Senior Accountant, Richemont

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To maintain daily accounting operations, assist Finance Manager, and provide support to the Brands.

Summary about this job

Financial Accounting & Reporting

Company: Richemont Australia Pty Ltd

Location: Sydney

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +61-3-8691-1719

Fax: +61-2-2126-7101

E-mail: n\a

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Detail information about job Senior Accountant, Richemont. Terms and conditions vacancy

  • Location is in close proximity in Sydney CBD in a beautiful office
  • Work with several of the world's leading brands in luxury goods
  • Join a down to earth team that work hard and have fun

POSITION OVERVIEW

  1. Responsible for timely and accurate closing of financial statement, by processing closing tasks as defined by Finance Manager
  2. Responsible for complete and correct group management reporting for inventories, debtors and cash
  3. Responsible for credit control and debtor exposure/evolution by closely engaging with internal and external stakeholders, and managing their expectations
  4. Responsible for overseeing retail back office function and wholesale AR function to ensure completeness and correctness of financial records
  5. Responsible for planning and executing boutique reviews in accordance with pre-defined internal control framework
  6. Lead and supervise a staff member to achieve functional objectives of Finance department
  7. Act as a SAP key user and support system enhancement activities

 

 

KEY COMPETENCIES

  1. Good understanding of internal control concept and ability to apply these concept in the evaluation of boutique processes
  2. Agility and persistence in pursuing functional objectives
  3. Strong relationship management, excellent interpersonal & communication skills
  4. Strong analytical thinking and problem solving capability
  5. Ability to work in a dynamic environment with demanding deadlines and expectations
  6. Ability to perform duties accurately with a strong attention to detail
  7. Good organisational and prioritisation skills
  8. Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement opportunities

 

 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Retail back office (retail operational support and finance back-end processing)
    1. Lead and supervise a staff member to achieve functional objectives
      • Timely processing of boutique daily closing reports
      • Timely processing of RED LIGHT in SAP and removing all system blocks
      • Ensuring cash/sales reconciliations and bank reconciliations are completed
      • Managing boutique operational queries and issues along with SAP technical support and retail management
    2. Develop and maintain control framework in order to achieve high level of service standard and internal benchmark
    3. Review statistical reporting for boutique operational compliance, and devise improvement plans along with boutique management
    4. Evaluate process flows and identify risks/opportunities and initiate corrective actions

 

  • Retail boutique control and compliance
    1. Organise, perform and monitor the execution of boutique operational review in accordance with Group and Regional requirements
    2. Communicate review results by drafting, finalising and issuing report to relevant stakeholders and monitor implementation of improvement plans
    3. Work closely with relevant teams (e.g., Compliance) to resolve controls-related issues and tighten existing retail operation controls
    4. Organise and drive training programme on boutique operations for retail staff
    5. Schedule and conduct boutique stock takes bi-annually, and finalise the count results accurately through stocktake system and internal approval process

 

  • Credit control (wholesale debtor relations management)
    1. Lead and supervise a staff member to achieve functional objectives
      • Timely processing of incoming funds and clearing of debtor open items
      • Facilitate prompt payment from wholesale debtors and minimise overdue by establishing regular contacts
      • Manage credit limit exposure by engaging with internal and external stakeholders and highlighting the risks to Finance management
    2. Review statistical reporting for wholesale debtors and prepare monthly presentation deck for Finance management
    3. Conduct credit limit review annually to achieve the balance of exposure risks and operational efficiency

 

  • Financial accounting (SAP FICO)
    1. Monitoring general ledgers and sub-ledgers for debtors, cash and inventories
      • Overseeing the reconciliations and open item management, and ensuring correct procedures and processes are followed for monthly reporting
      • Completing balance sheet reconciliation monthly, and highlighting issues/risks to Finance management
      • Completing inventory management reporting (BPS) monthly to the group
      • Completing consignment reporting (BPS) monthly to the group
      • Monitoring external and internal consignments, and ensuring adherence to the policy and procedures
    2. Acting as Finance SAP key user
      • Engaging in regression testing and user acceptance testing, and conducting thorough review of system development and enhancement
      • Supporting local SAP users and acting as Level 1

 

 

 

REQUIREMENTS

  1. Degree and professional qualifications in Accounting 
  2. Good understanding of international / local accounting and auditing standards
  3. Minimum 5 years relevant experience in accounting/auditing; retail industry experience is an advantage
  4. SAP FICO experience is a plus but not mandatory
  5. Impeccable written English
  6. Strong commercial acumen with business partnering experience
  7. Confident and tactful in dealing with different levels of management
  8. High learning capacity with mature mindset

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