Financial Accountant

About the Role

The Financial Accountant role is responsible for providing quality financial accounting and accounts receivable for an Australian and/or New Zealand business unit, and to ensure accurate and timely monthly and financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Finance Director ANZ, the Financial Accountant will assume these key areas of responsibility:

Financial Accounting & Compliance

• Preparation of monthly financial statements such as Profit and Loss Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows for Australia and New Zealand
• Support the preparation of consolidation report for the Group
• End-to-end month end processing from journal posting to reporting
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliation; maintain integrity of balance sheet accounts; resolve balance sheet discrepancies
• Preparation of monthly cashflow forecast
• Maintain Fixed Assets register and monthly depreciation
• Reconciliation of intercompany accounts and foreign exchange revaluation
• Ensure compliance with indirect tax requirements, including GST, FBT and WHT
• Support external and internal audit processes
• Drive efficiency improvements in financial processes
• Preparation of budget
• Undertake ad hoc financial reporting and projects.

Accounts Receivable

• Review and process customer payments, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Customer collection according company policies and procedures
• Investigate and resolve customer payment discrepancies
• Customer account reconciliation
• Customer masterdata maintenance
• Support credit terms and credit limits review
• Analytical accounts receivable reporting to support aging analysis, customer payment performance analysis, and credit terms analysis
• Process improvement to streamline, standardise and simplify AR processes.

Stakeholder Management

• Facilitate human resource policies and procedures
• Adhere to and drive all OHS policies, programs and procedures as directed and implemented by the Company
• Accept and complete other duties and responsibilities as directed by the Finance Director.

Skills

• Accounting qualification with professional membership, or working towards
• Previous experience working as an Accountant with preferable knowledge of XERO and JDE or similar accounting software
• Reporting Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Deadline-oriented
• Confidentiality
• The ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing business needs
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• A proactive mindset with a keen interest in continuous learning and process improvements.

About Caldic

Caldic is a growing global provider of added-value distribution solutions for the life and material sciences, active across 43 countries in Europe, Latin America, North America, and Asia-Pacific.

Because we care, we touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every day. We inspire innovative and sustainable distribution solutions for the food, pharma, personal care, and industrial product formulation markets of the world. Our specialty ingredients and chemicals solutions, carefully sourced and customized to specifications whenever required, are backed by outstanding research & development, customer service, and technical & regulatory support, ensuring that they meet precisely determined needs at every stage of the value chain.

To learn more about Caldic and our complete solutions offerings, visit www.caldic.com.

Caldic recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Our business success is a reflection of the quality and skill of our people. Caldic is committed to seeking out and retaining top talent to ensure top business growth and performance. We want to ensure that we are actively listening to our employees at every level of the organization and creating an inclusive workplace culture that recognizes and values all backgrounds, voices, roles and contributions.

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