Assistant Accountant

Venue Smart; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 85,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring from CFO

Hybrid work flexibility

Progression into month-end & reporting

Job summary

Venue Smart is seeking a finance support professional for a permanent part‑time position at our Varsity Lakes office on the Gold Coast. You will own core daily accounting processes, including bank reconciliations, accounts payable and payroll preparation, with gradual progression to month‑end and reporting tasks.

You will work closely with the CFO and gain hands‑on experience in a growing Australian payments business, with flexible start times and a clear path from transactional work to broader

Qualifications

• 2+ years of practical accounting experience.
• Payroll processing experience preferred.
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail required.

Responsibilities

• Handle day‑to‑day processing and reconciliation.
• Perform bank reconciliations and accounts payable processing.
• Prepare payroll and commission processing; ensure STP compliance.
• Assist with month‑end journals, BAS and finance reporting.
• Support CFO during handover and progressively take on more complex tasks.

Skills

2+ years accounting experience

Payroll processing

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Education

Accounting degree (completed or in progress)

Tools

Xero

Cloud accounting software

Job description

Permanent part-time | 30 hours across 5 days | Approx. 6 hours per day | Varsity Lakes

Looking for a genuine accounting role without the full-time hours? Join a growing payments business, take ownership of core finance processes and build broader commercial accounting experience.

About Venue Smart

Venue Smart is a Gold Coast-based payments business supporting around 2,000 merchants across Australia and processing approximately $2 billion annually.

We're entering our next stage of growth, with ambitious plans to scale the business significantly over the coming years. As our transaction volumes and channels grow, we're also building the finance capability and systems needed to support that growth.

About the role

This is our first dedicated finance support hire, working directly alongside the CFO.

You’ll take ownership of the day-to-day processing and reconciliation work that keeps the finance function running, including bank reconciliations, accounts payable, payroll preparation and commission processing.

You’ll work closely with the CFO during your initial handover, with responsibility progressively transitioning to you as you become familiar with Venue Smart's systems and processes.

This isn't a role where you'll remain focused solely on transactional processing. As you learn the business, your responsibilities will expand into more complex reconciliations, month-end and finance reporting support.

The role is 30 hours across Monday-Friday, approximately six hours per day, based in our Varsity Lakes office. There is some flexibility around daily start and finish times for the right candidate.

What you'll do

• Complete daily bank reconciliations and accounts payable processing
• Prepare RCTIs and monthly franchisee commission calculations
• Prepare payroll, including STP and superannuation processing
• Reconcile acquirer settlements and merchant billing
• Investigate discrepancies and exceptions and elevate where appropriate
• Progressively assist with month-end journals, balance sheet reconciliations, BAS workings and finance reporting

How the role will grow

You'll start by taking ownership of our core daily finance processes. As you learn the business, we'll progressively transition acquirer and commission reconciliations, followed by month-end, BAS workings and finance reporting support.

The aim is for you to build genuine commercial accounting experience rather than remain in a purely transactional role.

About you

We're looking for someone who already has a solid grounding in day-to-day accounting. We'll teach you our business, systems and payments environment, but you'll be comfortable taking ownership of core accounts processes from the outset.

You'll bring:

• Minimum 2 years' practical experience in an accounting, bookkeeping or similar finance role
• Accounting degree completed or in progress, or equivalent practical accounting/bookkeeping experience
• Demonstrated experience completing bank reconciliations and accounts payable with minimal supervision
• Confidence using Xero or similar cloud accounting software
• Strong Excel skills
• High accuracy and attention to detail when working with high-volume transactional data
• A process-minded approach - you follow procedures and flag exceptions rather than working around them
• Discretion and sound judgement when handling payroll, commissions and commercially sensitive information
• Curiosity about how the business actually works, not just the numbers

Experience in payroll, payments, banking, franchising or another high-volume transactional environment would be an advantage, but isn't essential.

What's on offer

• Permanent part‑time role - 30 hours across Monday-Friday
• $75,000-$85,000 FTE plus superannuation, pro rata for 30 hours
• Some flexibility around daily start and finish times
• Direct exposure to and mentoring from the CFO
• Structured progression from transactional accounting into month-end, BAS and reporting
• Exposure to a growing Australian payments business and a high-volume transaction environment
• Hybrid flexibility to be reviewed once the role is established and operating independently