Description

Job Description

Accounting & Administration Manager

Location   :  Wagga Wagga, Australia (The location is flexible within Australia)

Required Language : English

Employment Type : Full Time

Seniority Level : Mid-Senior Level

Travel : 10%


About us:

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman works proactively and collaboratively with its worldwide customers in pulp, paper, leather, and water treatment to deliver exceptional service and innovative specialty chemical solutions to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment. Buckman is in the middle of a digital transformation of its businesses and is focused on building the capabilities and tools in support of this.

Objective:

To be involved in all aspects of accounting and finance activities and ensure finance function is well organized and achieves compliance with corporate policies and statutory requirements. Identify key causes/drivers of business variances for performance measurement. Supports management planning and decision making by identifying, maintaining, evaluating information and recommending actions. This position will report to Finance Director – APAC based in Singapore office.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance
• Professional qualification in accountancy like ACCA and CPA certification is preferred

Mandate Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar capacity with prior exposure in ANZ.
• MNC chemical/manufacturing industry experience is advantage.
• Minimum 2 years audit experience with a major accounting firms or relevant experience with MNCs.
• Minimum 3 years experience in SAP FICO application 

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and efficient day to day operation of the finance and accounting function in Australia
• Work with Shared Service team in India for transactional support and manage the month end close & reporting process.
• Accurate Financial reporting, intercompany accounting / netting, corporate tax filing / taxation and comply with local authorities.
• Perform trial balance reconciliation and P&L analysis
• Analyse variances and results of the company and prepare commentary and management report / dashboard for the OpCo or Business Unit performance
• Ensuring funding & banking for the operation, assist in the forecasting and annual budgeting exercise and implement a risk management program.
• Review, recommend and implement good internal controls, policies and procedures. .
• Provide operational support to local management team as a key finance business partner
• Responsible for office administration and HR support
• Lead major projects in accounting / finance as required
• Develop programs to automate work processes for continuous improvement. 

Skill Requirements:

• In-depth technical knowledge of Financial Reporting Standards, Company Acts and Regulation with hands-on experience in using SAP software.
• Knowledge of local and regional exposure to employment law and legislations, practices and requirements.
• Knowledge of statutory requirement / regulations / acts / various taxes (GST / VAT / Excise) in ANZ
• Computer proficiency in QlikView, SAP Outlook, ERP systems (SAP), advance MS Office applications with good Excel skills.
• Able to maintain best accounting practice and internal controls over all Company transactions.
• Excellent professional presentation skills and experience in conducting workshops/training.
• Diagnose problems, interpret information, resourceful and critically evaluates information for win-win solution.
• Proactive individual with excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills; and are comfortable and deal with people from various nationals, cultural backgrounds and at all different levels.
• Highly motivated, dedicated, hands-on and resourceful who is proactive, patient, self-driven and results oriented
• Multi-tasking ability is essential and able to perform under stress.
• Ability to work effectively with the other finance and accounting functions including those in sister companies.
• Possess high level of integrity to maintain confidentiality of information.

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