Financial Accountant (6 month contract)

Job Description

Hi. We’re OFX, a global provider of online international payment and money management services. Our journey is one of exciting growth and transformation, revolutionizing how businesses and individuals move and manage money globally. We're evolving into a global payment solutions provider, enabling businesses to streamline their global financial operations, improve control, reduce costs and achieve more. Our new Business Platform offers clients real-time visibility and controls over their payments, expenses, approval workflows and reconciliations to help make business easier.

At OFX, you’ll have the opportunity to bring your expertise to life, collaborate across disciplines, and be part of a team shaping the future of global money management.

Purpose of your role

This role will be a key source of financial and operational support to the Technical Accounting Manager in ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory financial reporting requirements, as well as timely and accurate global taxation compliance for indirect taxes including GST/VAT and withholding tax.  This role will provide support for audits from a financial statement and technical accounting perspective, for the Group and subsidiaries, in addition to monthly and ad hoc accounting needs. 

What you do 

• Support the half-year and full-year reporting of Group results to the ASX, including involvement in the preparation of the consolidated financial report. 
• Provide necessary assistance to the external auditors (both local and overseas) as required in a timely manner.
• Assist in the preparation of the audited and unaudited financial reports for a number of subsidiaries, including preparation of Board pages as required. 
• Prepare indirect tax lodgements and payments, ensuring payments are accurate and paid on time.
• Assist with regulatory and compliance monitoring including cashflow forecasting and solvency calculations.
• Play an active role in the month-end financial close cycles including supporting the revenue accounting monthly process and other key allocated tasks and ensuring general ledger accounts are accurate and meet the recognition and measurement requirements of Australian and International accounting standards.
• Support the monthly balance sheet reconciliations process, including preparation of key balances assigned to you.
• Completion of intercompany accounting and the monthly settlement process.
• Assist in the preparation of the quarterly balance sheet review analysis, and actively participate in the meeting with the CFO and other key stakeholders.
• Support the revenue accounting and associated reporting as required, ensuring compliant and accurate reporting and processes.
• Support the Technical Accounting Manager and Group Financial Controller, as required, to assist in undertaking research to understand new or amended accounting pronouncements and their relevance to OFX’s operations to make recommendations for application and initial implementation.
• Involvement in ad hoc Finance initiatives as necessary and agreed.

Qualifications

What you bring

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in financial accounting and/or reporting focused role
• Good knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and relevant regulatory requirements
• Able to monitor and meet multiple deadlines and competing priorities
• Competent with business writing (accounting papers, Board papers, qualitative annual report disclosures etc)
• Flexible and creative problem solver
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial reporting tools
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Understanding of and experience in balance sheet account reconciliations
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Attention to detail

Additional Information

What it's like working at OFX

We’re OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we’re not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We’re committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with the times so that we can continue to inspire confidence every day and through every transaction.

We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally, to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers. We're curious self-starters who love learning and sharing our knowledge with others. We embrace change and use our initiative and resilience to overcome challenges.

• Always keep learning. We offer a wide range of learning and career development opportunities to help every OFXer build their capacity and career, with leadership training, secondments, internal mobility and access to a large library of online learning.
• Make a difference. Through our Make a Difference program, we encourage OFXers to give back to causes and communities that are important to them. We celebrate this with an annual volunteer day, which OFXers can use together or individually, as well as matched giving and the opportunity to nominate charity of choice every quarter.
• Reward and recognition. We recognise a job well done. OFXers are encouraged to celebrate their peers’ effort, technical expertise or support through a range of global and regional channels and awards, including quarterly and annual awards, milestones and shout outs.
• Showing our social side. Our Good Vibes employee-led committees around the globe organize events to help keep our employees engaged inside and outside the office. Whether it’s a wellbeing activity, end of year celebration, or a monthly team get-together, our team wants you to feel welcome!
• Benefits that mean something. We offer a range of fantastic benefits, including health insurance, primary and secondary gender neutral carer parental leave (16 weeks) or birthday leave, you'll feel well-supported at OFX.
• A great work environment. Enjoy work-life balance and flexibility with our hybrid work model, in an inclusive, diverse and non-hierarchal culture.

At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success. If you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process, please email us at [email protected].

We encourage you to apply if this role aligns with your career aspirations.