Accountant Assistant Role Overview
This position is for an Accountant Assistant to join our Finance team, contributing to maintaining accurate and transparent financial records.
The role entails a broad range of accounting functions, including reconciliations, income processing, travel and credit card acquittals, and reporting. It is well-suited for someone starting their accounting career with training provided to support growth.
Key Responsibilities
* Financial Accounting & Bookkeeping – Assist with month-end close, perform bank, balance sheet, and fixed assets reconciliations, and help with quarterly BAS submissions.
* Sundry Debtors & Travel Acquittals – Track and reconcile sundry debtors, process staff repayments, manage travel cash advances, and conduct monthly acquittals.
* Income Processing & Business Support – Issue invoices, accurately process supporter income, and provide finance-related assistance to staff.
* Credit Card, Flexipurchase & Petty Cash – Maintain the Flexipurchase system, upload and reconcile expenses, and complete monthly acquittals for credit cards and petty cash.
* Eway Credit Card Transactions – Process and reconcile donations, match transactions to bank records, investigate discrepancies, and ensure timely monthly reporting.
* Reporting – Prepare accurate financial, expense, and income reports according to agreed timelines.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
* Commerce or Business degree; may be studying towards CA or CPA
* Open to students near degree completion or recent graduates; some accounting experience beneficial but full training will be provided
* Demonstrated good customer service and interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively with stakeholders
* Positive attitude with a can-do mindset
* Strong attention to detail
* Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
Why Choose This Opportunity?
We offer various benefits to create a valued employee experience, including salary sacrificing, staff encounter trips, additional annual leave, life leave, paid parental leave, flexible and remote work, learning and development support, employee assistance program, chaplaincy support, superannuation matching contribution for eligible staff, and recognition awards.