Senior Accountant
Professional Search Group
- Australia
- $120,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assist with the preparation of statutory accounts of various entities including:
- Intertek Robotics Laboratories Pty Ltd (General Purpose Financial Report, Tier 2)
- Intertek Technical Services Pty Ltd (General Purpose Financial Report, Tier 2)
- Intertek Testing Services NZ Ltd (General Purpose Financial Report)
- Intertek Testing Services (Fiji) Ltd (Special Purpose Financial Report)
- Completing external audit requests
- Coordination of all IFRS 16 Leases reporting and compliance requirements to Group with the assistance of the accountants
- Provide guidance regarding the correct application of IFRSs to day-to-day issues e.g. capitalisable vs non capitalisable costs under IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment
- Assist the RFC with:
- the resolution of non-routine problems and the completion of special projects
- working capital reporting
- drafting policies and procedures
- identifying and implementing opportunities to improve finance functions and processes
- Ensure 100% compliance with internal controls
- Direct preparation and analysis of credit notes
- Completing internal audit requests
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Prepare monthly standing journals and accruals
- Prepare monthly cost allocations, including: inventory true-up, ITSA/IRL Atlas jnl, Optus, IT equipment leases (HP)
- Run credit card processes via ProMaster
- Review and post bad debt provision journal
- Reconciliation of prepayment accounts and associated accruals
- Upload of monthly Group reporting packs
- Completion of ABS (Australia) and StatsNZ surveys
- Completion of monthly FX exposure reports
- Undertake all other duties as required to ensure reporting deadlines are met and exceptional customer service is provided to internal customers
- Environmental reporting
- Approval of daily banking
- Managing the accounting and reconciliation for worker's compensation premiums
- Preparation of monthly BAS for:
- IAH Group (ITSA, Geotech, IMSA, IAH)
- IRL JV
- Fiji
- PNG
- NZ
- Sharing responsibilities of the other accountants, team members, Treasury and ICO Accountant when they are on leave as deemed necessary by the management
- Ensure that conduct is at all times professional and ethical
- Maintain a positive work environment
- Abide by Intertek policies and procedures
- Maintain the details of matters related to Intertek, its suppliers, and its customers confidential
- Comply with all Health, Safety and Environmental procedures
- Ensure accounting records are in compliance with IFRSs
- Ensure compliance with Internal Controls (Core Mandatory Controls) at all times
- Observe the Australian Professional and Ethical Standards Board APES 110 - Code of Ethics for Accounting Professionals
- Make the RFC aware of any ethics breaches, internal control failures, incorrect application of IFRSs, potential fraud, or any other suspected illegal activity
- Maintain professional reading and knowledge in accounting topics including IFRSs and statutory account preparation
- Participate in professional development opportunities
- Chartered Accountant/Certified Practising Accountant qualification having 8+ years of experience
- Experience preparing or auditing general purpose financial reports (IFRS)
- Attention to detail
- Solutions focussed, positive can-do attitude, willing to get hands dirty and take on a challenge
- Commitment to providing excellent customer service to internal customers
- Commitment to ethical behaviour
- Ability to manage high volume workflow and possess strong time management and task prioritisation skills
- Proactive self-starter that fixes problems without needing to be directed to do so
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to learn different financial systems quickly
- Advanced Excel skills
- Previous experience working in a tight controls environment
- Working knowledge of PeopleSoft, EPICOR, SunSystems, and/or Cognos will be an added advantage
- Previous experience in a complex reporting environment (e.g. significant foreign currency transactions and FX gains/losses, multiple entities with different functional currencies and a large volume of intercompany transactions, translation of financial statements to presentation currency, multiples dimensions of reporting (companies summarised by business lines which are broken down into operating units; operating unit activity broken down by department and/or summarised by function; additional use of further Cat codes for additional layers or reporting e.g. affiliate, project, product, service)
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of workers compensation rules across states