Do you have a passion for shaping and influencing company culture? If so, we want you to join our team!  

We are currently looking for an experienced Financial Accountant to join our team based out of our Brisbane or Melbourne Support Centre.

Reporting to Financial Accounting Manager, successful candidate will play a key role in preparing monthly accounting reports and financial statements that are used by management to judge the performance of the company.

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

Assist in preparation of all tax matters and compliance:

• Perform yearly FBT preparation and collection of required information
• Perform monthly BAS preparation and control checks
• Support income tax return preparation
• Prepare bi-monthly NZ GST lodgements and control checks
• Prepare various other tax compliance lodgements required by the ATO (eg. TPAR lodgements)

Intercompany transactions:

• Manage AR/AP transactions relating to Intercompany
• Send monthly statement to Interco counterparts and arrange for cash settlements with Treasury
• Intercompany reconciliation
• Month-end FX adjustments
• HFM company balances reporting and variances resolution

Support function cost activities and month end preparation:

• Perform month-end transactions and reporting
• Perform adjustments and accruals to ensure correct and accurate levels of costs

Leased vehicles:

• Update and maintain lease accounting software and reconciliation of accounting entries relating to lease accounting in accordance with IFRS16

Payroll management and accounting:

• Manage the posting of payroll journals (monthly and fortnightly) and preparing and reconciliation of Worker’s Compensation payments

Other duties:

• Supporting Financial Accounting Manager in managing offshore resources, projects and other initiatives
• Assist with the preparation of the annual financial information to be provided to the external auditors
• Assist in preparing tax provisions and compliance reporting
• Assist with interim and year-end audits
• Accurate preparation and reporting high volume of transactions, meeting a strict, challenging deadlines
• Working closely with various stakeholders to ensure all balances in Balance Sheets accounts are accurate and valid through the management of the General Ledger Reconciliations

Preferred candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Working towards CA/CPA qualification is desirable
• At least 5 years relevant accounting experience
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (Intermediate)
• Income Tax Legislation (Intermediate)
• Microsoft Dynamics (Intermediate)
• Microsoft Office Suite (Intermediate)

• Demonstrated ability in meeting deadlines, to be able to set realistic goals, problem solve and establish priorities

Why choose Sodexo?   

Sodexo is a people business, employing over 400,000 people worldwide and thousands here in Australia. Our employees, who personify Sodexo's unique values of Service Spirit, Team Spirit and Spirit of Progress, are our greatest asset through their commitment and dedication.   

We believe the more diverse we are, the stronger we are. No matter your background, we will do all we can to help you thrive. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities, valuing diversity, and creating an inclusive working environment for all our employees.     

At Sodexo, we are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all applicants regardless of age, race, sex, ethnicity, religion and beliefs and people with disabilities.   
We offer a competitive salary, many development opportunities and an outstanding benefits and recognition program!  

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Business Analyst to join our team and play a pivotal role in building the origination experience across our platforms. As a Business Analyst you will work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, and stakeholders to drive product and customer initiatives within our Originations tribe. This role will allow you to use your problem solving and analytical skills to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers.

• Lead discovery sessions with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria. 
• Evaluate existing business processes and identify opportunities for improvement to increase efficiency and productivity. 
• Perform data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform decision-making processes. 
• Create clear and comprehensive business and functional requirement documents, process flows, and user stories. 
• Collaborate closely with scrum teams to ensure seamless delivery of initiatives, using agile practices to prioritise, build, release and iterate on product features.  
• Analyse and document existing customer experiences, identify inefficiencies, and recommend improvements. 
• Work collaboratively with the broader product delivery teams to shape and implement product releases. 
• Investigate issues and effectively communicate the resolution to stakeholders. 
• Conduct testing and validate platform features to ensure they meet technical and business requirements. 
• Develop training materials and conduct training sessions for end-users when required. 
• Support the Product Manager to manage the backlog to ensure it follows the product roadmap and strategy. 

As part of the Line 2 Risk Office, you will work in a diverse and varied capacity to continue to uplift risk management capabilities at TAL.

This role is responsible for the oversight of TAL’s financial risks including the management of the Risk Appetite Statement, ICAAP Summary Statement, Recovery Plan and other risk policies and frameworks. You will work closely with business and actuarial teams to
provide advice and oversight to strengthen financial and insurance risk governance and play a key role in overseeing product sustainability for TAL’s existing and new businesses.

• Provide risk and compliance advice, insights and challenge to support the embedment of the Risk Management Framework with a focus on financial risks.
• Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of the Risk Appetite Statement and the Recovery Plan.
• Partner with the Capital team to enhance and challenge the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) framework.
• Provide insights and coordinate the development of stress scenarios.
• Establish strong relationships with business stakeholders to embed and increase awareness of the Risk Management Framework.
• Provide risk advice on projects relating to the financial risk portfolio.
• Conduct reviews on emerging risks and other focus areas.
• Present the outcomes of reviews to senior management and at Board or committee meetings.
• Provide guidance and support to direct report and other members of the broader Risk Office.