Corporate Accountant

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A vacancy exists for a Corporate Accountant in the Group Finance division of Helloworld Travel Limted.

Helloworld Travel Limited is one of Australia's leading integrated travel businesses, providing specialist government and corporate business travel, wholesale products, franchised retail services and ticket distribution services across 8 countries.

Located in Melbourne and reporting to the Group Finance Manager, this role is responsible for the timely and accurate accounting of the group shared services cost function including accountability and controls of all reported results in the shared service cost centres.  

The suitable applicant will ensure that all revenue and costs are correctly accounted for from an actual, forecast and budget perspective with associated balance sheet reconciliations and control environment.  In addition, this position assists with business performance reviews impacting shared services, acting as a key accounting point of contact for business unit teams. 

Responsibilities include:

• Timely and accurate preparation of shared service actual month end and year end results and analysis to senior finance and business management.
• Timely and accurate preparation of shared service forecasting and budgeting results and analysis to senior finance and business management.
• Ensure financial integrity of shared service actual results including profit/loss, balance sheet and cash flows.This includes the completion of balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with group timelines, completed with a high degree of accuracy supported by applicable documentation.
• Maintain and report fixed asset register for the group including accuracy of capex vs opex assessment.
• Business partner to the Information Technology (IT) and Systems department including detailed review of IT costings for correct accounting treatment and associated analysis.
• Maintain and report property register for the group including accuracy of reported property month end and year end results.
• Complete tax requirements for the shared services cost centres including BAS files and FBT checklist.
• Monthly coding and analysis of operating expenditure (mainly overhead) including balance sheet accruals to ensure correct monthly reporting of actual results.
• Completion of other ad hoc business requests and reporting requirements, acting as a key central accounting contact for business unit finance team queries.
• Actively engage in special projects and other ad hoc reporting and analysis deliverables to continuous improve the group finance function under the direction of the Group Finance Manager and General Manager, Group Finance.
• Some interstate travel required.

To be successful in this role you will display:

• CA/CPA Qualified.
• Ability to work towards deadlines.
• Experience/ exposure to consolidations and business combinations accounting.
• Sound knowledge of capital vs operating expenditure accounting.
• Sound knowledge of current IFRS's.
• Good time management skills and the ability to manage multiple requests and deadlines.
• Sound project management skills.
• Good communication skills (oral and written).
• Great Plains and TM1 systems experience preferred.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please send you resume by COB 13 July 2018. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.