Junior Accountant (Apr 2024)

We have exciting opportunities for students looking to pursue a career in accounting to join our Private Enterprise team in KPMG!

What does the role involve?

• A permanent, full time role with base office hours of 37.5 hours per week
• Flexibility to use up to 7.5 hours of unpaid study leave per week to attend your tertiary classes and paid study leave to prepare for exams and internal assessments
• Taking up to five papers per year so that students can achieve a good balance between work, study and social time. Therefore take a little longer to finish your degree

What’s in it for me?

• The aim of the programme is for our team members to complete their degrees while they work and stay on with KPMG to progress to their Chartered Accounting qualification with us
• This is real hands-on experience learning accounting in the real world, which will complement your studies
• The opportunity to advance your career at a leading international firm
• A paid position to support yourself whilst studying

What would I be doing?

• Our Private Enterprise compliance team works alongside New Zealand’s privately-owned businesses to help them meet their business goals. Your key responsibilities would include:
• Assist in the preparation of annual accounts and tax returns, initially with a focus on smaller and more straightforward clients (including tasks like data entry, spreadsheet work, drafting accounts etc)
• Prepare and pay clients’ monthly accounts
• Respond to client queries and assist the compliance team in managing client relationships
• Attend in-house/other training, build knowledge in use of professional accounting software
• Assist other team members with administrative tasks