• Ten-month maternity leave position

Overall Purpose

The Financial Accountant will assist the Financial Director in providing timely full and accurate sets of accounts, be responsible for all accounting aspects of transactions and provide back up support for the payroll officer. Currently there are two Financial Accountants and this role is split according to the current requirements of the organisation.

Specific roles

To be responsible for all accounting aspects of transactions, including:

• Preparation of the quarterly Equity Trust and Equity Foundation income statement for review by the Director, Finance
• Preparation of quarterly Media Awards income statement for review by the Director, Finance
• Preparation and analysis of various reports for review by the Director, Finance
• General ledger maintenance and journal entry
• Maintenance of General Ledger (GL) trees and Excel spreadsheets
• Maintenance of Accounts Payable (AP) ledger, including processing of all suppliers’ statements and credit notes
• Monthly paypal reconciliation and transfer to MEAA business account
• Daily new starter adjustment in membership database
• Weekly new starter deduction list for membership
• Daily membership income reconciliation
• Reconciliation of MEAA cabcharge transactions and reporting of anomalies to the Director, Finance
• Apply and cancel of cabcharge and credit card as per request
• Assist with all statutory tax compliance (BAS, FBT, GST) and liaison with MEAA’s tax advisors as directed by the Director, Finance
• Assist with financial year-end audit of MEAA including all GL, AP and Accounts Receivable (AR) reconciliations
• Assist with consolidate annual reporting
• Liaison with the accounting software support operation
• Liaison with NAB and BNZ for banking enquiry, support and communication
• Communicate with the suppliers and customers and deal with the specific issues
• Analysis and management of cash position, cash flow and working capital
• Monthly bank reconciliations for MEAA and NZ Equity
• Foreign currency transfers, in and out
• Payment of suppliers and one-off Electronic Funds Transfers
• AR invoicing as back up
• Monthly credit card reconciliation as back up
• Petty cash, both in Australian $ and other currencies
• Staff reimbursements

Performance measures:

• Prepare Income Statements within 10 working days from the end of month.
• Daily Bank Reconciliation of MEAA and NZ Equity transaction account
• Monthly Bank Reconciliation to be completed and signed off by Finance Director within 7
  working days from end of month
• Invoices to be processed and paid within 14 working days
• Maintain accurate hard copy and electronic filing system.
• Ability to interact with staff and service providers at all levels
• Demonstrate highly developed communication skills.
• Strong decision making ability and attention to detail.
• Ability to problem solve
• Detail orientated and an ability to stick to time constraints as directed
• Comply with all statutory requirements

Attributes:

The Financial accountant will have an analytical mind with a keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data. They will have excellent negotiation skills and develop strong working relationships, have commercial and business awareness. The ideal candidate will have an accounting
degree and working towards either CPA or CA status and preferably have worked in a union or the not for profit sector.