Accountant (SO2)
Description
1.0 The Role
We are looking for an Accountant to support our day-to-day accounting activities including monthly journals entries, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany transactions, tax compliance, annual audit, etc. for the entities in the Group. An accounting background and experience within a multinational company will be looked upon favourably.
1.0 Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to)
- Participate in month-end tasks including processing journals (eg. deferred revenue, prepayments, accruals etc.)
- Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for the entities in the Group
- Update and maintain the fixed asset register.
- Prepare and reconcile intercompany transactions across the Group.
- Prepare tax lodgment including GST/PST, PAYG, payroll tax, income tax instalment, etc.
- Participate in annual audits and answer queries from the auditors.
- Ad hoc tasks as requested.
- Min 5+ years’ work experience as an accountant or similar role.
- BSc degree in Accounting.
- Good experience in using QuickBooks online and Xero
- Experience in journal preparation, balance sheet reconciliation, month end tasks, dealing with auditors and tax compliance requirements.
- Good knowledge of CA & NZ accounting standards and taxation will be looked upon favourably.
- Proactively, self-motivated, willing to learn and have experience in dealing with difficult people
- Who can start immediately will be looked upon favourably.
- Strong investigation skills
- Great attention to details
- Highly developed communication skills, both written and verbal in English, and the ability to deal with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Advanced MS Excel skills (pivot tables, VLookUp, sumifs, etc).
- Familiarity with accounting software e.g. QuickBooks. Reckon Accounts.
- Organizational and time-management skills.
- Attention to detail, with an ability to spot numerical errors.