Senior Accountant at ECU Worldwide Australia Pty Ltd

Introduction to Ecu Worldwide Australia

ECU Worldwide is a global leader in NVOCC services with 300+ offices in 187+ countries, offering LCL and FCL services across the globe. Our wide variety of value-added services and outsourcing solutions make us exceptionally competent in handling and transporting complex cargo to anywhere in the world, seamlessly. Located at a newly renovated premises in Tullamarine, with free car parking space, ECU provides a dynamic work environment with supportive and friendly team members and great career progression in a Global company.

Position Purpose

Senior Accountant reports to the Finance Manager, assisting to oversee the Accounts department. This role will have the direct responsibility for managing company financial affairs; includes budget projection, costing analysis; financial/management reporting & Auditing. 

Duties and key responsibilities

• Bank Reco Monthly with Bank Statement PDF (Include Prepaid & Credit Card)

• GP reconciliation for the month

• Preparation of Physical verification of Cash Report

• Entry on Payroll Journal – Payroll taxes, Superannuation & Other deductions

• All expense booking (SG&A accruals etc) – to avoid unnecessary fluctuations (DOA)

• Fixed Assets booking – Depreciation 

• Deposit reconciliation – e.g., custom duties etc.

• Sales/purchases reconciliation, unposted invoices

• Bad Debts Provision as per Policy

• VID Provision (If automated provision not happening) 

• Monthly Report Submission as per the deadline without critical errors

• AR Report Submission

• Staff sheet update and submission

• Product wise GP submission

• Reported Trial Balance vs System Trial Balance Variance (If any)

• Cash Report – Weekly

• Weekly discussion with Sales team and Country Manager on AR position

• Update the status column for each invoice on weekly basis (AR & AP)

• Making Payments to the vendors

• Rejected/unapproved payable also need to input and commented in the system

• All unapproved invoices should be tagged to respective operations team members (Clear within 30 days)

• All the consol Reports like Console bundle, Confirmation requests templates.

• Local tax law Compliance (VAT/Corporate tax/GST/WHT) – Reconciled Trial Balance with returns

• Review BLs that are not invoiced in the BL Report (Also accrued income)

• Timely submission of Data for Audit

• Prepare the data required for the projects

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 4-5 years’ work experience in Accounting in the Freight forwarding industry preferable.
• Experience in Financial Accounting, Planning and Analysis essential
• Degree in Accountancy and preferably pursuing CPA
• Strong MS Office skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook & Accounting Software
• Ability to efficiently adapt to new software systems.
• High attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills & stakeholder management skills
• A great attitude, proactive and self-motivated individual.
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Pre-existing knowledge of air and sea freight shipping terms is preferred.
• Ability to function independently as required.