Deputy Accounts Manager

• Prepare and review Weekly and Monthly Profit & Loss (P&L) Reports for assigned businesses/entities.
• Analyse P&L performance and identify major movements, unusual variances and reasons for differences.
• Compare current performance with previous periods and budgets, wherever applicable.
• Ensure all transactions, accruals, prepayments and necessary adjustments are correctly recorded before finalising P&L reports.
• Prepare management summaries highlighting revenue, expenses, profitability and significant variances.
• Handle and review day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping activities.
• Review bank and credit card reconciliations, ledger postings and account reconciliations.
• Manage and review Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
• Perform Balance Sheet and General Ledger reviews and identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Assist with and manage month-end and year-end accounting activities.
• Review financial information to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Allocate and monitor work assigned to team members.
• Review work completed by junior and senior accountants before final submission.
• Ensure accounting tasks and reports are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines.
• Maintain proper working papers, supporting documents and accounting records.
• Communicate with clients and internal teams regarding accounting queries, discrepancies and missing information.
• Assist the Manager with team supervision, workflow management and quality control.
• Guide and train junior team members wherever required.
• Work on accounting software such as Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks or similar platforms.
• Support Australian accounting and compliance-related assignments as required.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who can go beyond routine bookkeeping and understand the numbers behind the accounts.

The candidate should be comfortable independently preparing weekly and monthly P&Ls, analysing movements, explaining variances, reviewing team members' work and taking ownership of assigned accounts from processing through to reporting.