Financial Accountant
Clear is looking for a Financial Accountant to join our specialist team of accountants and bookkeepers working for Australian clients from a range of industries, in a remote work setup.
Role and Opportunity
We are seeking a detail-oriented Financial Accountant to manage our client’s financial obligations, in a work-from-home setup. Your role is to oversee and coordinate the group’s financial and administrative functions, ensuring proactive management, accuracy, timeliness, and operational efficiency. This position plays a key role in supporting the business with reliable financial insights for informed decision-making, while ensuring that all regulatory and compliance obligations are consistently met.
This is a hands-on role, where you are expected to perform the listed tasks to efficiently supervise a full-time bookkeeper and site-based administrative staff who assist with processing customer and supplier invoices, payroll, and selected month-end tasks.
Purpose
As a Financial Accountant, you shall be reporting to the Finance Manage, in a remote work setup where you will play a key role within a small, collaborative finance team, to:
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Supervise a small team in delivering day-to-day accounting functions, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of financial information across the group, including profit centre reporting and management within Xero
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Maintain delegation of authority and ensure compliance.
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Enter intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
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Maintain accurate records of business assets, ensuring appropriate recognition, valuation and depreciation treatment within Xero.
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Coordinate weekly supplier payment runs.
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Oversee payroll activities, coordinate weekly, fortnightly and monthly payroll payments.
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Be responsible for other employee-related obligations, including supporting onboarding, payroll tax, superannuation and PAYG-W.
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Complete end of month accounting processes, including ledger maintenance (and profit centre accounting), balance sheet reconciliations and journal adjustments for accruals.
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Close the ledger by 5 working days, monthly.
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Assist with the short-term monitoring of cash position and contribute to forward-looking cash planning.
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Prepare and distribute the weekly dashboard to the management team and board
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Be responsible for drafting activity statements for lodging with ATO (BAS/IAS/PAYG).
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Work closely with the Finance Manager to identify and implement process improvement initiatives.
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Contribute to team effort by accomplishing other tasks as requested by the client and/or management.
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Perform other tasks as required by the client and the management
Essential Experience
- At least 5 years of Australian accounting experience
- Holds a bachelor's degree in accounting or any finance-related field
- High level of proficiency in Excel with experience in using other Microsoft 365 applications
- Advance experience in using Xero (including profit centre accounting)
- Working knowledge of the generally accepted accounting/bookkeeping principles and procedures
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You have relentless attention to detail.
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You have great English communication skills (both verbal and written)
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You aim for excellence and have exceptional skills in processing and handling tasks.
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You excel in multitasking and meeting strict deadlines.
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You quickly learn new systems and software.
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You perform your duties with minimal supervision and still produce outstanding results.
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You have absolute respect for confidentiality and sensitivity of information, with the flexibility to perform other relevant tasks as required by the client or management
Required Attributes
Advantageous (Optional Qualifications)
- Familiarity with Australian GST and tax regulations.
- CPA certification or equivalent professional status.
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Work-from-Home (WFH) setup with IT equipment provided
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Support from an outstanding leadership group and team structure, positioning you for success
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Membership of the Clear 6-Tool Player Playground-our unique development and engagement program
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HMO Coverage with free dependents & group term life insurance coverage
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Paid vacation leave and sick leave for regular employees, special leave benefits for all
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Monthly & quarterly subsidies, incentives
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Employee engagement activities (virtual & face-to-face)
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In addition to the above, we provide all mandatory government contributions.
Benefits at Clear
4 Southport Street
West Leederville WA 6007
1300 200 269
hello@adminpeople.com.au
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