Senior Accountant

This role oversees all core finance operations for the Australian entity—including payroll, accounts payable, tax compliance, and reporting—while serving as the main point of coordination for vendors, auditors, and external providers. It also supports broader global finance tasks and ensures accurate, compliant financial processes.

The main areas of responsibilities are based on your experience and would as a minimum include:

Payroll:

• Understand payroll calculations and relevant tax matters (social charges, exemptions, fringe benefits) for Australia, having at least 3 years of expertise with a similar task
• Maintain payroll related files and records, including time capturing and reconciliation of pay rates to the contracts
• Submit monthly data to outsourced payroll team, including worked hours per staff, sickness records, vacations, change in rates, entry and exit of staff etc.
• Be a point of contact and control outsourced payroll provider for timely and accurate payroll process, including submission of payroll slips and relevant tax filings
• Assist in payroll related audits to outsourced payroll provider, internal audits and tax & labor authorities, coordinate payroll and labor audits locally
• Be proficient in maintaining and verifying the records in time-capturing software, align with project managers and/or HR on discrepancies

Accounts Payable:

• Process and validate invoices by digitizing, entering transactional data, verifying accuracy, checking for mandatory tax relevant compliance and resolving discrepancies or rejected items
• Serve as the primary fraud‑prevention and compliance checkpoint for all invoices and payments
• Manage vendor relationships by communicating promptly and professionally
• Batch, process, and prioritize payments through electronic funds transfer (EFT)
• Prepare 13-week cashflow planning for payments, avoid dunning letters and overdues and collect early payments discounts
• Be in charge of reconciling Trade Accounts Payable balance sheet position and supplier open items statements, including year-end reconciliations for the audit

Tax and compliance knowledge/understanding:

• Maintain a foundational understanding of Goods and Services Tax (GST) rules and requirements across applicable jurisdictions
• Ideally be able to lodge business activity statements (BAS) with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and ensure timely submission
• Assist with the preparation, review, and timely filing of GST returns and related reports
• Ensure accurate GST treatment of transactions in accordance with applicable tax regulations and internal policies
• Assist in completion and submission income tax returns by deadlines
• Regulatory compliance: Ensure adherence to ATO and ASIC standards to avoid penalties

Billing & Accounts Receivable:

• Maintaining the Accounts Receivable balance sheet
• Maintaining accurate billing and invoicing records
• Verifying overdue invoices and ensuring follow-up on collections.
• Reporting on Cash forecasting

Other potential opportunities for global finance support:

• Prepaid expense and insurance amortization
• Bank reconciliations
• Payroll costing journal entries
• Cost accruals
• Intercompany reconciliations
• Cash receipt application
• Transfer pricing
• Tax
• Expatriate matters
• Assist with data collection to support audits
• Correspondence coordination in relation to the duties above, including tax authorities and statutory authorities