Finance/HR Supervisor | Global Cruise Line

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We’re seeking an experienced Finance/Human Resources Supervisor for a leading global cruise line.  This diverse role will act as a liaison point between the local Australian corporate office and finance headquarters based in the US and reports locally to the Managing Director Australia with a dotted line to the US.
  
The successful candidate will take responsibility for managing the daily accounting operations, maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial information and records,
ensuring the accurate and timely month-end and year-end general ledger close, preparing accurate and timely monthly and year-end financial statements, reporting and periodic financial analysis for the company, external auditing, ompliance with Australian statutory accounting requirements, compliance with tax and tour operator regulation, HR administration/payroll, facility management and support.
  
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  
Daily Accounting Operations

• Revenue accounting
• Posting client funding
• Accounts payable

Monthly Close

• Responsible for managing the monthly close process in accordance with as per head office requirements
• Responsible for monthly balance sheet reconciliations

Act as liaison point between local office & Finance Headquarters

• Work with the headquarters treasurer as necessary to manage the branch cash flow
• Coordinate with headquarters accountants as necessary to ensure accurate and timely monthly and year-end financial statements consolidation
• Coordinate with Headquarters Financial Planning & Analysis Dept. as necessary to ensure all standard reporting and ad-hoc requests are completed 
• Work with Headquarters Financial Planning & Analysis in the reconciliation of actual performance to forecast including variance analysis and explanations.
• Assist as required in developing accounting policies and procedures and ensuring successful implementation
• Ensure that proper controls exist to safe guard the company’s assets

 Local statutory accounting requirements

• Coordinate with headquarters accountants to ensure that the accounting system complies with local requirements
• Responsibility for local Financial Statements & audit

Tax compliance

• Coordinate with headquarters accountants to ensure that the branch book-keeping process complies with Australian tax regulations 
• Prepare tax filing
• Assist with transfer pricing model

HR administration and Payroll

• Manage payroll process via ADP system
• Maintain and enhance human resources by implementing and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices.
• Maintain the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions
• Prepare new employees for roles by establishing and conducting orientation and organising required training programs
• Maintain a salary plan; preparing salary budget, monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions
• Manage employee annual and personal leave for payroll purposes 
• Ensure planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; schedule management meetings, hear and record employee grievances
• Assist with the performance management and review process
• Record and maintains employee benefits programmes and recommend benefit programs to management
• Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements and maintaining records
• Maintain historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system keeping past and current records.

Facility management

• Office lease administration
• Manage facility equipment contracts
• Manage office insurance policies

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum Certificate IV Financial Services, BA or BS Degree in accounting/finance - preferred
• 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting, HR and payroll
• Excellent Excel skills and proficient in other Microsoft Office programs
• Proactive and hands on attitude
• Must be a team-oriented individual who can contribute equally as a team leader or team participant
• Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment & evolutionary company