Position Summary
A growing multi-venue hospitality group in Western Australia is seeking two experienced Accounts Assistants to support its finance and administration functions. Each Accounts Assistant will progressively take ownership of the accounts payable, accounts receivable and finance administration requirements for one to two venues.
The role includes supplier invoice processing, payment preparation, daily sales and settlement reconciliation, bank and balance sheet reconciliations, month-end support, employee onboardingadministrationand general business support. Most accounts receivable activity relates to reviewing daily venue sales and reconciling operational system settlements rather than traditional debt collection.
Job Details
Work setup: Onsite (Eastwood)
Work schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm AWST
Holiday calendar: Will follow the applicable Australian public holiday calendar
Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
- Process supplier invoices in Xero and Restoke andmaintaincomplete supporting documentation.
- Review invoice coding,approvalsand account allocation before processing.
- Reconcile supplier statements, investigatediscrepanciesand resolve missing or incorrectly recorded transactions.
- Prepare supplier payment runs and upload payment batches into online banking platforms for approval.
- Liaise with venue managers and suppliersregardinginvoices,accountand payment queries.
Accounts Receivable
- Review and approve draft sales invoices generated automatically from operational systems.
- Create manual intercompany sales invoices for food and beverage transfers between venues whenrequired.
- Allocate receipts and customer payments accurately.
- Reconcile daily venue sales to bank receipts and reconcile Stripe andOoliosettlements.
- Monitorand reconcile gift cards,vouchersand customer credits.
- Monitoroutstanding balances and investigate discrepancies. The role is not primarily focused on traditional debt collection.
Reconciliations, Banking and Month End Support
- Complete bank and credit card reconciliations.
- Complete supplier account and intercompany account reconciliations.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigate unreconciled items.
- Assistwithmonth endfinance processes, journal preparation, financereportingand analysis asrequired.
- Maintainaccuratefinancial records, spreadsheets,reportsand audit support documentation for assigned venues.
HR Administration and General Business Support
- Assistwith onboarding new employees, collecting required information andmaintainingaccurateemployee records.
- Provide payroll administration support whererequired. Payroll processing is outsourced and is not the primary responsibility of this position.
- Provide general HR and office administration support during busy periods.
- Monitoraccounts and administration inboxes and follow up on outstanding information.
- Liaise directly with venue managers, suppliers, banks and other stakeholdersregardingfinance and administration matters.
- Take ownership of the finance administration requirements for assigned venues, manage priorities independently and proactivelyidentifyand resolve issues.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of recent, hands-on accounts payable and accounts receivable experience, including transaction processing,reconciliationsand payment preparation.
- Strong hands-on Xero experience in anaccountspayable, accounts receivable or general accounting environment.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, spreadsheet creation, dataconsolidationand basic financial calculations.
- Solid experience completing supplier statement reconciliations, supplier account reconciliations, payment runs and payment batch uploads.
- Working knowledge of general ledger concepts, charts of accounts, journal entries, monthly balance sheetreconciliationsand month-end processes.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills and confidence liaising directly with venue managers, suppliers,banksand other stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail,organizationand problem-solving skills, with the ability tomaintainaccuraterecords across multiple venues or entities.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment, take ownership of tasks, manage competingprioritiesand proactively resolve issues.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting hospitality, restaurant, multi-venueor multi-entity business.
- Payroll administration, HRadministrationor employee onboarding experience.
- Experience supporting an Australian business or exposure to Australian GST and accounting requirements.
- Experience with Restoke, BEPOZ,OolioPayments, Stripe, Now Book It, Seven Roomsor similar hospitality and payment systems.