Assistant Accountant

**About the job**:

- Close-knit, supportive team with opportunities for development
- Private hospital, 100% owned by a Charitable Trust;
- 12 Month fixed term contract

**About Us**:
Braemar Hospital is a prestigious private surgical hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand, dedicated to supporting nearly 200 credentialed specialists, across nine operating theatres and two endoscopy suites, and providing a full range of surgical specialties and medical procedures.

Our hospital exists, quite simply, to make lives better. We know the right experience at Braemar Hospital can improve how patients and their whānau feel, and how they live, even when there’s a long journey to full recovery. To see patients, leave Braemar with a new lease on life makes our efforts worthwhile.

The service we deliver at Braemar Hospital, and the profit that generates, enables our owner, the Braemar Charitable Trust, to support our community to live better lives through funding surgeries, health-related academic scholarships, medical research, and other health-related initiatives across the Waikato.

Care and excellence are at our core. We are well-known for investing in highly sophisticated technology, equipment, and facilities to enable our highly skilled team to deliver quality, safe patient outcomes. We also invest heavily in developing a world-leading organisational culture to attract and retain the very best talent because we know the critical role our team play in surgical excellence.

**The Opportunity**:
We are currently seeking an Assistant Accountant for a 12-month fixed term role, reporting to the Finance Manager. This position may suit a recent Accounting Degree Graduate or someone looking for their first commercial role after working for a couple of years in a Chartered Accountancy practice.

Working in the Finance Team, the Assistant Accountant is responsible for preparing month end reconciliations and journals to assist with monthly management reporting. Managing the fixed asset register and asset reporting, bank reconciliations, invoicing, GST returns, and stocktaking. You will also provide support to the payroll function to ensure fortnightly payroll is processed accurately and on time.

To be successful in this role you will:

- Be a team player and love mucking in wherever you are needed;
- Degree or Diploma in Accounting;
- Have working knowledge of tax information e.g. GST, PAYE;
- Have intermediate/advanced Microsoft Excel and Office skills;
- Have an eye for detail and be able to demonstrate accuracy with figures;
- Have communication skills that are second-to-none to maximise positive outcomes;
- Be committed to continuous improvement and be able to thrive in a changing environment.

**Working for Us**:
Choosing to work at Braemar Hospital means choosing to live the Braemar Way. Our ‘BCOMPassionate’ principles are our North Star, and we know when our people and culture line up behind the Braemar Way, we become unbeatable.

In addition to competitive remuneration, working at Braemar Hospital provides you with access to a number of great benefits, including:

- We provide morning and afternoon tea daily, and we have delicious seasonal fruit delivered three times a week across the hospital;
- We heavily subsidise restaurant-quality meals which you can order for lunch and dinner;
- We have an annual summer shutdown where we close the hospital and ensure our whole team have some down time;
- Once you hit five years’ service at Braemar, we increase your annual holidays accrual to five weeks per year;
- We provide 15 days’ sick leave entitlement from the day you start to ensure you have plenty of leave to cover illness and injury;
- We offer access to our retail and experience discount platforms so you can access great local discounts;
- We provide a parental leave top-up benefit if you’re heading off on parental leave;
- We offer limited free parking on site, a secure bike storage shed, electric vehicle chargers, and we are on a main public transport bus route;
- We provide a pretty special Wellness initiative each year, and we offer our team free access to chnnl - the wellbeing app to support personal wellbeing;
- You’ll have access to a Financial Advisor to help support with your personal finances, free of charge;
- We offer Vitae support which includes confidential, professional support anytime you need it;
- We have a Talent Referral Bonus, and we recognise Long Service;
- We offer considerable space options for you to take a break - we have beautiful outdoor gardens and patio areas, our tea rooms are well-equipped, and we offer quiet spaces for prayer or reflection, or just to have some time out;
- We also provide professional development, internal development opportunities, and professional celebrations throughout the year.