Japanese Speaking Office Administrator

Currently we are looking for Japanese Speaking Office Administrator for our client that is located in Brisbane on a part time temp (パートタイム, 派遣) basis. You will undertake administrative tasks, ensuring the general office support to work efficiently. The position will include bookkeeping, general accounting and office assistants. The ideal candidate will be competent in prioritising and working with little supervision.

Responsibilities:

1. Assist external accountants in preparing monthly BAS including but not limited to:

• Prepare necessary accounting information (invoices, bank statements, etc) and provide it to the company's external accountants with comprehensive notes about the company's business activities of the month
• Translation of the company's expense records from Japanese to English
• Summarise monthly export sales and reimbursements figures
• Advise daily remittance provided by the Joint Venture in Excel spreadsheet.
• Reconcile AR & AP posted into XERO and remittance advice figures to verify accuracy.
• Collate/reconcile all figures posted into XERO with the figures of the company's own expenses record to verify accuracy.
• Correspondence with the company's external accountants including inquiries and corrections of miscalculations/misstatement in their BAS and worksheets.

1. Liaise with external accountants in preparing quarterly financial statements including but not limited to:

• Collate/reconcile the figures in worksheets provided by the company's external accountants with the figures in various financial records of the company using excel spreadsheets to verify accuracy.
• Collate/reconcile all figures posted into XERO with the Joint Venture's Trial Balance reports, Fixed Assets Register and Shipping Schedule to verify accuracy.
• Maintain/update Fixed Asset Register for the company's own assets.
• Correspondence with the company's external accountants including inquiries and correction of miscalculations/misstatements in their financial statements and worksheets.
• Maintain/summarise the company's expense records for monthly reporting to the parent company.

1. Assist in budgeting and reporting to the parent company
2. Preparation and lodgement of the quarterly ABS survey
3. Ad hoc general duties

Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years admin experience or similar
• Accounting experience is preferred
• Experience with Xero skill or similar accounting software (Trainig will be provided)
• Pay attention to detail with handling numbers
• Great communication skills
• Fluent in Japanese and English
• Full working rights in Australia

At HOBAN we embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity. We welcome and encourage applications from people from all backgrounds.

We provide reasonable adjustments; including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email ***********@hoban.com.au or visit hoban.com.au/adjustments.