AddressYour new company
Hays Recruitment Ballarat have partnered with a well known organisation that requires an experienced Financial Accountant to join the team on a full-time basis starting in 2024!
Your new role
As an experienced Financial Accountant, your duties will include, but not limited to the following
- Assist in the management of financial reporting requirements, including cashflow, balance sheet, profit and loss, management reporting and other Group Reporting requirements
- Assist in the management and preparation of journals to ensure all month-end and year-end transactions are posted into the general ledger
- Gather and monitor financial data (e.g. sales revenue and liabilities)
- Monitor and report on accounting discrepancies and errors
- Assist in forecast cost and revenue, budget preparations and financial trend analysis
- Review existing processes for improvement and develop new processes where gaps are identified
- Develop and manage preparation of general ledger reconciliations and responsibility for clearing of reconciliation items
- Improve existing ways of working by conducting thorough root-cause analyses of inherent process issues, and engage stakeholders where relevant to enable collaborative decision-making on agreed improvements
- Manage payments and customer accounts reconciliation
- Provide ad-hoc analysis to Management using commercial acumen and calling out key drivers for variances, and
- Attend to ad-hoc financial accounting related tasks as delegated by the Financial Controller
What you'll need to succeed
- Proven minimum 3-year work experience as a Financial Accountant or similar role.
- CA/CPA qualified or near qualified
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel, Accounting Software (eg. Xero, MYOB)
- In-depth understanding of business bookkeeping procedures
- Solid knowledge of accounting regulations, principles and standards, including statutory tax and accounting compliance
- Time-management abilities
- Strong communication skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to operate autonomously and a team player
- Highly organised, independent, have good technical knowledge, and have good commercial sense
What you'll get in return
You will be working in a progressive, positive, hard-working team
Along with the above you will also receive:
- A highly competitive base salary, plus incentives, plus super
- Work in an environment where your opportunities for progression will not be held back
- Excellent work conditions
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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