Assistant Accountant

Meyer Cookware Australia Pty Ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Meyer Cookware Australia Pty Ltd in Melbourne is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our finance team. This hands-on role covers accounts payable and credit control, including processing supplier invoices, payment runs, AR oversight, and managing retailer claims.

You will report to the Finance Director and collaborate with sales. The ideal candidate has at least 4 years’ transactional finance experience in wholesale or multi-channel consumer goods, strong Excel and ERP skills, and a proven

Qualifications

• A degree in business or accounting.
• 4+ years in transactional finance covering AP and credit control.
• Experience in wholesale, FMCG or multi-channel consumer goods.
• Familiarity with retailer terms, co-op, markdowns and credit processes.
• Strong Excel and ERP experience.

Responsibilities

• Process supplier invoices and payment runs.
• Maintain receivables ledger and follow up overdue accounts.
• Handle retailer claims and deductions.
• AP/AR inputs into cashflow forecasting.

Skills

Accounts payable

Credit control

AR / receivables

Bank reconciliation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or accounting

Tools

ERP system

Excel

Job description

Meyer Cookware Australia Pty Ltd – Croydon VIC

Meyer Cookware Australia is looking for an Assistant Accountant to join our Melbourne finance team. It's a hands-on role across both accounts payable and credit control: processing supplier invoices and payment runs, keeping the receivables ledger current, following up overdue accounts, and sorting out retailer claims and deductions. You'll report to our Finance Director and work closely with the Sales team day to day. If you've got solid transactional finance experience and want to broaden out across both sides of the ledger, this is a good next step.

What you’ll be doing

Accounts payable

• Foreign and local supplier invoices — coding, approvals, FX contracts and GST treatment
• The fortnightly payment run, prepared for approval, plus supplier master data integrity
• Monthly reconciliation of key supplier accounts, resolving queries directly with suppliers
• Expense claims and AP/AR inputs into cashflow forecasting

Credit control and receivables

• Onboarding new customers: credit checks, references, trading terms and credit limits
• Daily oversight of the AR ledger, escalating overdue balances and risk exposures
• Collections end to end — statements, calls, letters and dispute resolution
• Working alongside Key Account Managers and Sales Support to resolve commercial disputes, including placing orders on hold where the situation calls for it
• Maintaining the credit-risk register and bad-debt provisioning model
• Managing our credit insurance and debt collection partners

Claims, reconciliations and month-end

• Investigating and resolving retailer claims and deductions — shortages, markdowns, co-op — across all channels
• Raising customer credit notes and claims with proper documentary evidence
• Customer care refunds and e-commerce platform clearing and payment journals
• Bank reconciliations for review, plus month-end close support and ad hoc analysis

What you’ll bring

• A degree in business or accounting
• 4+ years in transactional finance covering both accounts payable and credit control — ideally in wholesale, FMCG or multi-channel consumer goods selling into major Australian retailers
• A solid grip on retailer trading terms, co-op, scan-back and markdown mechanics
• Confidence navigating retailer portals (Myer, David Jones, Big W, Amazon Vendor Central and similar)
• Strong ERP skills across AP and AR modules, bank reconciliation tools, and Excel for aged-debt analysis
• Working knowledge of GST treatment, PPSR, statutory demands and credit insurance processes
• Accuracy at volume, and the discipline to keep it under deadline pressure
• The ability to be commercially firm on collections without damaging relationships we’ve spent years building
• Clear, professional communication with customers, suppliers and colleagues
• Self-direction — you’ll be juggling payment-run and collections deadlines that don’t always line up
• Comfortable using AI tools in your day-to-day work — we're rolling them out across the business and want someone curious about where they can save time on the repetitive stuff