Accountant ANZ

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Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and operating globally, Soprano Design is a leading global communications platform as a service (CPaaS) provider that brings nearly 30 years of experience with enterprise-level mobile messaging to each of our over 4,500 government and enterprise clients around the globe.

Soprano’s flagship product, Soprano Connect, is an innovative award-winning CPaaS platform that helps customers to strategically integrate, email, SMS, voice, conversational AI, IP messaging and social channels such as RCS, WhatsApp and Google Business Messages into a seamless secure omni-channel business mobile messaging experience.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The accountant’s role is a professional finance and administration role responsible for performing activities associated with financial and management accounting, cashflow management, statutory management and maintaining effective financial controls while supporting the commercial activities of the business.

This role will look after New Zealand while providing support to Soprano Australia.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• AR, AP management considering DSO and DPO targets.
• Liaising with the Financial Controller/ Manager and other stakeholders and peers to ensure timely, accurate preparation and distribution of financial statements with corresponding and complete supporting documentation.
• Providing support in analysis and commentary at each month end review on profit and loss, balance sheet, account receivable ageing (and associated DSO), accounts payable ageing, and profitability by customer.
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed and all reconciling items appropriately addressed in a timely manner for review.
• Ensure all customer invoicing is completed within prescribed timetables and revenue recognized accurately and according to accounting policies and standards.
• Ensure all transactions are accurately coded.
• Manage relevant cashflow requirements including the maintenance of a 12-week forward cashflow forecast. Preparing revenue projections and forecasting expenditure.
• Assisting with audit preparations.
• Assisting with the preparation and submission of statutory returns as required.
• Ensure excellent engagement and collaboration with peers, managers and executives.
• Develop and maintain supporting worksheets.
• Tax management and accurate timely lodgments ensuring compliance.
• Support to admin tasks.
• Take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself and others in the workplace.
• Ensure that co-workers are treated respectfully and without any form of discrimination, harassment, or victimization.
• Ensure your everyday performance and behavior aligns to our company values “Problem Solving, Growing, Including, Imagining”.
• Ensure you are aware of yours and your team’s (if any) responsibilities in relation to company policies, including and especially IT Security policies applicable to your role, and that all requirements of these policies are met as it relates to you and your team’s (if any) role.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• A degree in Accounting or a Finance discipline.
• A membership (or working towards) with a professional accounting body such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants or CPA is a plus.
• 3+ years Accounting, Audit, or Finance experience with good knowledge of accounting principles, financial regulations, and reporting standards. Exposure to ANZ will be prioritized.
• Strong financial analysis skills, commercial and business awareness.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and specifically be able to apply pivot tables and multisheet formulas.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills demonstrating the ability to communicate problems to others with the same skills.
• Excellent personal planning and time management delivering outcomes according to a set schedule.
• Ability to work with little to no supervision.
• A bright and cheerful disposition, excellent personal presentation and excellent communications and phone skills.

WHY WORK FOR SOPRANO:

• Work for a leader in the CPaaS industry: We are a leading enabler for enterprise communications, with a customer-centered approach that allows us to reach significant results with our clients and partners.
• Our focus on Technology: We pride ourselves on building technology for the future of communication that creates richer meanings, deeper trust and better connections.
• Global presence: Soprano is headquartered in Sydney, but we have a global presence in Europe, North America, South America, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
• Collaborative and inclusive environment: We are committed to a workplace environment where every employee is respected and empowered to be their best selves at work.
• Training and Development: We’re a small company with global presence that allows you to gain valuable insight and exposure to various markets worldwide.
• Competitive salaries: We are a pay for performance company that values your contributions through our competitive salaries, rewards and recognition programs.
• Flexible Working: We’re a lover of hybrid working, and this allows us to stay connected to our global teams while allocating time to do the things we love. Some roles are remote due to scope.

People are at the core of what we do and Soprano Design Pty Ltd is committed to a safe, diverse and inclusive workplace where we all thrive and succeed together. We encourage applications regardless of age, gender, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to the recruitment process.

All successful applicants will need to provide two professional reference checks and is subject to satisfactory background checks.

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