Bookkeeper, Melbourne or Perth

**About the Role**

The role is part of our national Accounts Services function, within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring (‘CF&R’) team at FTI Consulting.

The Accounts Services team provides bookkeeping and banking support to CF&R’s client-facing staff in respect of insolvency engagements and is integral to CF&R successfully administering these. Companies over which CF&R is appointed are often distressed businesses, many of which continue to trade under the control of CF&R’s appointees.

Based in Melbourne or Perth, the role is a permanent, full time or part-time (4 days per week) national role, supporting client-facing staff in the Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth CF&R practices.

Duties include bookkeeping using the Insol6 Insolvency Case Management software (formerly ‘MYOB Insol’) (‘Insol6’), general transaction processing and management/support, banking assistance using various on-line banking platforms, preparation of draft statutory documents/returns and various other accounts service-related responsibilities such as those set out below.

**What You’ll Do**

Working within a well-established and progressive team, you will:

- Provide banking/funds handling support to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth CF&R staff with respect to their client needs, including monitoring and handling client funds (banking, opening and closing bank accounts and other liaison with banks as required, Insol6 / bank reporting)
- Transaction recording and case management, including creating new client records, processing receipts/payments/ journal entries, payroll, dividend distributions, entering/updating employee/creditor information and updating client Chart of Accounts
- Assist with managing/monitoring client ATO registration and reporting obligations (GST/PAYG/STP), draft/lodge BAS, attend to GST payables, monitor GST receivables, liaise with ATO as required
- Monitor compliance with statutory deadlines, prepare/manage periodical control reports/registers
- Assist with, and arrange, timely closure of finalised client matters, including bank account closures and closing/archiving client cases
- Various ad hoc duties and project work relating to the Accounts Services function as required

**How You’ll Grow**

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who is currently undertaking accounting studies, or an experienced accounts officer or bookkeeper with proven, hands-on experience looking to work in a dynamic, supportive work environment. We will provide you with the necessary training.
In this role, you will also have the opportunity to partner with senior personnel to implement and drive a wide variety of performance improvement initiatives and greater operational efficiencies.

**Qualifications & Experience**
- Bookkeeping or payroll experience highly regarded
- Bookkeeping or accounting qualifications, or currently undertaking accounting studies, also highly regarded
- Ability to work in a fast paced, high volume, deadline driven environment
- Experience using Insol6/MYOB Insol Insolvency Case Management Software and/or Turnkey IPS software highly regarded but not essential
- High attention to detail, accuracy and strong problem-solving abilities
- Intermediate Excel and Word skills
- Strong time management and organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

**Our Benefits**

Apart from the well-structured career path and excellent team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

- Attractive remuneration, including discretionary bonuses available to all employees
- 18 weeks paid, gender-neutral parental leave with full superannuation contributions throughout paid and unpaid leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Financial support to obtain work-related professional qualification, such as CA, CPA, or CFA, and other
- Professional membership contributions and generous paid study leave (up to 12 days)
- Corporate discount available for health insurance, including dependent(s)
- Employee Assistance Program (“EAP”) - free to all employees and their immediate families
- Make an impact in our communities through company sponsored pro bono work
- Special leave - 2 days per year of a cultural or religious holiday that is not treated as a public holiday in Australia
- FTI Work Perks: our discount program that provides a wide range of corporate offers, savings, and wellbeing resources
- Monthly Health & Wellbeing program including fitness subsidies
- Annual paid volunteer hours
- Corporate matching for charitable donations
- Opportunity to join our Reconciliation Action Plan - Working Group; FTI’s Women’s Initiative Network (FTI WIN); Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Corporate Citizenship committees

**Who We Are**

FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune