Accountant

Position Summary 

The Accountant is an internal finance role supporting the day-to-day financial operations across Focus Partners Australia and Escala. Working closely with the Senior Accountants, this role plays a key part in delivering accurate and timely financial processing, maintaining strong financial controls, and supporting month-end activities across both businesses. The role provides hands-on support across accounts payable, receivable, and transactional finance, while also contributing to a well-organised and efficient Finance function.

This role can be located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 

Primary Responsibilities

Accounts Payable & Expenses

• Enter supplier invoices and bills into Xero accurately and in a timely manner
• Prepare and process weekly accounts payable payment runs
• Monitor outstanding invoices and follow up on discrepancies
• Review employee expense claims, ensuring compliance and completeness
• Follow up with employees for missing receipts or documentation
• Prepare monthly expense reporting

Accounts Receivable

• Support debtor management and collections (primarily accounting invoices)
• Monitor aged receivables and follow up with internal teams or clients as required
• Assist with allocation of receipts and reconciliation of AR balance.

Banking & Transactions

• Perform daily saving and coding of bank transactions for Commpay processing
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date banking records
• Complete bank reconciliations in Xero
• Prepare weekly Escala bank transaction reports

Internal Billing & Intercompany Transactions

• Prepare and process internal invoicing (e.g. service fees, salary on-charges, training costs)
• Support intercompany transactions across Focus Partners Australia and Escala
• Ensure accuracy and consistency in internal cost allocations

Month-End & Reporting Support

• Assist with month-end processes, including reconciliations and data preparation
• Save and organise finance documentation (e.g. bank statements, commission statements)
• Support preparation of working papers and reports
• Ensure financial records are complete, accurate, and audit-ready

General Finance Support

• Assist with other finance and reporting activities (e.g. invoicing, system updates, revenue tracking) as required

• Provide responsive support to internal stakeholders across both businesses
• Assist the broader Finance team with ad hoc tasks as required

 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related discipline.
• 2 + years’ experience public practice or in a similar finance, accounts or assistant accountant role
• Familiarity with accounts payable, receivable and bank reconciliations
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Experience using Xero (or similar accounting software)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• Confident communicator with a proactive approach to follow-ups

Skills and Attributes

• Reliable and consistent in delivering accurate work
• High attention to detail with strong sense of ownership
• Team-oriented with a willingness to support others
• Proactive and keen to learn
• Comfortable working across multiple entities and stakeholders

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