Accounts Payable and Receivable Officer

SALARY:

Excellent salary on offer - up to $90k + Super + Bonus; Permanent position - Immediate start available.

LOCATION:

Sydney Inner West - free parking available on-site. You preferably have your own car and a full drivers license.

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

We are proud to be exclusively retained by one of Australia's fastest growing multi-site early childhood education organisations. Since inception less than 10 years ago, this organisation has experienced consistent double-digit year on year organic and acquisitive growth and has a strategic vision to continue this growth in the coming years. With a prominent brand and instant recognition in the industry, this organisation have significant presence across the country. They have built one of the best reputations and brands within the market through a high-quality service offering and genuine focus on customer experience. Through this, they have created a culture of collaboration and true alignment of values evident from their consistently high eNPS and customer NPS as well as strong retention of staff.

With 20 centres currently and a strategic plan to expand to over 50 centres in the next 2-3 years, a brand-new role has been created for an Accounts Payable and Receivable Officer to work closely with the Head of Finance and a high performing finance team. If you are looking for an organisation and sector that naturally has purpose, providing positive outcomes for families, educations, peers and the community, then this is for you.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Reporting to an extremely high performing and influential Head of Finance, this Accounts Payable and Receivable Officer will support the delivery of major finance objectives as the organisation aims to continue its growth journey. The newly created Accounts Payable and Receivable Officer is a highly visible and crucial role.

The purpose of this role is to assist the Head of Finance and broader finance function to develop and adopt the best financial practices to achieve the Company's strategic objectives. In this highly autonomous and empowering role you will act as an "in-house" advisor on financial matters across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and general accounting. The ability to communicate effectively with non-finance minded people is going to be crucial for the success of this role. This is a critical role to assist in driving the business through its next period of growth and positioning the business as a leader in the agricultural industry whilst implementing best practice governance throughout the finance function.

The role is an exciting opportunity and requires someone with a passion for accounting along with a commercially sound mindset that is always looking to drive business performance. The main function of this role is to take ownership of and deliver proactive, efficient and insightful reporting. You will be required to prepare consistent and accurate financial reports, whilst continuously looking to improve financial controls and stewardship across Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. A key component of this role is to provide cross functional central support to the finance team as well as to the broader operational teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to the Head of Finance and working in partnership with the finance team, your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparation of timely monthly and quarterly reporting;
• Accurate preparation of monthly journals and balance sheet reconciliations in line with reporting timelines;
• Work and engage with cross boarder teams;
• Preparing weekly KPI reporting dashboards;
• Fleet and asset management including general insurance vehicle renewals;
• Accounts Payable (Overall responsibility for Invoicing, Credit Notes, Reconciliations);
• Accounts Receivable and Creditor management (payment allocations, reconciliations; processing of payments from customers);
• Liaise with clients in a professional manner, responding to account queries and credit requests;
• Work closely with Sales and any other stakeholders to manage the debtors' ledgers and potential issues;
• Bank reconciliations, cash management and forecasts;
• Assist with monthly tax compliance;
• Ensure GST treatment of customer/supplier invoices is correct;
• Support the year-end audit process;
• Review the aged debtors report on a regular basis and investigate items that may require correction;
• Report to the Finance Manager on any accounts or invoices that are of concern;
• Prepare the monthly report of aged debtors;
• Responding to financial inquiries by gathering and interpreting data;
• Identify efficiencies and value through business process re-engineering;
• Ad-hoc project work to assist the business with making informed decisions;
• Prepare ad hoc reports as required;
• General administrative support.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

As an organisation, our client is flexible and look for candidates with the right attitude. The ideal candidate is either an experienced Accounts Allrounder with experience in both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

You will ideally possess experience with financial systems such as Netsuite and intermediate excel skills (ability to do v-look ups, sum ifs etc). You feel confident liaising with all levels of management and are self motivated, an excellent communicator and enjoy being a team player. You are currently looking to enter an organisation that can offer you an opportunity to grow and be apart of an award winning team.

CULTURE:

Culture fit is key, our client is a privately owned business which is sufficiently large however continues to operate with the mindset of a smaller privately owned company that is nimble and flexible. The Accounts Payable and Receivable Officer needs to have immediate credibility and be able to earn the trust and confidence of the finance team. The ideal candidate is not only willing to learn but also able to hit the ground running and make an impact early.

BENEFITS AND PERKS:

A highly regarded Australian market leader, this organisation is a prominent brand with instant recognition in their sector. Passionate about their people, customer experience and innovation, with a sizeable customer base and double-digit revenues and EBIT, this organisation has experienced consistent growth and through this have created a culture of collaboration, fun, flexibility, support and innovation.

In addition, other benefits include:

• Outstanding opportunity to partner with a highly successful, caring and authentic Head of Finance and and prove yourself in a successful fast growth organisation;
• Excellent salary on offer plus other benefits;
• Be a true leader;
• The destiny is in your hands. Unlimited opportunity to make a true difference;
• Work with an organisation that truly lives and breathes their values in all that they do;
• Be part of a winning team, genuine positive culture working for a company with a meaningful purpose.

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