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Junior Accountant

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Dawn Aerospace is building the fastest, highest-flying spaceplane and refuellable satellite propulsion systems already operating on 40+ satellites. We’re a high-growth, technically innovative company, and we’re looking for a Junior Accountant to keep our finances as precise and agile as our products.

What you’ll do:

  • Own full-cycle accounting: journal entries, reconciliations, AP/AR, and reporting
  • Assist with budgets, forecasts, and management reporting
  • Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closes
  • Ensure timely supplier payments and bank reconciliations
  • Help scale finance processes for multi-currency and international transactions

What we’re looking for:

  • 3–5 years’ accounting experience (strong candidates with slightly less experience welcome)
  • CA or CPA qualification
  • Advanced Excel and Xero (or similar) skills
  • Comfortable handling moderate transaction volumes (40+ vendors / 3–4 accounts per month)
  • Independent, detail-oriented, and collaborative
  • Curious, proactive, and with a sense of humour

Why you’ll love working here:

  • Professional development, including CPA/CA training support
  • Hands-on exposure to cutting-edge aerospace projects
  • Collaborative, inclusive, and fun culture that values curiosity, initiative, and humour

 

Diversity & Inclusion

At Dawn Aerospace, we believe that diverse teams build better solutions. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences are valued and supported to do their best work.

About Dawn Aerospace

Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company with a purpose.
Our mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing more sustainable and scalable ways to access and move around in space. We believe this access, in the form of a transportation network, will fundamentally change what’s possible from space. We currently focus on three areas of space transportation:

  • In-space propulsion
    We're a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for various classes of satellites. Our systems utilise safe, accessible propellants and we have over 170 of these propulsion units on more than 40 operational satellites already. A further 200 units are in production.
  • In-space servicing
    Coupled with our propulsion expertise, we are ensuring that our customers' satellites are refuellable. In the coming years, Dawn will offer a refueling service to enable life extension of customer satellites. This new market is aligned with our sustainability goal to ensue a clean and safe space for everyone! 
  • Spaceplane
    We are developing the fastest and highest-flying aircraft ever to take off from a runway, combining the extreme performance of rocket propulsion with the reusability of conventional airplanes to enable high-frequency, low-cost access to sub-orbital space.

Our international teams are distributed across four locations: the Netherlands, France, New Zealand, and the USA.

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To all recruitment agencies: Dawn Aerospace does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, our employees, or any other company location. Dawn Aerospace will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

 

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