MSD

Financial Accountant

MSD

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Macquarie Park • 🇦🇺 Australia

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • External financial reporting including preparation of annual statutory accounts and regulatory reporting
  • Internal financial reporting including preparation of US GAAP (United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) financial statements, commentary and analysis
  • Analysis and monitoring of balance sheet and working capital metrics of balance sheet accounts and source data
  • Credit management
  • Business partnership, support and advice on accounting and finance matters
  • Process improvement initiatives
  • External Audit and production of A-IFRS Statutory Accounts
  • Ensure timely production of statutory accounts compliant with A-IFRS (Australian International Financial Reporting Standards) / NZ-IFRS (New Zealand International Financial Reporting Standards) accounting standards for each reporting entity for lodgement by the due date
  • Month‑end financial reporting
  • Initiate general ledger journal entries and other month‑end close activities for all divisions and functions
  • Prepare calculations, analysis or workpapers in support of general ledger journals or financial reporting (including capitalization and amortization of manufacturing variances)
  • Perform quarterly sales cutoff and returns provision analysis
  • Work with PO (purchase order) owners to ensure integrity of purchase order accruals
  • Review month‑end financial statements for completeness and accuracy including trend and variance analysis
  • Review and provide commentary for month‑end close reporting
  • Work collaboratively with BSC (Business Service Centre) to resolve issues
  • Coordinate masterfile maintenance
  • Perform other month‑end functions as assigned from time to time
  • Provide ongoing advice and support to the business concerning accounting treatment, procedures and internal controls
  • Review and explain inventory movements
  • Analyse IQV (inventory questionable value) movements
  • Coordinate, perform and analyse inventory stocktake adjustments for audit and control purposes
  • Post inventory and cost of goods sold (COGS) related adjustment entries
  • Perform general ledger reconciliation ensuring appropriate classification, rigor and supporting documentation
  • Review FSR (Financial Statement Reporting) dashboard on a quarterly basis
  • Follow up and close open/reconciling balance sheet items in a timely manner
  • Monitor prepayments and clearing accounts for appropriate expense recognition and timely clearing
  • Perform ad hoc reconciliations and analysis as required
  • Review monthly OTC (order to cash) dashboards and highlight issues to the business and Controller
  • Monitor BSC (Business Service Centre) collection process to ensure collection activities are adhered to and executed in a timely manner
  • Attend and actively participate in monthly accounts receivable (AR) aging calls
  • Coordinate actions and next steps for delinquent debtors
  • Provide periodic reporting to stakeholders on delinquent debtors
  • Prepare doubtful debt provision forecasts

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and CPA (Certified Practising Accountant) or CA (Chartered Accountant) qualification or equivalent
  • Demonstrated experience with SAP is an advantage
  • Excel skills (minimum intermediate level)
  • Demonstrated experience with process automation, Power BI (Business Intelligence), Power Query etc, is desirable
  • Ability to work across functional teams
  • Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Proactive and self-motivated
  • Flexible and adaptable
Benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
financial reportingUS GAAPA-IFRSNZ-IFRSgeneral ledger reconciliationinventory analysismonth-end close activitiescredit managementprocess improvementdoubtful debt provision forecasting
Soft skills
attention to detailability to meet deadlinesstrong interpersonal skillsstrong communication skillsproactiveself-motivatedflexibleadaptablecollaborativeanalytical
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in AccountingCPA (Certified Practising Accountant)CA (Chartered Accountant)