Assistant accountant

About the opportunity

What would make me a good candidate? We are looking for curious and empathetic people. We also love to hear from people who are motivated by meaningful work, resonate with our four core values, have a positive outlook, are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive working in an ever-evolving and complex environment. We are inspired by meeting big picture thinkers and doers, people who can be both tactical and strategic, aim high and put people first in everything they do.

What you will do

• Ensuring bank reconciliations are kept up to date, that funds are correctly allocated, reconciled and reported on
• Ensure month end reconciliations are complete and accurate within Blackline
• Manage the identification, recording, reporting, valuation, accounting of fixed assets
• Preparation of the monthly internal capitalisation of labour reports and analysis
• Allocation of correct useful life, monthly running of Netsuite processes and reconciliation of the register to the ledger
• Preparation of the movement table for fixed assets
• Assist with the preparation of indirect tax returns (VAT/GST etc) and reconciliation of the returns to the ledger and to Netsuite tax reports
• Assist with the submission of the actual return and responding to queries from tax authorities
• Assist with the analysis of ledger activity for month end reporting and tax analysis
• Assist with the management of Corporate card expenses and prompt reporting and follow up for late submissions
• Assist with responding to audit queries. 
• Processing of ad hoc journal entries
• Assisting with one off finance related projects

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with tactful telephone manner
• Self-driven in seeking resolutions with problem accounts
• Customer- centric and flexible with the ability to handle overdue credit accounts with risk-based approach in order not to jeopardise relationship with customer
• IT confident with good spreadsheet skills.

Technical Skills

• Studying to become AAT, ACCA, ACA, and CIMA or similar qualified
• Relevant accounting experience (public accounting /industry mix preferred)
• Exposure to operational accounting concepts of intangible assets, PP&E and VAT

The tasks and responsibilities described here may be adapted to meet the needs of a changing organisation and therefore expected to evolve in line with the organisation.

At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

We understand that diverse candidates have diverse needs. We welcome you to inform us of any additional needs related to completing your job application or participating in the interview process, via [email protected]. 

More about us 

We're the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments, and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing ‘everyday life’ verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud-based payments processing platform. Xplor Technologies serves over 106,000 customers that processed over $37 billion in payments, operating across 20 markets in 2023.

Good to know

To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorised to work in the location (country) you're applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time. 

We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. Please don't send your application via email. 

To learn more about us and our products, please visit www.xplortechnologies.com/careers. 

We also invite you to check out our Candidate FAQs for more information about our recruitment process www.xplortechnologies.com/recruitment-faqs.

Please note that we do not exclusively rely on artificial intelligence (AI) when making hiring, promotion or any other employment decisions. We don’t have any AI tools in place that are capable of making these kinds of hiring decisions for us.

Xplor is dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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