Sr Accountant

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Auckland
In-Office
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech
The Role
Manage New Zealand's Finance responsibilities, ensure compliance with US GAAP, oversee audits, and improve financial processes. Lead a finance team and collaborate on cross-functional projects.
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About Australasian Medical and Scientific Limited (AMSL) and New Zealand Medical & Scientific (NZMS):

AMSL and NZMS are subsidiaries of Dexcom, a worldwide leader in transforming diabetes care and management by providing CGM technology to help patients and healthcare professionals better manage diabetes. We form partnerships with world leading medical device, pharmaceutical and scientific innovators and are passionate about introducing and establishing advances in healthcare and science for the benefit of patients and healthcare providers.

Working in the Medical Devices Industry, you will be exposed to a broad range of products that have life changing effects on a patient's quality of life.

Meet the Team:
Join our Finance Team as Senior Financial Accountant overseeing financial operations for New Zealand. In this key role, you’ll support New Zealand Finance and Accounting by ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with both US GAAP and local statutory requirements. You'll work with a dedicated global finance team to improve financial processes, handle audits, and take full ownership of finance function for NZ operation to support Dexcom’s growth in New Zealand.
 
If you're ready for a dynamic, impactful position where you’ll drive financial excellence and develop new initiatives, this is the opportunity for you.

Where You Come In:

  • You manage New Zealand's Finance requirements including preparation of monthly financial reports and reporting to parent company, focusing on controlling, accounting, and financial reporting, while ensuring compliance with US GAAP and local statutory regulations.
  • You develop, implement, and maintain accounting systems, managing journal entries, general ledger, cash flow, and revenue reconciliation, whilst overseeing accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll managed by our Global Business Service team in Manila.
  • You design and improve operational processes that meet audit standards, providing counsel on financial issues that impact business operations.
  • You analyze financial results, conduct flux analysis, and provide insights on business fluctuations and trends.
  • You will be responsible for ensuring all Fringe Benefits Tax obligations are met.
  • You collaborate with cross-functional teams including external auditors, to ensure adherence to policies and accurate record-keeping.
  • You lead annual audits, engage in special projects, and provide data integration for financial analysts.
  • You play a pivotal role in system and process improvements, offering training and guidance on financial tools and policies to the team.
  • You oversee a finance team, selecting, developing, and evaluating personnel to ensure smooth and efficient operations.

What Makes You Successful:

  • You have strong accounting expertise, with a solid understanding of US GAAP, local statutory requirements, and government financial reporting standards.
  • You demonstrate analytical strength, adept at interpreting financial results, identifying complex issues, and resolving reconciliation problems.
  • Your expertise in business systems and processes allows you to create specialized reports and lead in system troubleshooting.
  • You possess excellent communication skills, able to explain complex accounting topics to non-finance staff and engage effectively with senior leadership.
  • You bring a keen business awareness and customer focus, adapting processes to meet changing business needs and evaluating customer impacts.
  • You will be detailed orientated and pride yourself on superior levels of accuracy in all that you do. You will be approachable, down to earth, and have a process and deadline driven mindset.  If you enjoy process improvement, this is a great opportunity to add value through your expertise. 

What you’ll get:

  • A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.

  • A full and comprehensive benefits program.

  • Growth opportunities on a global scale.

  • Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

  • An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Travel Required:

  • 0-5%

Experience and Education Requirements:

  • Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy or related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting.
  • Strong knowledge of local statutory requirements including NZ Tax legislation.

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The Company
Chatswood, New South Wales
7,214 Employees
Year Founded: 1999

What We Do

Dexcom Corporation is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started.

We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by over 10,000 ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more.

Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us

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