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