Accountant for a Transport Company in Australia (Home Based Full Time)

• Perform the day-to-day processing of transactions to ensure that company finances are maintained in an effective, up to date and accurate manner


• Complete range of month-end close related responsibilities ensuring timely and accurate month-end reporting to the Management Team and Board of Directors. Including review and analysis of assigned P&L accounts.


• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts and document business transactions


• Establish, maintain and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures


• Analyze and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices and other accounting documents


• Explain billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, manager and director


• Resolve accounting discrepancies


• Prepare monthly account reconciliations including accruals, prepayment journals and overhead distribution journals


• Daily bank reconciliations


• Processing payments in the bank


• Receive, check, register and process invoices for payment with appropriate approvals


• Prepare financial statement (Profit loss statement and Balance sheet) and monthly closing and cost accounting reports


• Monitor monthly expenditure against budgets and perform variance analysis


• Year budget preparation


• Reports on debtors and creditors


• Maintain the general ledger


• Manage and control costs relating to subcontractors


• Review and improve the subcontractor recording process to ensure month end closure deadline is met


• Prepare subcontractor accruals journals at the end of the month


• Maintain the general ledgers for subcontractor costs


• Get a thorough understanding of subcontractors employed in the business, the routes and costs


• Processing of weekly RCTIs for both Metro & Linehaul subcontractors as and when required particularly for leave cover


• Prepare a monthly report on the cost for the month as per the profit and loss statement with commentary on variance to budget, etc.


• Prepare weekly QSR entity handling fees for approval prior transfer


• Verify and process QSR entity store credits


• Prepare and issue weekly freight, warehouse, QSR and wages KPI’s reports


• Perform other ad-hoc related duties as required including assisting the finance team with management of accounts payable, accounts receivables, cheque runs, monthly bank reconciliations, fleet management, business credit cards and asset management.


• Cover for other accountants when on leave or assistance with month end related activities to ensure the team meets their deadlines.