Financial Accountant (Fixed-Term Contract)

We're a proudly Australian ASX-listed tech company, and our platform is the number one way for homeowners and tradies to connect for all things home improvement. Inspired and driven by our purpose of transforming the trade industry, building better lives for everyone, we are powered by a 350-strong team across Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Certified as a Great Place to Work, and recognised by WORK180 as #1 Employer for Women, we offer meaningful, impactful work, collaborating and innovating with the best and brightest in a transparent, supportive and fast-paced work environment.


About the role:

This + month maternity leave contract reports to the Senior Financial Accountant and works closely with the other team members. You will manage an Assistant Accountant and be responsible for a variety of tasks ensuring they are correctly, reconciled and in a timely manner.


Why join our finance team?

Hybrid working model
Competitive salary, benefits and perks
Achieve results in an agile team, flat organisational structure
One team culture with our teams in Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam and the Philippines

How you will add value:

General
Work collaboratively across the entire team
Liaise with Business Unit Managers to drive process improvement (in particular Concur related projects and possibly Certinia FRB)
Liaise and partner closely with all levels of stakeholders
Ad-hoc reporting and analysis requests
Management and Board Reporting
General Journal preparation and processing such as month end accruals, including preparation of the ECL provision
Assist preparation of month end reports including:
Monthly Profit and Loss
Board pack
Expense analysis
Review Corporate credit card expenses and reconciliations
Together with other team members, assist with the monthly General Ledger Balance Sheet reconciliations and associated supporting work papers to ensure all reconciling items are resolved in a timely manner
Generate and analyse sales and credit note reports on a weekly and monthly basis for various stakeholders
Monitor and ensure Zuora journal batches (revenue system) have been processed correctly into Certinia and resolve any errors on a daily basis
Manage the billing process related to the Bunnings partnership and reconcile associated clearing account (weekly)
Review daily cash flow reports
Collect and analyse data used in the preparation of regular estimates and judgements paper for ARC
Assist with budget and quarterly forecasts for the Australian business
Compliance
Financial Reporting
AASB 16 Leasing schedules (key responsibility)
AASB 15 Revenue
AASB 137 Provisions and contingencies (expected credit loss provision)
AASB 138 Intangible assets
Assist with the Half Year and Year End statutory reporting obligations including ASX4E, ASX4D, investor presentation and media release
Coordinate delivery of external audit requests (key contact)
Provide advice as required on technical accounting matters including :
Assist with preparation of the Annual Report
ABS Reporting:
Compile and process all relevant statistical information including returns to the ATO and ABS
Tax
ITR - assist as needed
BAS - review inputs
FBT - work with the Assistant Accountant for early planning and data collection

About you:

Tertiary qualifications in Accounting and/or Commerce coupled with CA/CPA qualifications
Minimum 5 years previous working experience in a similar environment (post qualification)
Excellent communication skills to liaise with both financial and non-financial audiences
Deadline-oriented and an ability to work with tight time constraints
Possesses well developed and accurate numerical skills, with strong attention to detail
Experience with Certina (previously known as FinancialForce) highly valued
Strong data analysis, reporting and interpretation skills
Advanced Excel skills and strong reconciliation skills

Take a look inside our home:

Offering an inspirational 'home away from home', our commitment to being a Great Place to Work means you will feel comfortable being your authentic self and get to do your best work everyday. Our medium company size means you get the best technology and tools to work with AND get to directly contribute to our product, service and/or customers. Our investment into continuous career development for everyone and a coach-style of leadership means a huge 85% of our team report they consider their direct leader 'a great leader'!


Sounds good? Wait, there's more! We also provide:

A close-knit, diverse, respectful, collaborative teams that love to solve problems and jump on new opportunities;
Agile, cross-functional teams who value teamwork - from Hackathon to team off-sites, to product roadshows, you get to experience it all;
Competitive salary and benefits (including additional paid leave for birthdays, volunteering, service anniversaries and parental leave);
Daily continental breakfast, fresh fruit and healthy snacks;
Inspiring home-away-from-home office and location - based in the heart of Sydney CBD, only a few steps from Town Hall and Gadigal Stations, with multiple indoor and outdoor collaboration and social areas;
High-touch personalised investment in your continuous career development;
Social connection focus: Friday socials, company events and regular and fun teaming activities -we work hard but play hard too!

We prioritise Diversity:

Innovation & Collaboration are two important core values at hipages which both cannot be achieved successfully without a diverse and inclusive team. We don't expect you to be an expert in all areas and we are more interested in learning about you as a person, a team member and/or a leader. We have been endorsed by Work180 for our commitment to advancing women's careers and are proud of our diversity of cultures, age span and ****** orientation/identification.

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other minority groups tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you don't tick every single box above, but you think you would be a great fit for the role and the hipages team, we encourage you to apply, we would LOVE to hear from you!