Finance Professional

Job description

Global Academic Ventures is committed to providing the highest quality of academic programs to enhance each student’s experiential learning opportunities. With a permanent local presence in 4 countries and seasonal presences in many more, the company has been pioneering new education programs to appeal to the new generation of study abroad students.

We are looking for a full-time Finance Professional with strong Accounting skills, to work in our Sydney office.

Tasks:
• Overseeing all internal finance operations across our United States, Singapore, and Australia entities. This includes full-cycle bookkeeping, financial reporting, budgeting, and reconciliation.
• Working closely with senior leadership to support strategic financial planning, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance internal accounting processes.
• Lead in identifying and correcting historical program coding discrepancies and actively managing GST recovery and international tax-related documentation.
• Ownership of strengthening financial infrastructure by leading the development and implementation of systems that support long-term scalability and organisational objectives.
• Day to day reconciliation of all payment related activities for the company and its sister entities.
• Liaising with external accountants for the preparing and lodging of financial statements, regulatory compliant documentation, reports and audit submissions.
• Examining operating costs and organisations' income and expenditure
• Maintaining and upholding internal policies and processes
• Formulating budgetary and accounting policies
• Assisting senior management with all finance related projects such as GST review, Transfer Pricing review etc… that span across multiple entities in multiple jurisdictions

Required Skills and Qualifications
• Finance or Accounting degree or similar
• General Ledger reconciliation experience preferred
• Ability to forecast and budget
• Multi-Entity Bookkeeping
• Expert knowledge of Accounting Software (primarily Xero and MYOB)
• GST and Tax Compliance knowledge
• Microsoft Office Suite

Salary Range: $70,000 - $90,000 per annum plus superannuation, based on previous skills and experience.

Please only apply if you have the relevant degree and skills set.