Sr Accountant

Ansell is a leading global provider of protection solutions. Our company designs, develops and manufactures a wide range of protection solutions that meet the ever-changing needs and demands of our markets and industries. Protection is our primary concern as millions of people around the world depend on Ansell in their professional and personal lives.

Position Title: Senior Accountant

Reporting to: Associate Director, Group Accounting & Reporting 

Location: Melbourne 

RESPONSIBILITIES & SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

Maintain all aspects of the Corporate Head Office accounting and assisting Group Accounting and Reporting team in certain activities.
Accounting and Reporting:

Group activities

•    Assist with the management of the Group lease contract register in Anaplan ensuring accuracy and completeness of the registers.

•    Assist the Group Accounting & Reporting team with certain accounting analysis such as tax accounting, constant currency, cashflows. 

•    Assist with accounting on LTI Trust's transactions and associated share and cash movements accurately and timely.

•    Other ad hoc duties and projects as required at the directions of the Associate Director of Group Accounting.
 

Corporate activities

•    Jointly responsible for the monthly reporting of Corporate Head Office results, including input and review into FCCS (Finance, Currency Centre, Treasury, Company Secretarial and Board).

•    Jointly responsible for the timely processing of accounting and treasury bank transactions to the SAP general ledger.

•    Preparation of monthly reconciliations of Corporate Head Office balance sheet accounts - Blackline.

•    Assist the Group Accounting team in preparation of deferred tax accounting packages for semi-annual external reporting.

•    Managing and monitoring financial records for all Head Office projects including ERP and other software developments to ensure the capitalisation accounting compliant with the Group's capitalisation policy.

•    Providing guidance to regional accounting teams to record corporate recharges properly (including LTI and Software IT amortisation recharges) and monitor the accuracy of the accounting results.

•    Assist with the management of the Corporate Fixed Asset Registers for the Corporate Function ensuring accuracy and completeness of the registers including software capex projects.

•    Responsible for Ansell Limited equity transactions and associated AU entities' dividend and capital return transactions accurately and timely.

Accounting Assistance

•    Assist with reviewing monthly reconciliations for non-Corporate Head Office balance sheet accounts – Blackline

•    Participating in general accounting activities

•    Preparation of the monthly Corporate Cash Flow forecast payments to Treasury

•    Preparation of recharges of Corporate functions within the group

•    Preparation and confirmation of month end inter-company balances
 

KEY POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education

•    Degree qualified in a related discipline with specilisation in accounting areas

•    Preferably CA/CPA qualifeid (not mandatory)

Job Experience

•    3 years or more experience in working in accounting function

•   Experience in accounting matters for month-end and year end reporting of Australian corporations 

•    Experience in preparing balance sheet reconciliations

Knowledge and Skills

• Fluent in written and spoken English, other languages are highly regarded

• Strong project management and initiative execution capability

• Technology skill:

  • FCCS (preferable)

  • MS Office applications – highly proficient in excel

  • ERP system Oracle or SAP (preferable)

  • Lease accounting software (preferable)

  • Blackline (preferable)

Attributes and Characteristics 

• Business acumen

• Analytical skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Comfortable working in an international and multi-cultural environment

• "Out of the box" thinker; challenger, leader

• Hands-on, do-er, with strong personal drive and internal customer focus

• Self-directed, able to work with a minimum of supervision

• Team player

• Results and quality oriented

• Project management skills

• Minimal travel required on as needed basis

• Ability to work on sensitive matters and demonstrate high personal and professional ethics