Senior Compliance Accountant (14-month contract)

Role Objectives: The Senior Compliance Accountant aims to provide efficient and effective assistance to the Melbourne Head Office Finance Department. Providing general accounting practices, including reporting, audits, and tax compliance.

Reporting to: Global Head of Compliance

Work Hours: 8:30am – 5:00pm, Mon to Fri, plus reasonable additional hours. Moose also provides flexible working options.

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1/ KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Tax & Statutory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all statutory obligations across allocated divisions
• Manage the tax calculations, compliance, tax affairs and tax returns of allocated entities
• Support the preparation of FBT, R&D, WHT, Transfer Pricing documentation
• Lead the external audit process to a successful outcome.
• Manage the preparation of annual reports for allocated entities and the global consolidated reports
• Manage licensing audits to successful outcome
• Review licensing contracts as required
• Prepare and support any company secretarial tasks and distributions documentation
• Manage shareholder loans documentation and liaison with the Family Office
• Work with Divisional FC's to deliver on all Global Statutory Calendar deadlines

Treasury

• Work with Divisional FC's and Global managers to ensure adequate working capital facilities are in place by providing cashflow and reporting support
• Help monitor intercompany settlements in compliance with tax requirements and cashflow availability

Risk & Controls

• Prepare and develop accounting policies as required
• Manage global insurance program and claims as required
• Risk management (credit, internal controls, payment approvals, banking admin & signing authority, JDE user system access)
• Support the preparation of internal audit & controls
• Support the preparation of Finance budgets

Projects

• Assist Global Compliance Manager with allocated project work
• Prepare and maintain detailed procedures for all key processes managed

Employee Responsibilities

Take reasonable care for your health and safety and of persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions. 

Ensure you co-operate with any health and safety actions taken by company, never interfering with any safeguards, protective devices or equipment in the workplace, which are provided for health and safety reasons.

2/ QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 4+ years' experience in a similar role
• Tertiary qualification in Accounting or Business
• CA/CPA qualified
• Demonstrate financial awareness and understand financial accounting functions and processes
• Control costs and think in terms of profit, loss and added value.
• Strong taxation knowledge, preferably Australian tax
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English
• Microsoft Office suite and accounting software (JDE/Oracle preferred)