Finance Officer

We’re looking for early-mid career finance professionals to join our business administration team.

Working directly with the business partners, you’ll design and manage workflows and processes across invoicing, bookkeeping and accounting.

We’re looking for someone who wants to be part of the growth of our business, drive best practices and aim for clean and accessible finance

This role will be supported by the incumbent Bookkeeper, business partner and business analyst.
- THE ROLE**Champion finance process efficiencies for continued growth**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Build on the existing invoice workflow to aim for precision and speed in raising client retainer invoices.
- Audit historic and timesheets to monitor for missed spend and activity.
- Manage client prebills, credit notes and invoice queries, liaising with relevant teams.
- Work with the Business Analyst to create business and team reports to visualise team and client margin, utilisation, and service and client growth.
- Work with the external Accountant to prepare IAS and BAS submissions.
- Prepare monthly financials - P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow.
- Prepare budgets, forecasts and actuals.
- Manage daily transactions and reconciliations across Sparro and Jack Nimble in the Xero platform.
- Define and manage bookkeeping workflows and processes.
- Improve expense categorisation and analysis.
- Manage receivables and payables.
- Manage fortnightly payroll, leave and any staff salary queries.
- YOU**You live for results, drive change and Expect only the best.**:
You are adaptable and have a strong appetite to learning new skills and knowledge sharing. You’re also not afraid to dive right in and solve challenges by rolling up your sleeves.

You will have proven 3 + years of experience in a similar role and looking to further develop your career in finance.

Your contribution to the agency’s offering, direction, culture, and knowledge will be invaluable, as will the solutions you produce and lead for our company.

**Your skills**:

- Effective project management, high attention to detail and an independent, ambitious approach to tasks.
- An exceptional grasp on strategic thinking, problem solving and process.
- Strong platform skills in Xero and Excel/Google Sheets, or similar.
- Confidence in data analysis and forecasting.
- Ability to conceptualise and manage new processes, gaining stakeholder support and adoption.
- PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT**The performance of the Finance Officer will be determined based on their ability to**:

- Precisely manage receivables and utilisation reporting, creating strong transparency and consistency in margin.
- Identifying opportunities and risks in billables, utilisation and expenses.
- Independently solve business problems and processes.
- Become a trusted partner to the business and senior leaders.
- Contribute to the values and culture of Sparro.