Graduate Accountant

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing monthly financial results, including departmental profit and loss statements and result analysis.
• Handle the preparation and posting of general ledger journals, covering prepayments, expense and interest accruals, and assisting with payroll journals.
• Manage essential financial controls, such as monthly balance sheet reconciliations, substantiation of account balances, maintenance of the Asset Register, and associated monthly depreciation postings.
• Prepare annual financial reports and submit financial information to external auditors.
• Conduct monthly review of payroll and related employment expenses, acting as backup to the payroll officer during their absence.
• Prepare annual draft tax reconciliations and ensure timely lodgement of monthly, quarterly, and annual tax payments and reconciliations, including GST/BAS and FBT.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and reporting, including annual depreciation and interest budgets.
• Support regular periodic reforecasting exercises throughout the financial year.