have a great cafe/retail space with our very own Front of House Manager taking care of our visitors and fellow Venders. Like Auckland our Melbourne office is surrounded by retail. It's a great wee space equipped with tiny houses and some awesome cardboard cutout animals.Our Toronto office is located right in the heart of downtown retail district. Like Melbourne and Auckland there's a great vibe with great coffee, boutique stores and some of the greatest restaurants in the city. Our SoMa office in San Francisco is located in the middle of the SF tech scene, just a (Biz) stone's throw from Twitter.The EnvironmentWe want you to be at the top of your game. You can wear whatever clothing you like, start work late in the morning, take breaks whenever you want and generally work the way you want to work. Who we're looking forVend is looking for people to push the boundaries. We are a hard working professional team with a wicked sense of humour, and we are looking for people who thrive in a collaborative open environment. We want passionate, hard working, talented individuals that want to lead in their field.
Description: Just in case this is the first time you’ve visited our website Vend is an award winning web based point of sale software for retail. We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software, all of this to make life easier for our retailers.  Vend is a fast-growing tech start-up, since launching in 2010 we’ve now got 10,000+ customers all over the world with more than 170 employees shared between our Auckland, Melbourne, Toronto, Berlin, London & San Francisco offices.The Finance team is all about helping Vend scale effectively and awesomely.  They are a world-class team serving the business globally from Auckland.  If every process is amazing and every interaction with anyone outside of the team is valuable then this team of spreadsheet-loving people is happy.We are looking for an Accountant to join the team who lives and breathes systems and process improvement. Someone who is a simplifier and and believes in just enough process to drive the right behaviour and meet any internal control requirements, but not so much that we impede getting shit done.  Equally as important is someone who works well in a team and is totally happy to pitch in and do what is needed to hit deadlines.The kinds of things you will be doing in this role include:researching, analysing, implementing and embedding awesome business-centric systems and processes, including accounting, payroll, billing and planning systemsbuilding strong relationships and facilitating change management processesregularly reporting on KPIs to ensure the senior management team and staff are well informed and we continue to make data-driven decisions across the businessother finance and accounting projects and tasks as things come up.We always love to meet smart people with a great attitude. Don't be discouraged if you can't tick every box on this list, if you are an eager learner, and have shown awesome potential - please get in touch. The Finance team would love to meet you. You never know what opportunities this team has to offer down the track.
Requirements: Strong and current systems knowledge and expertise, ideally with accounting, payroll, planning, billing and business improvement systems.5+ years experience in a systems accounting or analyst role (or similar), preferably within a fast growing business or as a hands on consultant.Outstanding change management skills.IT experience (desirable but not essential).Continuous improvement focus - always looking at ways to streamline and improve processes.Strong relationship management skills and the ability to get the most out of both internal and external stakeholders.Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written, in particular the ability to translate finance and accounting jargon to language and graphs that non-finance people “get”.Can work well with lots of people juggling priorities.Likes change, lots of change.Simultaneously attend to details while not losing sight of the big picture.Absolutely mental attention to detail skills.May even have some background in retail (because we LOVE retail).Has awesome Excel skills (goes without saying really).A real team player that shares knowledge and will fit in with the Vend culture and values.
Benefits: What can you expect from us?We have an open culture where we openly share our results and your input is truly valued.We'll have a great environment for you to work in and grow.We are committed to your professional development and offer a $5k finance conference allowance for you to keep up to date with all things finance and share your learnings with the team.We work hard but we also have a lot of fun at work!Work-life balance or "blend" as we like to call it.  We know you have a life outside of work and at Vend you can have a life inside work too.Utilise all your talents.  Not just the ones written in your job description.We welcome all of you at work.  We don’t want you to leave your personality at the door.If you’re interested in joining one of NZ’s (and the world's, IMHO) most exciting companies, Best Workplaces and obviously the most fun and hard working environments around we’d love to hear from you.Get in touch, apply now, hit that button, get it done and come have a chat with us. We can’t wait to hear from you!
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