AU Accounting Assistant (Work From Home)

This is a remote position.

• Preparing work of a high quality in an efficient manner supporting the team in an exciting, growing Australian Bookkeeping firm including:

1) Transactional finance ownership

• End-to-end AP and AR management, including processing inbound invoicing, following up customer payables, collections, supplier payments, and reconciliations.
• Daily or near-daily bank and credit card reconciliations.
• Clean, consistent coding aligned to management reporting needs.

·Complete Payroll tasks

• Create Accounts review process, maintain a list of account customers, terms etc. Complete assessment for new accounts and create process.

2) Month-end close (controller-lite standard)

• Run a structured month-end close with a documented checklist.
• Deliver P&L, balance sheet, and basic cash flow as part of the month end.
• Maintain reconciliations for all key balance sheet accounts.
• Ensure payroll, GST, and inventory balances reconcile and call out any variances.

3) Compliance support

• Prepare GST/BAS tax schedules for accountant review.
• Maintain payroll compliance data (super, PAYG, leave liabilities).
• Coordinate clean handover to external accountants for year-end and tax.

4) Inventory, margin, and profitability insight

• Maintain accurate inventory valuation and adjustment processes.
• Produce reliable gross margin reporting by product, customer, or channel. Share product insights.
• Identify margin leakage, pricing issues, and cost allocation problems.

5) Cash and working capital management

• Prepare and maintain a rolling cash forecast and highlight upcoming risks early.
• Actively manage receivables and support credit control processes.
• Create payment run and plan payments with alignment to cash position and supplier terms.

6) Management reporting and insight

Originally posted on Himalayas