Financial Accountant
WEX Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Financial Accountant for a full-time, hybrid role based in Melbourne VIC.
This position offers financial accounting support across multiple business lines, encompassing month-end close, balance sheet management, intercompany accounting, and providing assistance with annual statutory audits, alongside selected Accounts Payable, Receivable, and cash management activities. The Financial Accountant's contribution is integral to ensuring financial data is accurately recorded, analysed, and reported in compliance with local statutory requirements, US GAAP, and internal company policies.
Role Contribution:
- Support the timely and accurate completion of month-end close and reporting deliverables across multiple entities.
- Prepare journals, reconciliations, analysis, and reporting packs that underpin reliable financial results and balance sheet integrity.
- Assist with statutory reporting, audit queries, regulatory and compliance reporting, and finance control requirements.
- Support intercompany, treasury-related, fixed asset, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and cash management processes as needed.
- Partner with internal stakeholders, including Finance, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Payroll, Operations, IT Operations, Procurement, and external auditors.
- Contribute to process improvement, documentation, system enhancement, and the responsible use of automation and AI-enabled tools within Finance.
Role Responsibilities:
- Month-End Close & Reporting:
- Prepare month-end journal entries, including accruals, prepayments, reclassifications, payroll entries, lease accounting, project accounting, intercompany recharges, bank entries, and other month-end adjustments.
- Support the preparation of monthly and quarterly reporting, including reporting packs, flux analysis, cash flow support, and consolidation files.
- Ensure accounting entries are complete, accurate, properly supported, and recorded in accordance with applicable accounting standards and internal policies.
- Upload or support the upload of general ledger balances to reporting systems, including HFM flows, validation checks, and exception reporting where required.
- Prepare or support selected operational and management reporting, including daily or monthly reporting linked to payment, securitization, or business activity where required.
- Balance Sheet Integrity & General Ledger Control:
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations by corporate deadlines, ensuring reconciliations are accurate, complete, well-supported, and appropriately reviewed.
- Investigate reconciling items, aged balances, and unusual movements, and drive timely resolution of outstanding items.
- Support continuous improvement in reconciliation quality, standardization, documentation, and control effectiveness.
- Intercompany, Banking and Fixed Assets:
- Manage intercompany accounting activities, including journal preparation, reconciliations, intercompany funding entries, recharges, and resolution of differences across entities.
- Record, reconcile, and explain treasury-related transactions, including interest, debt, cash pooling, FX revaluation, bank fees, and related balance sheet movements.
- Maintain fixed asset registers, including capitalisation, depreciation, disposals, and monitoring of capital expenditure.
- Statutory, Regulatory & Audit Support:
- Prepare or support statutory financial statements for Australian and international entities in accordance with relevant accounting frameworks and reporting requirements.
- Assist with internal and external audit processes, including preparation of audit schedules, supporting papers, process walkthroughs, and responses to auditor queries.
- Other:
- Support team members by sharing process knowledge and assisting with troubleshooting across month-end close, reconciliations, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and reporting processes.
- Participate in new product, finance transformation, and other ad hoc projects as required.
- Identify manual bottlenecks and process improvement opportunities. Assist in the creation and deployment of automated workflows using AI tools authorised by WEX.
Role Qualifications/Experience Level:
The ideal candidate would possess:
- Degree qualification in Accounting, Finance, or Commerce, with CA/CPA qualification completed or in progress.
- 3 or more years of financial accounting experience, preferably in financial services, fintech, payments, multinational, or medium-to-large organisation environments.
- Experience with ERP and reporting systems; NetSuite, Workday, or HFM experience preferred but not essential.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data manipulation, pivot tables, and complex formulas.
- Interest in process improvement, AI, automation, data analytics, and the practical use of technology to improve finance processes.
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, time management, and ability to manage competing deadlines.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work autonomously in a hybrid working environment, with regular attendance at the Melbourne office as required.
- Must pass a successful background check.
Application Instructions:
To apply, please submit your application as per the instructions provided.