About SEEK
SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.
Life at SEEK
SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.
Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.
Job DescriptionThis Assistant Accountant role has strong projects accounting focus and will be part of the Record to Report (R2R) function across ANZ and Asia. You will partner with the business to deliver as a team, the monthly financial reporting; process improvements and commercial insights for SEEK across the APAC region.
To be successful in this position you will need to be an energetic self-starter with strong financials and analytical skills. The ideal background is someone with strong financial reporting skills; an ability to implement process improvements; and has strong commercial acumen to deliver corporate analysis and valuable insights to assist senior stakeholders with business decisions.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver financial reporting to the Finance Controls and Finance Business Partners, including journals, balance sheet reconciliations, clear interpretation of actual results, communication of drivers and implications for future financial performance, while playing an active part in month end activities
- Deep understanding of projects accounting, including treatment of project costs across ANZ and Asia – working closely with the Projectsl R2R Manager and team to ensure accurate reporting and accounting treatment of project-related costs
- Be an active contributor, advocate and collaborator in the R2R Finance team vision
- Supporting R2R Managers to deliver strong financial controls and record financial results in-line with SEEK Group accounting policies and IFRS
- Work collaboratively across Finance teams to continuously improve the speed and automation of financial data capture, reconciliation, reporting, analysis and insight generation
- CA / CPA designation or equivalent or partly qualified
- Experience in a shared services environment dealing with cross border journal entry posting and month end closing activities
- Accounting experience with proven track record for accuracy in a team-based environment
- Experience in preparation and accountability for business unit P&Ls and balance sheets
- Self-starter with the ability to interpret and communicate financial insights to decision makers
- Passionate for enhancing business processes and information systems to optimise the capture of information
- An ability to manage large volumes of information and manipulate this through advanced Excel skills and data visualisation tools
- Strong interpersonal skills to build robust working relationships within a dynamic team environment
- An ability to manage your own workflow
- An exposure to personnel-specific accounting would be viewed favourably
At SEEK we offer:
- Annual Performance Bonus Plan
- Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
- Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
- Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
- Free kick-start breakfast every morning and fresh fruit available all day in our offices
- Casual dress – every day
At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.
We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.
Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.
For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.
SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.
