Accountant (Australian Experience)

Overview of the role:

Responsibilities for this role include maintaining records of financial transactions and also analysing and investigating annual and monthly financial accounts. This role is also responsible for preparing budget forecasts. He/she must also having experience working with Australian businesses.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain records of financial transactions
• Data checking and verification
• Prepare budget forecast
• Other bookkeeping and reporting duties as required
• Conduct bank reconciliations
• Analyse and investigate annual and monthly financial accounts and make necessary adjustments
• Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct regular database checking and doing regular data back-ups
• Undertake financial administration
• Accounts payable and receivable management
• Prepare, examine, and analyse accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards
• Assist in computing taxes owed, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements when required
• Report to management regarding the finances of the company.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A degree in Accountancy, ideally CPA or CPA qualified
• At least 1 to 2 years of experience in Australian accounting
• A great understanding of Australian tax laws and financial accounts
• Experience with any Australian accounting systems e.g. Xero
• Experience in general ledger functions
• Must be proficient in MS Office and Google Apps
• Must have strong analytical and numerical skills
• Must have a high attention to detail
• High level of integrity and with strong work ethic
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written