Responsibilities
- Handle and oversee month-end closing processes, ensuring precision, thoroughness, and adherence to reporting deadlines.
- Create and manage journal entries, accruals, prepayments, and other month-end adjustments.
- Conduct balance sheet reconciliations and promptly address any discrepancies.
- Assist in management and statutory reporting by preparing, analyzing, and commenting on data as needed.
- Generate consolidated financial reports.
- Perform and review bank reconciliations.
- Prepare and submit BAS, IAS, and FBT returns, and collaborate with external tax advisors when necessary.
- Oversee and support external audit processes, ensuring all audit requirements are met within agreed timeframes.
- Lead contributions to the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts, collaborating with business units to support robust financial planning.
- Develop and maintain driver-based models, including scenario and sensitivity analysis.
- Monitor financial performance against budget and forecast, providing clear variance analysis and insights to leadership and the Group Head of Finance.
- Deliver monthly performance updates, including consolidated management packs, KPIs, analysis, and actionable recommendations.
- Manage debtor balances, including proactive follow-up and resolution of outstanding items.
- Support effective cash flow management through accurate reporting and reconciliation.
- Ensure compliance with specific regulatory requirements.
- Support, maintain, and improve accounting systems and processes, including Xero.
- Take full accounting responsibility for assigned entities within the group.
- Maintain clear, organized, and audit-ready working papers that appropriately support balances and transactions.
- Ensure accounting records are accurate, complete, and compliant with internal controls and standards.
- Proactively identify errors, inefficiencies, or risks, escalating issues early with practical recommendations for resolution.
- Collaborate with finance team members and stakeholders across the network.
- Provide timely, practical, and solution-focused support to internal stakeholders.
- Contribute positively to team culture through clear communication, adaptability, and shared accountability.
- Support the onboarding of new team members and entity transitions to ensure continuity and smooth handovers.
Work Arrangement
Remote (Country)
Other
- Contract duration: 15 months
- Ensure compliance with specific regulatory requirements