Assistant Finance Manager – Australian Group

About the role

We are a manpower/staffing group with multiple businesses in Australia spanning telecommunications and a digital/creative agency (advertising web development and digital marketing) as well as an operating entity in India.

We are looking for a Chartered Accountant to join as Assistant Finance Manager based in Ahmedabad and reporting to the Finance Manager. You will lead our India-based finance team a (CA) Management Accountant and a Senior Account Executive review their work and take ownership of finalisation and reporting across the Australian group and the Indian entity.

This is a review finalisation and team-leadership role. Day-to-day reconciliations and accounting are handled by the team; your focus is reviewing their output and owning month-end finalisation board packs balance sheet substantiation payroll/superannuation review and compliance reporting up to the Finance Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Australian group accounting reporting and finalisation (multiple entities)
• Reviewing the day-to-day reconciliations and accounting completed by the team in MYOB and Xero and owning month-end close across the Australian entities
• Preparing monthly board packs and management reporting for each business P&L balance sheet cash flow and commentary/variance analysis for Finance Manager review
• Full balance sheet finalisation reviewing reconciling and substantiating every balance sheet account with supporting workpapers (bank receivables payables accruals prepayments fixed assets loans GST and payroll liabilities)
• Handling intercompany transactions and reconciliations across the group
• Applying appropriate revenue recognition across different business models (e.g. telco plan/contract billing and deferred revenue; agency project revenue WIP retainers and unbilled/deferred income)
• Preparing monthly and year-end financial statements to finalisation standard with complete supporting workpapers
• Reviewing and finalising payroll under Single Touch Payroll (STP Phase 2) including PAYG withholding and end-of-year payroll finalisation
• Superannuation review and reconciliation including super guarantee calculation timely lodgement/payment and reconciliation of super liabilities at month-end and year-end
• BAS/GST preparation review and lodgement support
• Ensuring compliance with Australian reporting timelines across all entities
• Indian entity oversight (manpower company)
• Overseeing the Indian accounts on a monthly basis reviewing month-end close and books maintained by the team
• Overseeing Indian tax filings and statutory compliance: GST TDS PF ESI and Professional Tax
• Ensuring accurate timely books filings and reporting to management
• Team leadership

• Leading supervising reviewing and developing the India-based finance team a (CA) Management Accountant and a Senior Account Executive who support both the Australian group and the Indian entity

What we're looking for

• CA (qualified) with strong demonstrable Australian accounting and finalisation experience
• Confidence to review and guide a small team including a qualified CA
• Experience finalising multiple entities and comfort with intercompany transactions
• Strong experience in board pack preparation financial statements and balance sheet finalisation
• Hands-on working experience with MYOB (essential) and Xero
• Solid understanding of Australian payroll superannuation STP Phase 2 and BAS/GST
• Solid grounding in Indian statutory compliance tax filings and payroll
• Ability to lead and review a small team own deadlines and work to reporting timelines
• Good written and spoken English
• Nice to have
• Prior experience in an Australian outsourcing/KPO setup
• Exposure to the telco media/advertising or staffing industries

What we offer

• Competitive salary (based on experience and qualifications)
• A leadership role with ownership across an Australian group and Indian entity
• Fixed early shift with no rotation