GENERAL SUMMARY:
Working closely with the Finance Manager, this role is responsible for a broad range of financial accounting duties, including financial reporting, preparation and maintenance of general ledger, month-end and year-end closing, budgeting and forecasting, internal controls and compliance, Taxation, and supporting the business team.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support the Finance Manager to oversee finance activities of ANZ business
- Prepare and post journal entries including payroll journals, expenses, accruals, prepayments, consolidation elimination, one-off large transactions. Ensuring monthly results are reported accurately and on a timely basis
- Prepare monthly P&L and Balance Sheet variance analysis and commentary
- Prepare and maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations, resolving discrepancies, ensuring data integrity and collaborating across functions (both finance and non-finance)
- Conduct thorough reviews of intercompany transactions and reconciliations
- Support the maintenance and continuous improvement of finance processes and controls subject to internal and external audit
- Ensuring compliance with accounting standards, SOX regulations, and company policies by monitoring and enforcing internal controls and procedures
- Assisting in the development of annual budgets and monthly forecasts by gathering and analyzing financial data from various departments
- Taking a lead role in the year-end financial statement audits, ensuring all support is accurate and provided to the external audit team in a timely manner and addressing additional audit queries
- Prepare and upload payroll tax returns monthly
- Prepare and submit monthly tax information to Fluke Corporate Tax
- Prepare and submit quarterly ABS returns
- Prepare GST/BAS & FBT returns and lodgments and assist with tax audits and tax returns
- Manage accounts payable, overseeing China Shared Services
- Providing ad-hoc reporting and analysis as required and participating in finance-related projects
- Analyze and recommend improvements where required
REQUIREMENTS:
- Qualified Accountant (CPA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
- 8+ years commercial experience in Financial Accountant roles demonstrating great progression
- Continuous improvement mindset – a willingness to embrace change and evolve
- Strong understanding of Australian Taxation and various accounting standards
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Familiar with ERP system, Oracle knowledge is a plus
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment
- Show an ability to take the initiative and problem solve
- Energetic and self-motivated
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
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