Senior Cash & Reconciliations Specialist

Perigon Group Pty Limited; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Perigon Group Pty Limited in Melbourne CBD is seeking a Senior Finance Officer to join the finance administration team on a permanent full-time basis.

You will manage high-volume cash and bank reconciliations across multiple entities, weekly payment runs, and monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting for the national group. This role reports to the Finance Manager and supports a broader head office finance team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in a cash settlement / reconciliation role within a high-transaction, multi-entity environment.
• Familiarity with POS systems and reconciliation processes, including preparing cash clearing reconciliations and resolving variances as they arise.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new accounting applications and systems.
• Strong communication and organisational skills with high attention to detail.
• Initiative, drive, and a positive, flexible approach to work.
• Willingness to support the broader head office finance team.

Responsibilities

• Complete bank account reconciliations across multiple bank accounts and entities, and prepare cash at bank, cash in transit and cash clearing journals on a weekly basis
• Prepare weekly cash clearing reconciliations, investigating and resolving systemic variances and uncleared items in a timely manner
• Input and load weekly pay runs into online banking portals and prepare daily payment runs for the Group
• Prepare and investigate monthly balance sheet reconciliations across clearing, bank, and cash holding accounts
• Prepare weekly cash variance reports and review monthly reconciliations collated from a large national site network
• Collaborate with the accounts receivable team on debtor reconciliations across the Group
• Review and input weekly petty cash receipts, and allocate and communicate receipts to the relevant teams in a timely manner
• Assist with troubleshooting automated revenue data imports, support external audits, and contribute to ad hoc finance projects as directed

Skills

Cash reconciliations

Multi-entity environment

Excel

Accounting systems

Attention to detail

Communication

Organisational skills

Initiative

Tools

POS systems

Job description

Perigon Group Pty Limited in Melbourne CBD is seeking a Senior Finance Officer to join the finance administration team on a permanent full-time basis.

You will manage high-volume cash and bank reconciliations across multiple entities, weekly payment runs, and monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting for the national group. This role reports to the Finance Manager and supports a broader head office finance team.