Join our dynamic Finance team as a Management Accountant, collaborating with the Financial Controller and Finance GM. You'll have the exciting opportunity to work across Australian and New Zealand businesses, offering you a diverse range of experiences and significant potential for professional growth.
- Flexibility - We are supportive of work from home days, flexible hours and compressed workweeks.
- Reward and recognition - This year our top achievers will go to Japan.
- Work for an international company - we have shops in Australia, New Zealand and the UK
Why Join Our Team?
Flexibility - At the 99 Bikes support office, we strongly believe that flexibility is key to fostering a happy and productive team. We are supportive of work from home days, flexible hours and compressed workweeks.
Celebration, Reward and Recognition - Our culture is built on celebrating high achievement through monthly and yearly rewards. Each year our top achievers are rewarded with a ticket to an amazing event in a different country. Last year’s event was in Whistler and this year is in Japan. Each month all departments come together to share updates on results and team projects as well as celebrate wins. Within the Finance department we also have quarterly social events.
Career opportunity - We are a growth company with a strong focus on talent. We promote from within and are looking to grow our team to set our business up for long term success. There is never a shortage of opportunity at 99 Bikes, we are lucky enough to be exposed to different work every day and collaborate with people from various career backgrounds. Our Leadership Academy has 7 programs to nurture those who have aspirations to lead a team.
Team benefits - People are our number one philosophy and we care about their health and wellbeing, their family and their ‘Brightness of Future’. We offer a Parental Leave package, $1000 towards self development per year, cost price on our products, travel discounts through our shareholder company Flight Centre and we pay our people to ride to work.
Employee Ownership - Our Employee Share Scheme offers all of our people the equal opportunity to buy shares each year. This ownership is important to our culture as we treat the business like our own.
Work in a purposeful environment - We have worked hard to become B-Corp certified which means meeting global standards in areas like environmental impact, diversity and inclusiveness.
About 99 Bikes
From our humble beginning in 2007 with our first shop only fitting 99 bikes in the store, we are now the largest bicycle retailer in Australia and stretch across the globe with retail stores in the UK and New Zealand. 99 Bikes has a loyal customer base with over 1.6 million Club 99 Members in Australia, speaking to the incredible customer experience we provide in store alongside offering a huge range of great value products.
Our vision is to be “The World’s Most Approachable Bike Shops”. Our main support office is based in Brisbane (Bowen Hills), with some local support team members on the ground across the states.
99 Bikes is a proud member of the Pedal Group, where we work alongside our wholesale and property divisions under a unified team umbrella. This structure offers tremendous opportunities for career growth, as we strongly believe in promoting from within whenever possible.
What’s the Role?
Join our dynamic team at 99 Bikes in Bowen Hills as a Management Accountant! We're looking for a highly motivated individual to play a pivotal role in our financial operations. In this role, you'll analyse financial data, prepare insightful reports, and provide valuable insights to support strategic decision-making. You'll enjoy a varied role with ample opportunities for growth, seamlessly shifting between tasks while contributing to the team's overall success. You’ll collaborate closely with department leaders and store team leaders, helping them understand their financial performance and drive business success. If you are approachable, adaptable, and ready to make a significant impact, we want to hear from you!
About You
- You’re someone who never gets bored of the basics and have an “all in” team player mindset
- You are a can-do, positive person with a growth mindset and love having the freedom to make decisions
- You are someone who loves management accounting and is looking for an opportunity to work with a growing business
- You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- You hold a degree in Business/Commerce (Accounting), complemented by professional accounting qualifications (CA or CPA)
- You have a minimum of 3-5 years experience in an accounting role (finance or public practice), first time movers encouraged to apply
- You have proven personal or professional achievements
- You possess a solid understanding of fundamental accounting concepts and principles
- You have strong Microsoft Excel skills
- You have exceptional organisation and time management skills and proven ability to meet deadlines
Day to Day
- Work across our Australian and New Zealand Retail businesses alongside the Financial Controller and Finance GM
- Collaborate with our Store Team Leaders and Operational Leaders to enhance and drive business acumen
- Execute month-end tasks for store and department management reports, including preparing journals, accruals and reconciliations
- Prepare workpapers and reconciliations to support Balance Sheet accounts
- Conduct detailed analysis of financial performance, identifying trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement
- Analyse and implement cost-saving initiatives related to retail operations, including inventory and logistics, and monitor their effectiveness
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and accounting standards
- Maintain and improve internal controls and financial procedures
- Assist with the annual external Financial Audit
- Identify opportunities for finance process improvements, systems and automation and have the freedom to implement these changes