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Role Purpose
Responsible for coordinating, analyzing, and delivering accurate and timely financial and management reporting, including taxation, compliance, and planning activities for Bain & Company’s consulting offices in Australia and New Zealand. This role also serves as a strategic business partner to local stakeholders.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Financial Planning & Analysis (working directly with the Commercial and FP&A Manager):
- Prepare monthly three-month cash flow forecast and upload to the Global Treasury system
- Run month end P&L reports
- Assist with monthly Profit and Loss analysis for certain cost centres
- Prepare monthly cost analysis and work with stakeholders to ensure alignment with cost forecast
- Assist in Forecasting and Planning
- Updating Headcount movements and Reporting:
- Ensure the global headcount reporting system is accurately maintained to reflect actual office headcount
- Reconcile ahead of the monthly forecasting, and perform analysis on current tracking against Plan
- Financials:
- Work closely with the accounting team based in the New Delhi office to:
- Prepare/upload and review/post journal entries
- Review monthly reports, Balance Sheet, bank reconciliation and Fixed Assets Register
- Update and review Month-close accounting platform
- Work closely with the accounting team based in the New Delhi office to:
- Compliance/Reporting and Taxation:
- Assist with preparation of year end reporting (W2, footnotes, tax package)
- Review BAS Lodgement
- Upload tax briefing request in KPMG portal
- Review and submit annual FBT lodgement
- Prepare and submit Payment Times Reporting
- Review various Australian Bureau of Statistics Surveys
- Manage internal and external auditors throughout the tax audit process
- Other:
- Continual support with ongoing projects around expense benchmarking
- Assist and provide ad hoc reporting and analysis as and when required
Personal Specification:
- Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Flexible attitude and team approach
- “Can do!” mentality
- Commitment to meeting deadlines
- Proficient organisation, prioritisation and time management skills
- Detail focused “zero defect”
- Able to work on own initiative – and be proactive
- Ability to think analytically and “outside the box”
- Enthusiastic, dedicated and hardworking
- Pleasant and calm even when under pressure
- Thorough approach to completing tasks
Qualifications and Experience:
- Degree qualified and/or partly through or completed CA/CPA
- Experienced in Statutory Financial Reporting and FP&A
- Solid Excel and Microsoft Office skills
- 4-6 years strong accounting background experience
- Experience in a professional services firm preferred but not essential
- Experience with SAP preferred but not essential