Financial Accountant

Harrison.ai

2d

About The Position

The Financial Accountant will join a small finance and tax team, supporting month-end reconciliations across multiple entities and currencies and assisting with tax work, including BAS, GST, and ad hoc compliance. The position offers hands-on exposure to both accounting and tax.

The role covers full-cycle balance sheet reconciliations and financial close, journal entries and variance analysis, audit and compliance support, employee expense claims and corporate card processing, expense-system administration and process optimisation, and preparation of supporting schedules and workpapers for tax deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce or Accounting.
• 1–3 years of experience in a finance-operations role, ideally in a multi-entity or multi-currency environment.
• Working knowledge of a mid-market ERP or accounting system.
• Strong Excel or Sheets skills, including lookups, pivots, and reconciliations.
• High attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

• CA or CPA part-qualified.
• Exposure to SaaS.
• Experience with a cloud ERP or accounting system.
• Healthcare, medical device, or regulated-industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for bank, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accruals, prepayments, GST, and intercompany accounts in accordance with the month-end close calendar.
• Identify, investigate, document, and resolve reconciling items promptly.
• Post general ledger journal entries supported by working papers and investigate variances.
• Support external audits, mid-year reviews, and statutory compliance requests by preparing schedules and documentation.
• Review and process employee expense claims and corporate card transactions against company policy, identifying and resolving non-compliant submissions.
• Reconcile monthly corporate card statements and ensure GST and receipt documentation meets compliance standards.
• Administer the expense management system, including user setup, account deactivation, permission management, and user support.
• Identify recurring expense policy exceptions and recommend workflow or policy improvements.
• Assist with quarterly BAS workpapers, including reconciling GST from the general ledger to BAS labels.
• Assist with coding tax-related journals.
• Prepare supporting schedules and data extracts for tax returns, provisions, advisor queries, and ATO requests as needed.

Benefits

• Yearly learning and development budgets, mentoring, hackathons, and secondments.
• Flexible working hours and work-from-home options.
• Inclusive policies supporting families through fertility, parenthood, loss, and grandparenthood.
• Transparent growth framework.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level