About us Waterford Security is a family-owned and 100% New Zealand-owned business. Since 1994, we’ve built a reputation up and down the country for providing well-informed advice and prompt, dependable service. Our clients include government organisations, banks, hospitals, large recreational facilities like hospitals, and owners of multi-storey commercial and residential buildings.
With offices in Auckland, Wellington, and Palmerston North, we install, maintain, manage and repair electronic security systems, including access control, CCTV and alarms, providing service across the whole of New Zealand.
We pride ourselves on being at the cutting edge of new technology and providing exceptional service to our clients. Our approach is to tailor solutions to individual clients and situations drawing on a wide range of proven products and the latest innovations in security. We will never install a product we don’t believe provide our clients with an appropriate and reliable solution for their business.
About the role Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role manages our Accounts Receivable process, and assists with Accounts Payable, as part of a small, supportive and experienced team. You’ll help keep our AR function running smoothly, ensure data is loaded accurately, and work closely with colleagues across the business to ensure invoices are correct. This is an exciting time to join our business while we modernise our systems and processes.
This is a part-time role of 30 hours per week, to be worked across 4-5 days from Wellington CBD office. This is a fixed term position until 30 June 2026, until our new finance system is implemented and embedded.
Day to day, you’ll:
- Enter invoices into our finance system and upload them into client portals
- Liaise with internal stakeholders to resolve discrepancies and ensure accuracy
- Prepare monthly reports for clients
- Manage the accounts email inbox and respond to customer queries
- Support with Accounts Payable tasks, including coding and entering invoices, matching purchase orders and packing slips, and monthly reconciliation
- Maintain accurate records in our accounting system and spreadsheets
- Keep pricing, client, and creditor information up to date
- Contribute to a smooth, well-organised finance function within a small team
About you We’re open to a range of experience levels for this role. You could be experienced in accounts receivable and payable and are looking for a part-time role, or you might be a graduate seeking their first role in finance. Above all, our ideal candidate is:
- Detail-oriented and process-driven, with a strong focus on accuracy
- Comfortable using a finance system and Excel spreadsheets, or tech-savvy and able to learn quickly
- An excellent communicator on all fronts, able to liaise confidently with colleagues and customers
- Highly organised with good time management skills
- Adept at problem solving, with an eye for system and process improvement
- A collaborative and friendly team player
Apply today We have partnered with Kin to fill this vital position, so if this sounds like the role for you, please ‘apply now’ with your cover letter and CV. If you have any questions before applying, please email
[email protected].
Applications close as soon as we find the right person. We’ll be reviewing applications as they are received, so apply today!.