Senior Accountant

Posted May 10

JOB OVERVIEW

As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for maintaining key accounting records. Day-to-day activities include recording transactions such as income and outgoings and posting them to various accounts. Having a broad and varied role, you will need a strong sense of time management and organisational skills.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Recordkeeping and Compliance

  • Xero account coding & bank reconciliation
  • Prepayments/Accruals/Fixed asset coding
  • Client invoicing
  • Debtor chasing of overdue invoices
  • Supplier invoices
  • Twice monthly supplier / expense payment run
  • BAS / IAS / Payroll Tax returns
  • Monthly Payroll - adding new staff, bonuses, benefits, etc
  • End of year payroll reporting
  • End of tax year (30 June) reconciliations / returns for BAS / PAYE
  • Worker Compensation estimates and actuals declarations
  • Monitoring of revenue, staff numbers, etc as company is growing the statutory reporting and compliance requirements relevant to Mav3rik may change
  • Management accounts pack from Xero each month
  • Forecasting / cash flow
  • Tax return in liaison with external accountant
  • Pro-actively raise potential risks for clients and the business based on data and observations from checks performed and provide recommendations to mitigate impacts
  • Any task deemed necessary by the Team Manager or Service Delivery Manager

Pro-active Issues Escalation

Ad hoc tasks

KEY RESULT AREAS AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KRA’s & KPI’s)

  • Productivity needs to meet the minimum expectation set for each task
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Accuracy and quality of work
  • Punctual and regular attendance
  • Issues and Risks Escalations
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field required (CPA/CA desirable) or equivalent

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Product Knowledge

  • At least 3 years’ experience in a financial management position
  • Knowledge of Australian GST/PAYE/Payroll Tax and Income Tax

System and Application Knowledge

  • Knowledge with Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Familiar with accounting tools such as Xero (essential), ReceiptBank – OCR (preferred), Nitro Pro (preferred) and other applications that customers use
  • Ability to learn new systems and tools as needed

Quality

  • Works within the Hammerjack quality guidelines
  • Ensures quality of work being delivered without being supervised
  • Strong communication and presentation skills

Communications Skills

Efficiency

  • Proven strategic planning experience at the management level
  • Demonstrated creative and critical thinking skills
  • Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously