Senior Financial Accountant | Fintech

Perigon Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Perigon Group in Sydney, Australia, is a mature yet growing ASX-listed fintech with global reach. We are seeking a Group Financial Controller to lead statutory reporting, journal postings, balance sheet reconciliations and treasury accounting within a scaling finance function.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will support tax preparation, monthly management reporting and quarterly compliance.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting background and financial operations experience.
• Open to commercial candidates with fintech/payments experience is desirable but not required.
• Excellent communication and change-management skills in a scaling environment.

Responsibilities

• Support production of half year and year end statutory reporting.
• Prepare and post manual, ad-hoc and recurring journals including accruals and prepayments.
• Own the balance sheet reconciliation process.
• Provide support to the Finance Manager in maintenance of the GL.
• Support other business units in posting journals and investigating queries.
• Carry out Treasury Accounting.
• Assist the Tax Manager with direct and indirect taxes.
• Prepare monthly management and quarterly compliance reporting, including cash flow statements.
• Assist auditors with information requirements and explanations.
• Collaborate with Financial Control team on annual regulatory audits.

Skills

Technical accounting background

Financial operations experience

Open to commercial candidates

Education

CA/CPA qualified or near completion

Job description

Mature yet growing ASX listed fintech with global reach. Market leaders in their space with an excellent culture, work perks and of course development opportunities in a closely knit team.

The role

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller you will be responsible for the below duties:

• Support production of the half year and year end statutory reporting
• Responsible for preparing and posting manual, ad-hoc and recurring journals, including the management of accruals and prepayments
• Own the balance sheet reconciliation process
• Providing support to the Finance Manager in maintenance of the GL
• Provide support to other business units in the posting of journals and investigating queries and suggestions
• Treasury Accounting
• Assist the Tax Manager with preparation of direct and indirect taxes
• Preparation of monthly management and quarterly compliance reporting, including cash flow statements
• Assist the external and internal auditors with information requirements and explanations
• Work with the Financial Control team to perform an annual regulatory audit

About you

• CA/CPA qualified or near to completion
• Open to commercial candidates with a strong technical accounting background + financial operations experience
• Fintech or payments experience nice to have but not required by any means
• Outstanding communicator with a passion for driving change in a scaling environment