Rebate Specialist
The Warehouse Group
16 hours ago
Full-time
Remote friendly (Auckland, NZ)
Worldwide
The Warehouse Group is looking for a Rebate Specialist to join its Auckland team. As one of New Zealand’s best-known general merchandise retailers, the group operates The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming, and emphasises efficiency and collaboration across its brands. This full-time, hybrid role sits in Auckland and offers a mix of autonomous ownership and a supportive team environment for someone who enjoys digging into numbers and driving improvements in rebates.
Reporting to the Financial Controller for Noel Leeming, the role centers on owning rebates from end to end, with a strong emphasis on turning data into deeper insight and ongoing process enhancement. While rebates are the core focus, there’s also exposure to broader financial accounting activities, giving you a clear path for skill growth and career progression. The successful candidate will be curious, detail-oriented and hands-on, spending most of their time strengthening and evolving rebates processes.
Day-to-day you’ll manage the rebates lifecycle, including volume rebates, promotional funding and marketing contributions, and you’ll ensure rebate income is recognised accurately in line with contract terms and accounting standards. You’ll keep rebate schedules and supporting documents up to date for internal and external audits, and you’ll help maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations. You’ll provide clear direction for offshore teams handling transactional and administrative rebate tasks, and you’ll deliver timely month-end close activities with journal entries and accruals. The role also involves collaborating with buyers, broader finance colleagues and external suppliers, alongside other general financial accounting activities.
Must-have requirements
- A professional accounting designation or progress toward one (for example, CA qualification), or relevant equivalent experience
- Proven, hands-on rebate accounting experience
- Strong analytical ability paired with advanced Excel skills
- Comfortable handling high volumes and working under pressure
- Meticulous attention to detail and a methodical approach to processes
- Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements
Pay, benefits and practical details
The position is based in Auckland in a hybrid arrangement, combining in-office time with remote work. The team is located in a Northcote setting described as having water views, with free car parking, EV charging and an on-site gym and cafe. Fridays can be worked from home, and there are discounts available across The Warehouse Group brands.
Advice for applicants
Lead your resume with what matters most to this role: your end-to-end rebates experience, any progress toward a CA or equivalent qualification, and concrete examples of how you’ve owned rebate processes from data capture to financial close. Highlight your impact with numbers where you can, such as improvements to accuracy, cycle times or audit pass rates, and make sure to feature your experience coordinating with offshore teams.
Show how you prove the must-have skills in your history. Point to audits you’ve supported, detailed balance sheet reconciliations you’ve prepared, and specific instances where you resolved high-volume rebate challenges or implemented a process change that saved time or reduced errors. Demonstrate your comfort with complex data and your ability to turn insights into action.
Prepare for interviews by thinking through how you’ve handled rebates in a changing environment. Be ready to discuss end-to-end flow, how you ensure compliance with contracts and standards, and your role in month-end close. They’ll likely ask about collaboration with buyers and suppliers, so bring examples of stakeholder management and how you’ve balanced competing priorities.
A smart question to ask: what rebates-related transformation projects are currently underway and how is success measured for those changes? You could also ask how rebates data is managed across systems and how changes to the process are rolled out to offshore teams.
How to apply
There are no specific application documents or deadlines listed here. If you’re interested, you’ll want to follow The Warehouse Group’s standard online application process and submit your details accordingly.
Reporting to the Financial Controller for Noel Leeming, the role centers on owning rebates from end to end, with a strong emphasis on turning data into deeper insight and ongoing process enhancement. While rebates are the core focus, there’s also exposure to broader financial accounting activities, giving you a clear path for skill growth and career progression. The successful candidate will be curious, detail-oriented and hands-on, spending most of their time strengthening and evolving rebates processes.
Day-to-day you’ll manage the rebates lifecycle, including volume rebates, promotional funding and marketing contributions, and you’ll ensure rebate income is recognised accurately in line with contract terms and accounting standards. You’ll keep rebate schedules and supporting documents up to date for internal and external audits, and you’ll help maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations. You’ll provide clear direction for offshore teams handling transactional and administrative rebate tasks, and you’ll deliver timely month-end close activities with journal entries and accruals. The role also involves collaborating with buyers, broader finance colleagues and external suppliers, alongside other general financial accounting activities.
Must-have requirements
- A professional accounting designation or progress toward one (for example, CA qualification), or relevant equivalent experience
- Proven, hands-on rebate accounting experience
- Strong analytical ability paired with advanced Excel skills
- Comfortable handling high volumes and working under pressure
- Meticulous attention to detail and a methodical approach to processes
- Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements
Pay, benefits and practical details
The position is based in Auckland in a hybrid arrangement, combining in-office time with remote work. The team is located in a Northcote setting described as having water views, with free car parking, EV charging and an on-site gym and cafe. Fridays can be worked from home, and there are discounts available across The Warehouse Group brands.
Advice for applicants
Lead your resume with what matters most to this role: your end-to-end rebates experience, any progress toward a CA or equivalent qualification, and concrete examples of how you’ve owned rebate processes from data capture to financial close. Highlight your impact with numbers where you can, such as improvements to accuracy, cycle times or audit pass rates, and make sure to feature your experience coordinating with offshore teams.
Show how you prove the must-have skills in your history. Point to audits you’ve supported, detailed balance sheet reconciliations you’ve prepared, and specific instances where you resolved high-volume rebate challenges or implemented a process change that saved time or reduced errors. Demonstrate your comfort with complex data and your ability to turn insights into action.
Prepare for interviews by thinking through how you’ve handled rebates in a changing environment. Be ready to discuss end-to-end flow, how you ensure compliance with contracts and standards, and your role in month-end close. They’ll likely ask about collaboration with buyers and suppliers, so bring examples of stakeholder management and how you’ve balanced competing priorities.
A smart question to ask: what rebates-related transformation projects are currently underway and how is success measured for those changes? You could also ask how rebates data is managed across systems and how changes to the process are rolled out to offshore teams.
How to apply
There are no specific application documents or deadlines listed here. If you’re interested, you’ll want to follow The Warehouse Group’s standard online application process and submit your details accordingly.