About the business
Wholesale and retail family owned business working in the Marine sector with an award winning brand of boat accessory with clients mainly in Australia and some overseas.
About the role
The Accounts Manager must be competent in Xero and manages accounts payable and receivables, payroll and staff expenses and delivers supporting finance tasks to assist the company's operations.
The Accounts Manager manages accounts payable including setting up payments, entering processed payments across a few national banking platforms and maintaining paperless expense records and some paper filing to comply with legislative requirements.
The Accounts Manager manages accounts receivable by reconciling payments paid across multiple platforms and sending daily email to staff informing of payments made, regularly monitoring in Xero, sending monthly statements, following up overdue invoices. On occasion, processes client refunds in accordance with the company refund policy.
The Accounts Manager reviews and processes staff expenses in accordance with the company expense policy, allocates company expense receipts to Xero and reconciles all transactions to the General Ledger across multiple banking accounts including foreign currency accounts.
The Accounts Manager processes payroll and staff leave and manages the accounts email inbox, including responding to account enquiries.
Administration work involves booking out work trips; flights and accomodation (training will be provided on this) and other general office management work.
This is a casual role working 2-4 hours per day 4-5 days per week, during business hours, perfect for someone balancing other commitments such as family. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including women. Competence in Xero is a must, as well as dealing with Foreign Currency (mainly USD), and must be located in Melbourne and able to work mainly from our office in Tullamarine.
Benefits and perks
Great small team based working environment, will work predominately in an office at reception area at our premises, opportunities for future growth in your role. Reports to CFO and GM.
Skills and experience
Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping preferred
• Minimum 2 years' experience in accounts payable/receivable and payroll processing
• Experience with Xero and managing paperless records
• Minimum 2 years' experience with Xero accounting software, including payroll processing
• Experience managing foreign currency transactions, particularly USD conversions and reconciliations
• Exceptional organisational, analytical and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Office admin experience preferred
Ready to start immediately
• Must have unrestricted right to work in Australia