Assistant Accountant Finance and Operations Business Partner

Assistant Accountant

Finance and Operations Business Partner

Full-time · Location, Melbourne VIC · Reporting to the CFO

About the opportunity

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys sitting at the intersection of finance and operations. You will partner closely with the CFO and directors, own the day-to-day rhythm of payments, cash collections and month-end, and coordinate a capable offshore bookkeeping team.

If you like bringing order to cash flow and want your work to directly shape business decisions, this role delivers exactly that. You will not be buried in a back office. You will be a genuine business partner with real visibility across the company.

What you will do

Banking and cash flow

• Prepare and organise all payment runs for director approval.

• Participate in the weekly cash flow forecasting meeting with the CFO.

• Coordinate banking matters and keep directors and the CFO informed.

• Work with the bookkeeping team to keep bank reconciliations current and accurate.

Supplier payments and trade finance

• Organise and manage weekly supplier payment runs.

• Coordinate supplier queries across the bookkeeping team and operations.

• Ensure all supplier invoices are entered and updated in the ERP system.

• Manage the trade finance facility within approved limits and report weekly to the CFO on facility performance.

Accounts receivable and collections

• Call and follow up all overdue customer accounts to bring payments in on time.

• Work with the offshore bookkeepers to keep customer accounts accurate and current.

• Prepare the weekly cash collection forecast for the CFO meeting.

• Update the rolling 13-week cash flow forecast model each week for CFO review.

Month-end and operational support

• Work with the bookkeeping team to complete a clean, timely month-end close.

• Follow up overseas purchases with Procurement and ensure cash flow guidelines are met.

• Support the CFO in finalising the monthly accounts.

• Prepare and lodge BAS and PAYG with the ATO.

Key performance indicators

Your success will be measured against clear, practical targets, including:

• Payments accuracy and timeliness: 100 per cent of approved payments processed accurately and by the

agreed deadline, with zero unauthorised or duplicate payments.

• Bank reconciliations: reconciled daily to nil unexplained variance.

• Supplier management: invoices entered within [2] business days of receipt and payments made within

agreed terms.

• Trade finance: facility utilisation kept within approved limits at all times, with the weekly performance

report delivered to the CFO on schedule.

• Accounts receivable: days sales outstanding (DSO) reduced to 60 days, and overdue balances beyond 30

days kept below 2 percent of the ledger.

• Forecasting: the 13-week cash flow model and weekly collections forecast delivered before each CFO

meeting, with forecast accuracy within plus or minus 5 per cent.

• Month-end: close completed within 5 business days of period end.

• Compliance: 100 per cent of BAS and PAYG lodgements accurate and lodged on time, with zero ATO

penalties.

About you

• working towards CA or CPA qualification.

• Solid experience across accounts payable, accounts receivable and month-end close.

• Confident managing cash flow and comfortable building and maintaining 13-week forecasts.

• Experience coordinating offshore or remote bookkeeping teams.

• Strong ERP skills experience with Frameworks or Odoo is a plus.

• Sound understanding of Australian BAS, PAYG and ATO obligations.

• A clear communicator who can hold customers and suppliers to account while keeping relationships

strong.

• Organised, proactive and comfortable owning deadlines in a fast-moving business.

Why join us

• A genuine finance and operations partnership role with direct exposure to the CFO and directors.

• The chance to shape systems and processes in a growing business.

How to apply

Send your CV and a short cover note to ***email_hidden*** by 15th July 2026. We review applications as they arrive, so we encourage you to apply early.