Accountant

Carbon is seeking an Accountant to join their team in Osborne Park, WA. The role involves preparing financial reports, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance. Strong communication and time management skills are essential. Carbon focuses on empowering employees and offers a collaborative environment. The position reports to the Group Head of Finance and requires varied accounting experience to provide exceptional service to clients.
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We're on the hunt for a new member of our team. We're eager to find someone who is passionate about what they do and is excited for a new journey with our fantastic firm.

About us

We’re not your average professional services firm. Carbon launched in 2014 with the goal to shake up the industry and change the level of service that small and medium business owners received. We combine all the core business services in the one place (from accounting to bookkeeping to finance to insurance and everything in between), bringing together some of the best experts in the industry so our clients can focus on doing more of what they love.

What it means to be a Carbonite.

Our Carbonites are our best asset, and we’ve grown from a small team of 13 people in a single office in Perth to over 300 Carbonites nationwide, with offices in multiple states. A key element in our plan of world domination is having the best people possible to help us along the way. This is where you come in.

As our next Carbonite, you’ll be joining a team at multiple levels. You’ll be part of a team in your office, working with other talented people such as yourself. You’ll also be joining our national ranks, meaning you can easily tap into a knowledge base for a tricky question or to bounce ideas off of for the next team activity.

Empowering our Carbonites is a big part of our mission and vision, so we focus on helping our Carbonites learn and grow, developing their careers in the direction that they want to go in.

About the Role:

Carbon provides exceptional service to our clients, and our Accountants are at the forefront of this. Varied accounting experience is vital, as are strong communication and time management skills. In a single day you’ll be juggling multiple balls, but you will always have the support of our high performing team behind you.

The positions will be reporting to our Group Head of Finance and the key responsibilities of the positions are as follows but not limited to:
• Preparation of Management Information reports which include balance sheets, statements of profit and loss, and financial indicators such as yield, cost, base rate, and Liquid asset ratio
• Continuously monitoring and analysing balance sheet, profit and loss, and cash flow statement, and preparing financial reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
• Preparing trial balance, reviewing all asset, liability, expense, income, and general ledger accounts
• Preparation of projected monthly, quarterly, and annual budget target plans, variance analysis, and providing commentary on financial figures
• Accounting daily receipts and payment details, and ensuring bank reconciliation, credit card reconciliations, and employee expense reimbursements
• Tax payment, record maintenance, reconciliation, and filing with the government bodies on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Preparing accounting entries, compliance-based auditing, producing accounting information, record keeping, compliance reports, and analysis
• Working in conjunction with external accountants and statutory auditors to resolve financial year-end issues
• Liaising with the finance and planning team, and reporting to ensure internal financial controls are in place, and the correct procedures are being followed for the accounting and bookkeeping of revenue, cost, income, and expenditure
• Prepare payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements
• Posting month-end journals in the accounting software for accrued expenses, deferred income, accrued unbilled revenue, prepayments, and reversal of the previous month's accruals
• Implementation and administering accounting information systems of the bank
• Assisting weekly cash flow forecasting and funds management to ensure adequate funds for all financial obligations of the group.
• Preparing quarterly and year-end company income tax returns for calculating the year-end-tax liability
• Posting monthly journals for payroll cost, employee superannuation and withholding tax, salary sacrifice, commissions, and employee termination payment
• Keep up to date with advancement of the technology, and self-train to adapt to change for good.
• Carry out other duties commensurate with the position, as may be determined by the Group Head of Finance.
• Mentoring junior accounting staff
• Assist with annual audits and work closely with statutory auditors
• Reconciliation of vendors' account statements with books of accounts and follow-up for resolving the discrepancies
• Analysis of product profitability determine the unit selling price for the product, and also analyse the promotions and other discount policies act their impact on the business

About You

Desired Skills and Experience.
• Tertiary qualifications in accounting (A degree in Finance, Accounting, or a similar related field)
• At least 2 years (ideally 2-4 years) experience in Australian tax and business services experience
• Completed or completing CA/CPA
• Experience in the preparation of Financial Statements and tax returns
• Experience working directly with clients highly desirable
• Excellent knowledge of Australian taxation legislation
• Experience with Xero/MYOB and the Microsoft Office suite
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work in a team and autonomously
• Energetic and enthusiastic with a positive outlook

Other details:

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: AUD 78,000annually plus superannuation

Ready to apply?

Great, we'd love to hear from you. Keep in mind that the desired skills and experience we listed above are all important components to this role, but that doesn't mean you need to tick every box to apply! We're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and exciting team, so even if your past experience doesn't perfectly align with everything listed but you're passionate about this role and joining our firm, apply anyways.

At Carbon, we know we’re at our best when we look out for one another; prioritise respect, fairness, development and wellbeing; foster an inclusive culture and embrace diversity in all forms. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their background, experience, identity, ability or thinking style, and if you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process for accessibility reasons this is available upon request.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $78,000.00 per year

Benefits:
• Free drinks
• Paid volunteer leave

Schedule:
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:
• Osborne Park WA 6017: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):
• Are you, or are you working towards becoming, a CA or CPA ?

Work Authorisation:
• Australia (Required)

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 03/05/2025