Job Description
WSP, world-leading management and consultancy firm, connects you to many opportunities. We are a collaborative team of experts that thrives on challenge and unconventional thinking. At WSP, we make extraordinary efforts to attract, develop, engage, and retain the best professionals in our fields of expertise because this makes us great.
The purpose of this role is to assist the finance department with support for various accounting functions. Primarily the
Accountant is responsible for general accounting matters for the business group covering journal entries, fixed assets, payroll accounting, management reporting, statutory reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and various other finance functions as required.
Responsibilities
Main Activities and Responsibilities: (Including but not limited to)
ACCOUNTING
- Journal entries and adjustments in the company accounting system (Unit 4 Business World) as required
- Be proactive with addressing accounting issues and resolve variances each month to maintain balance sheet integrity
- Understanding the financial statements and flow of data in UBW and what the numbers represent
- Accuracy in journal preparation and analysis
- Proactive in reconciling variances regularly and frequently, following up as required with initiative
FINANCIAL CLOSE & REPORTING
- Prepare and maintain account reconciliations for sign off, including Fixed Assets, Payroll, and Accruals
- Assist with reviewing profit and loss accounts to ensure accuracy of entries and integrity of results, with consideration for requirements of overall business, Enterprise and Senior Management
- Adhering to the deadlines for month end, including project reporting cut-off, issuing of Flash report, and Hyperion
- Hyperion submission to WSP Global for Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly reporting packs
- Assisting the Financial Controller and accountants with general accounting duties when needed
- Gain an understanding of the impact that accounting and finance processes have on projects
- Completion of accounting tasks and reconciliations in accordance with timetables to meet local and global deadlines
AUDIT
- Auditor queries and reviews to comply with SOX and actively progressing external audit requirements
- Ensure adherence to SOX requirements for month end tasks and reconciliations
- Point of contact for internal and external auditors. Prepare information to meet audit requirements
- Compliance reporting for WSP Global on treasury and statutory accounting matters
- Stay up to date with changes in accounting standards and laws relating to financial reporting
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND AD HOC
- Preparation of declarations for wages for Workers Compensation, liaison with broker with regards to lodgement, invoice payment, and tracking of Workers Compensation liabilities
- Continuously seek ways to make Group Accounting processes more efficient and robust
- Assist finance controllers with projects from time to time including improvements/upgrades to financial systems, M&A activities and other strategic initiatives
- Assist Finance Business Partners with accounting queries and other analysis
- Support for Group Accounting team for treasury and banking activities, joint venture accounting, analysis, and month end tasks as required
Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Organizational knowledge:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- CA or CPA qualified, or nearing completion
- Intermediate knowledge of IFRS/AASB and general accounting principles
- Working knowledge of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes
- Minimum 4 - years experience in accounting practice, or combined with commercial experience in an accounting team. — Understanding of large ERP systems and financial reporting tools (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, TM1)
- Strong excel skills
Personal Attributes
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to meet unexpected workflow demands and strict deadlines
- Sets objectives and priorities to achieve results and meet requirements of the role
- Integrates well with all members of the finance team
- Establishes and maintains relationships (internal and external). Customer service focus.
- Displays initiative, identifies and evaluates issues, makes recommendations to managers in a proactive manner
