Puma Energy - Management Accountant - CA

Key Relationships:

Internal :

- Chief Accountant

- Controller

- Finance Team (including A/P, A/R, Inventory & Pricing)

- Customer Service Team

External:

- Company Auditors

- Merchants

- Suppliers

- Business Groups & Networks

- Government

Key Responsibilities:

- Liaise with Chief Accountant on a daily basis with issues pertaining to the accounts/transactions etc

- Ensure all end of month procedures are completed within timeline including month end reporting

- Finalize end of month journals including prepayments and accruals; balance sheet reconciliations and analyze and investigate variances

- Prepare and reconcile weekly controller reports

- Maintain accounting provisions, standing journals and other recurring journals

- Process Pre-payments, Utilities, Accruals and Recoverable account transactions and reconciliations

- Assist in processing intercompany settlement and reconciliations

- Perform checks on reports from staff balancing Fixed Assets, AR and AP, to make sure the control account agrees the ledger

- Rental payment reconciliation & processing

- Reconcile and journal payroll entries, including Annual Leave and Long Service Leave Liability

- Reconciliation of internal debtors as required

- Profit and Loss review

- Balance Sheet Reconciliations

- Reconciliation of cartage income and accruals

- Calculate commission and other site calculations including invoicing

- Assist in the development & implementation of Financial Control Reviews

- Management of P&Ls for retail sites including accruals & ensuring correct allocations

- Assist Finance Officers and other Finance Department personnel as required

- Support Senior accountant with external audit queries

Work Experience:

- 5 years experiences in performing accounting functions for a commercial medium to large organization (Big4 Accounting experience is preferred)

- Demonstrated understanding of fundamental accounting principles.

- Prior experience of Navision or similar ERP system advantageous

- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

- Experience with Payroll and associated costing, BAS preparation and GST processing according to ATO requirements (desirable)

Education: Qualified CA

Skills:

- Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with finance team to achieve objectives

- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills required

- Experience in ERP and HFM desirable but not essential

- Strong financial, technical and analytical skills

- Strong attention to detail

Competencies:

- Ability to multi task in a fast changing environment

- Ability to work as a team player and contribute to the team's success

Languages - Fluency in verbal and written English mandatory