Role Description We are seeking a detail-oriented and reliable Bookkeeper with experience in Xero and New Zealand accounting practices. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, managing day-to-day bookkeeping tasks, and ensuring compliance with relevant NZ regulations. Key Responsibilities - Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records - Perform daily bookkeeping tasks including accounts payable and receivable - Reconcile bank and credit card accounts - Process invoices, payments, and payroll (if applicable) - Prepare and manage GST returns in accordance with New Zealand regulations - Assist in month-end and year-end closing processes - Generate financial reports as required - Liaise with accountants, auditors, and other stakeholders - Ensure compliance with New Zealand financial and tax requirements Qualifications - Proven experience as a Bookkeeper or in a similar role - Hands-on experience with Xero accounting software - Solid understanding of New Zealand accounting standards and GST - Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy - Good organizational and time management skills - Ability to work independently and meet deadlines Preferred Qualifications - Experience working with New Zealand-based clients or companies - Relevant accounting or bookkeeping certification - Experience handling multiple entities or accounts Key Skills - Attention to detail - Accuracy and accountability - Strong communication skills - Problem-solving ability - Time management and prioritization

• Support AI training and validation projects focused on accounting records, bookkeeping workflows, reconciliations, and financial documentation. • Review AI-generated responses and create high-quality accounting-focused content. • Evaluate the reasoning and accuracy behind transaction handling, ledger management, and administrative finance processes. • Assess outputs for correctness, completeness, and compliance with accounting principles. • Identify inconsistencies, classification errors, or documentation gaps. • Fact-check financial logic and write expert-level explanations and reference solutions. • Compare multiple AI responses based on accounting accuracy and reasoning quality. • Develop AI Training Content (Accounting & Records): Create detailed accounting-related prompts and reference answers covering bookkeeping, reconciliations, voucher handling, ledger analysis, transaction classification, and financial recordkeeping workflows. • Evaluate & Rank AI Responses: Review, compare, and evaluate AI-generated outputs for accounting accuracy, completeness, compliance with instructions, and logical consistency. • Provide concise written justifications based on accounting principles and documentation standards. • Manual to Digital Data Annotation: Accurately extract and structure information from handwritten or scanned accounting documents, ledgers, forms, invoices, vouchers, and historical records into digital formats. • Identify accounting mistakes, reconciliation issues, duplicate entries, classification errors, missing approvals, or unsupported transactions to improve AI model reliability and financial reasoning quality. • Test AI systems across different accounting and administrative finance scenarios to validate consistency, reliability, and performance across real-world bookkeeping and institutional workflows.

Role Description We are seeking a highly skilled Full-Charge Bookkeeper who can seamlessly bridge the gap between daily transaction precision and high-level accounting oversight. In this role, you will take complete ownership of our financial health, moving far beyond basic data entry to become a trusted steward of our accounts. This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented professional to manage the end-to-end accounting lifecycle, perform critical month-end close tasks, and generate the deep financial reporting that empowers our leadership to scale with absolute confidence. Key Responsibilities - Own the Full Accounting Cycle: - Manage all day-to-day bookkeeping, financial data entry, and ledger maintenance to guarantee 100% accurate, tax-ready records. - Drive Month-End Closings: - Execute comprehensive end-of-month closing processes, including rigorous bank, credit card, and merchant account reconciliations inside QuickBooks. - Produce Financial Intelligence: - Generate, format, and review vital financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheets, Cash Flow statements) to provide clear financial visibility to leadership. - Manage Working Capital: - Oversee the accounts payable and receivable lifecycles, ensuring seamless vendor payments, client invoicing, and proactive collections management. - Coordinate Payroll & Compliance: - Process regular payroll runs accurately and on time, ensuring proper tax calculations and adherence to general compliance standards. - Analyze Financial Metrics: - Monitor ledger trends, perform variance analysis, and proactively flag discrepancies, budget concerns, or cash flow optimization opportunities to leadership. Qualifications - Minimum 3–5 years of blended experience acting as both a bookkeeper and accountant, preferably supporting small-to-medium businesses (Required). - Expert Mastery of QuickBooks Online/Desktop: Must be completely comfortable navigating advanced reporting features, ledger setups, and built-in payroll modules (Required). - Strong Accounting Fundamentals: Deep knowledge of general ledger adjustments, double-entry accounting, and advanced financial reporting parameters (Required). - Exceptional Communication Skills: Ability to explain complex accounting data clearly in English and collaborate independently with U.S. executives without constant oversight (Required). - Immediate Availability: Strong preference for qualified candidates who are available to onboard and begin operations immediately (Required). - Credentials: Degree in Accounting, Finance, or active QuickBooks ProAdvisor / Certified Bookkeeper status (Preferred).

• Lead and develop the tax team, distributing tasks, managing the client portfolio’s routine, and monitoring performance; • Ensure accurate calculation of direct and indirect taxes (federal, state, and municipal — e.g., ICMS, ISS, PIS, COFINS, IRPJ, CSLL, withholdings, etc.); • Validate, review, and supervise tax filings and ancillary obligations, ensuring deadlines are met; • Serve as the technical reference for complex internal and client tax queries; • Identify tax risks and propose process and control improvements; • Monitor legislative changes and guide the team accordingly; • Support strategic client meetings with a consultative approach; • Support the development and training of analysts and assistants in the tax department; • Ensure timely delivery, operational organization, and overall departmental outputs; • Act in a consultative manner, understanding each client's operations and specific requirements; • Immerse in the client's context to identify opportunities and propose tax and operational efficiency improvements; • Prepare and support tax studies focused on tax burden reduction and risk mitigation; • Lead and support the implementation of tax reform changes, advising clients during the transition; • Support clients in strategic decision-making based on tax analysis; • Structure and continuously improve processes; • Interface with internal areas (accounting, client services, finance); • Other duties inherent to a management role.