Senior Financial Accountant – Finance and Control – APRA reporting

Sydney

Ancillary Areas

Permanent

The Senior financial accountant is part of a team responsible for ensuring the Finance & Control department meets its Financial, Regulatory & Control obligations.

Direct Responsibilities

Controls:

• Oversee the execution of Daily, Monthly and Quarterly first level controls for the bank branch
•  Perform 2nd level control as required by APAC finance.

Reporting:

• Preparation and review of audit files for the external auditors
• Preparation of daily LCR
• Preparation of the local statutory financial statements and Annual Statutory returns
• Provide assistance to APAC finance head office reporting team with data validation, reporting,
  analysis etc
• Production of local regulatory reporting to APRA, ABS, RBA, ASIC, etc

Tax:

• Preparation of quarterly tax effect accounting
• Preparation of and / or assistance with monthly BAS return
• Preparation of and / or assistance with GST returns, BAS, AIIR reports, IAS and WHT
• Preparation of information for tax returns

General:

• Back up other team members during leave
• Provide support to other department on ad-hoc request
• Assistance to the Head of Financial Reporting & Control on ad-hoc projects.

Core requirements for the role:
• Accounting qualifications
• Membership of CPA/CA

• Strong technical knowledge of Regulatory Reporting
• Exposure to Australian Prudential Standards
• Ability to work autonomously
• Good understanding of financial products, control and risk assessment implications
• Solid systems knowledge
• Beneficial: Banking experience preferred with an understanding of concepts such as capital requirements, risk/return analysis, credit risk, country risk, liquidity risk, transfer pricing etc. being desirable
• Strong communication skills
• Experience of statutory account preparation