Financial Reporting Manager - Associate

Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for Financial Reporting? We have an exciting role where you will be able to work with clients such as large fund managers and superannuation funds based in the Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) region. In this role, you will have many opportunities to collaborate and work closely with different internal teams.

As a Financial Reporting Manager in the Fund Services team, you will be responsible for timely and accurate delivery of financial statement and distributions deliverables on a frequency determined by the service level agreement (SLA) with the client. You will also require accurate and professional resolution of all internal and external queries in a complete and timely manner. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical input and operational support on accounting and tax related matters relevant to Financial Reporting deliverables.

Job responsibilities 

• Review of Financial Reporting products such as Tax Distributions, Financial Statements, Business activity statements (BAS), Indirect Cost Ratio, Asset-backed securities (ABS) reporting and Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB7) reporting. 
• Ensure that all deliverables are updated, completed and delivered according to agreed timetables and client SLAs.
• Provide assistance to the Senior Tax Manager in relation to financial reporting and tax related issues.
• Assist and facilitate communication with clients over their reporting requirements and queries.
• Build and maintain internal and external client relationships, act as a subject matter expert for financial reporting products.
• Represent Financial Reporting team on specific projects relating to clients, process improvements, and product development.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting or a related discipline with at least 6 years’ experience in financial accounting/tax within financial and/or professional services.
• Experience in statutory reporting and applications of accounting standards in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) & International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and tax reporting specifically in income tax returns and trust distribution calculations.
• Effective planning and time management skills, with demonstrated initiative and proactive approach to managing dynamic workload and periodic overtime.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, including high emotional intelligence to partner effectively with stakeholders.
• Highly disciplined, self-motivated, and delivery-focused with ability to work independently and the ability to prioritize efforts according to business needs.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Experience with distribution calculations