Position Description – Accounting Assistant

About the Role
As an Assistant Accountant in a fast-paced retail company backed by private equity, you will play a crucial role in supporting the finance and accounting team. The company is experiencing rapid growth, and this position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to its success. You will work closely with the accounting team, assisting with various financial tasks, ensuring accurate financial records, and supporting the overall financial operations of the organization.

More specifically your responsibilities will include:

• Cash management including the process the bank reconciliations.
• General Ledger Maintenance: Assist in maintaining accurate and up-to-date general ledger entries, including journal entries, reconciliations, and adjusting entries as required.
• Payroll Processing: Take ownership of the weekly payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely processing of employee payroll. This includes reviewing timesheets, calculating wages, deductions, and overtime, and maintaining employee records related to payroll.
• Accounts Payable and Receivable: Support the accounts payable and accounts receivable functions by processing invoices through lightyear, verifying billing accuracy, preparing payment schedules, Tax and super payments , and managing vendor and customer inquiries.
• Financial Reporting: Assist in preparing financial statements, management reports, and other financial analyses to support decision-making processes. Collaborate with the accounting team to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Inventory Control: Work closely with the inventory management team to reconcile physical inventory counts with financial records, analyze variances, and contribute to inventory valuation processes.
• Expense Management: Assist in reviewing and reconciling employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with company policies and timely reimbursement.
• Financial System Support: Assist in maintaining and enhancing financial systems, including ERP software, by identifying opportunities for process improvement and troubleshooting issues.
• Compliance and Audit Support: Collaborate with external auditors, providing necessary documentation and support during yearly audits, ensuring adherence to internal/external financial controls and regulatory requirements.
• Ad-hoc Analysis: Support the Financial Controller, accounting team and Leadership team with ad-hoc financial analysis and projects, providing accurate and insightful information to aid in decision-making processes.

What you’ll need:

Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role is focusing on bookkeeping, accounting and payroll. You will need to demonstrate:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. CPA Preferred but not essential
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in accounting or finance, preferably in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting standards.
• Proficiency in accounting software (Xero) and Microsoft Excel (Advance); experience with other ERP systems is a plus.
• Experience with payroll processing software and knowledge of (Australian) payroll regulations and compliance.
• Excellent analytical skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and cross borders teams.
• Highly organized and proactive, demonstrating a strong work ethic and a willingness to take initiative to streamline processes.
• Familiarity with private equity ownership structures and related financial processes is an advantage.

What’s in it for you:

Joining as an Assistant Accountant offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a growing retail company while gaining valuable experience in a fast-paced environment. If you are a detail-oriented and driven professional with a passion for accounting and finance, we invite you to apply and be part of our dynamic team and a Supportive leadership structure.

Join the A-Team and experience the A-Life!

WHAT WILL YOU DO

• Assist in the coordination of content creation activities, including planning, scheduling, and tracking production timelines.
• Collaborate with writers, designers, and other team members to ensure the timely delivery of content assets.
•  Provide support in the production of various content types, including blog posts, social media content, videos, and graphics.
• Assist in gathering and organizing assets for content creation.
• Conduct quality checks on content to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with brand guidelines.
• Work closely with the team to address any revisions or improvements needed in the content.
•  Maintain and update content calendars, ensuring alignment with marketing and business goals.
• Monitor deadlines and proactively communicate with team members to keep projects on schedule.
•  Organize and maintain a digital library of content assets, ensuring easy accessibility for the team.
• Assist in archiving and cataloging content for future reference.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, design, and communications, to gather input and feedback on content projects.
• Act as a liaison between team members to facilitate effective communication.

WHAT WE’LL LIKE ABOUT YOU

YOU HAVE…

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or a related field.
• 2 years of experience in content creation, production, or a related role.
• Experience with content management systems and production tools is a plus.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time efficiently.
•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with content creation tools, project management software, and digital asset management systems.
• A creative mindset with the ability to contribute innovative ideas to enhance content quality.

Reporting directly to the Customer Support Director – Player Engagement. The Executive Assistant provides administrative support in a remote working relationship. The Executive Assistant serves as a liaison to the executive and senior management teams; organizes and coordinates internal and external relations efforts; and helps oversee special projects driven by the CS Director. The Executive Assistant must be flexible and enjoy working in an environment that is mission-driven, results-driven and customer and employee-friendly. The ideal individual will have the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities. The Executive Assistant must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion.

This Executive Assistant must be adept at translating ambiguous narratives into clear actions, organizing meetings, managing schedules, and ensuring timely follow-ups. This role demands business maturity, exceptional coordination skills, and the capacity to handle multiple stakeholders.

• Translate Ambiguous Instructions: Understand and convert vague or complex narratives into actionable tasks.

• Meeting Organization: Schedule and organize meetings efficiently, ensuring optimal use of Customer Support Director’s time.
• Note-Taking and Follow-Ups: Take comprehensive notes during meetings and ensure all follow-up actions are completed in a timely manner.
• Stakeholder Management: Handle communications and coordination with multiple stakeholders, maintaining professionalism and discretion.
• Flexible Scheduling: Adjust personal schedule to meet the dynamic needs of the business and executive team.
• Document Management: Proficient in creating, managing, and designing office files and documents.
• Numerical Skills: Competence in basic mathematics and understanding different time zones for scheduling.
• Work Under Pressure: Thrive in a high-pressure environment, managing tight deadlines and urgent tasks.
• Organization: Exceptional organizational skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Confidentiality: Maintain strict confidentiality regarding all sensitive information and company matters.
• Administrative Support: Completes a broad variety of administrative tasks including: managing an extremely active calendar of appointments; completing reports; preparing presentation slides, composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; and compiling documents for travel-related meetings (e.g. visa preparation, travel documents, expense report, etc.).
• Project Management: Helps manage a variety of special projects for the Customer Support Director. Prioritizes conflicting needs; handles matter expeditiously, proactively, and follows-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
• Other duties as required from time to time.

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail
• Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including members of executive and senior management teams, members of the service line, external partners and clients
• Expert level written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
• Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions

Other Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience
• Strong work tenure: minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar capacity (preferably supported global senior leaders or executives)
• Excellent English written and verbal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point), conference call systems and other platforms
• Amenable working in European shift (3pm to 12am)

• Non-taxable Allowances
• HMO and Life Insurance
• Paid Time Offs
• Annual Wellness Subsidy