Australian Accountant

Grow your career with BMG Outsourcing - a leading, well-respected Australian-owned Outsourcing Company with offices in Clark and Sydney, offering you a long-term rewarding career with our Australian client, a pharmacy specialist accounting firm within Australia. Their professional team is qualified with specialist knowledge and understands the benchmarks of a successful pharmacy. 

We are looking for a motivated, positive, and keen Accountant who will be responsible for maintaining a variety of pharmacy business ledgers used to produce key financial reports. He/She will conduct daily banking activities, processing payments, reconciling third-party records such as bank statements, processing payroll. He/She will also prepare monthly and quarterly Business Activity Statements.

Responsibilities:

• Bank Reconciliations, Petty Cash Reconciliations, Credit Card Reconciliations, Loan Reconciliations, General Ledger Maintenance and Bookkeeping.
• Payroll processing for clients on a weekly and fortnightly basis.
• Balance Sheet (assets, liabilities and equity) and Profit and Loss Statement (revenue and expenses) reconciliations by verifying, allocating, posting and reconciling transactions. Ability to analyse account information and resolve discrepancies.
• Monthly reconciliations for debtor accounts and management. Where required to send periodic customer remittance reports to the store to maintain customer payments.
• Monthly reconciliations for creditor accounts and management including entering invoices, requesting missing invoices and organizing payments before the due date.
• Reconcile Inter-store accounts for businesses with related entities.
• Line up stock on hand.
• Line up Leave Entitlements.
• Prepare hire purchase schedules and take up monthly payments.
• Reconcile GST.
• Preparation of information for lodgement of Payroll Tax Returns.
• Reconcile pharmacy sales revenue including reconciling cash and eftpos takings to POS totals, reconciling Pharmacy Sales to Point of Sale reports, reporting special departments separately (i.e. High Cost Drugs, Nursing Home, Baby Sales, Compounding etc) and review and solve issues for any material variances.
• Review of trading performance against Point of Sales reports for any material variances.
• Processing up to Trial Balance stage and preparing financial statements for lodgment of Business Activity Statements with the Australian Taxation Office.
• Preparation of monthly/quarterly management accounts and reports.
• Completion and posting of daily timesheets.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Periodic training to ensure continuous learning and knowledge to efficiently complete tasks and career growth.
• Offer open lines of communication between staff & management to ensure targets are met.

• Minimum of 4 years + bookkeeping/accounting experience.
• Experience in the preparation and review of financial statements.
• Experience using MYOB and/or Xero softwares.
• Exposure with working with Australian SMEs is a plus but not required. Knowledge in sole trader, companies, and trust business structures is also not required but preferrable.
• Exposure to payroll processing is an advantage but not required.
• Competent with computer operations as well as some specific applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams. The person must be keen to learn and develop their computer competencies.
• Exposure to the following programs is preferred but not required – MYOB AO, Dropbox, Dext and ScreenConnect
• Able to logically and clearly articulate issues and recommend solutions to problems.
• Generally able to work independently through tasks until completion and communicate job status with the team.
• Excellent personal time and task (To do list) management with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Data entry with attention to detail.
• Must have strong communication skills, excellent work ethic and can work as part of a team.
• A friendly, committed, flexible and positive attitude and a great willingness to learn.

• Salary: We offer a competitive salary that reflects your experience and skills.
• Healthy Work Environment: A supportive, positive, and inclusive workplace that promotes your well-being and growth.
• HMO: Enjoy great health insurance to keep you covered.
• Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, holidays, and sick leave to help you recharge.
• Company-Provided Equipment: Get a PC or laptop from the company to help you do your best work, whether you're in the office or working remotely.
• Free Shuttle: Convenient and comfortable shuttle service to make your commute easier.
• Free Meals: Enjoy free meals to keep you fueled and focused during the day
• Other perks: Day shift schedule, and a bunch of other fun perks like company events. (Year-end Party, Summer Outing, Monthly Gathering, etc.)