Shared Services Accountant

As the accountant of Shared Services, you will be responsible for supporting the Senior and Executive management team with shared costs allocations to produce accurate and timely Mangement reporting for all Groups companies in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and other overseas locations.

You will collect, track and report on the company's finances. You'll be involved in financial audits, reconciling bank statements, and ensuring that financial records are accurate throughout the year.

Financial Accounting and Reporting

• Preparing bank and credit card reconciliations
• Ensuring that the Shared Services allocation model is maintained and adhered to and process monthly inter-company cost-allocation journals.
• Processes prepayment journals, accruals, and other relevant month-end journals within the accounting system
• Maintenance of the Fixed Asset Register
• Resolving the Monthly Intercompany variances in a timely manner
• Preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparing and submits monthly BAS files to the tax team and processes BAS journals.
• Assisting with providing commentary on the monthly P&L
• Performing other ad-hoc tasks as requested by the Finance Manager.

Business Excellence

• Monitoring all payables to suppliers and employee expense claims. 
• Assisting in minimising expense/ identifying cost savings. 
• Monitors and reports on cash balance and prepare cash flow projection. 
• Identifies and explores initiatives that could improve business profitability and maximise financial performance.
• Acts as the finance back-office expert within the business on day-to-day finance matters.

Business Insights

• Providing meaningful insights through a comprehensive analysis of financial data as required. 
• Completing regular analysis and reviews of back-office data and seeking ways to improve process efficiency and data accuracy. 
• Assessing internal controls, including risk assessments and reviews of risk areas, and reports any non-compliance event. 

Employee Experience

• Create a culture of accountability by embedding performance metrics, goals and meeting KPI's
• Acts as a visible role model by living the values and leadership behaviours that drive the business.
• Drives initiatives to create a highly engaged, high-performing culture in line with the company values.

Reports to: Shared Services Finance Manager

Key Relationships include:

• Finance teams: Group, Transactions (AP/AR), Divisions/BUs
• Internal corporate departments (IT, Property, Marketing, HR etc)
• External and Internal auditors

• Accurate monthly P&L produced by WD5. 
• All balance sheet recs completed by WD10.
• Timely reviews on back-office data and ensures all variances are raised and resolved on timely basis.
• Continuously seeks the opportunity to improve finance process efficiency and data accuracy. 
• Works with peers to ensure all tasks are performed according to company policies and procedures, and reports non-compliance events. 
• Ensures ad hoc reports requested are actioned in agreed time frame.
• Ensures all tasks have up to date written procedures.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business Administration
• CPA/CA Qualified

• 3 to 5 years’ experience with high volume transactions online business
• Strong financial and commercial acumen

Experience in system implementation and a can-do attitude to fufill adhoc requests.

Helloworld Travel is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not tolerate workplace discrimination, bullying or harassment. You will be subject to and comply with company policy to ensure we promote a harmonious work environment.

• Staff discounts on travel
• Opportunities for discounted family travel
• Regular Staff and Industry Events
• Career progression and support
• Onsite unsupervised gym facilities 
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Discounted Health Insurance 
• Onsite stocked kitchen facilities