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Purpose

• This role provides accounting and commercial support to the Generation, Wholesale, and Support Functions, to assist in meeting their goals and objectives.
• It provides accounting and administration support to Pacific Blue for monthly accounting transactions, budgeting, forecasting and analysis.
• The role assists in the areas of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Settlements, Bank Account management, whilst also providing broad support to other areas of the team.
• This role involves being able to demonstrate a strong attention to detail; as well as having the ability to understand, process and articulate information to the Finance team and wider business as appropriate.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting activities

• Prepare monthly cost center reports including analysis of variances to budget/forecast to discuss regularly with cost center owners
• Preparing journal entries where required for month end close
• Co-ordinate the preparation of the monthly executive reporting pack
• Support the preparation of the PHPL Group statutory accounts and standalone statutory accounts as required
• Liaise with the Auditors and other compliance activities
• Preparation, analysis and reporting of the Generation, Wholesale and Support Functions annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Prepare month-end and year-end management accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and monthly accrual and prepayment listings
• Accounting for inventory movements in adherence with Inventory accounting policy
• Analyse electricity market pricing and contribution to periodic revenue reporting
• Assist Commercial team in Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase Agreements
• Ensure continual assessment and identification of process and system improvements

Receivables and banking

• Preparation of Ad hoc Revenue invoices as required
• Manage the end of month Bank Reconciliations

Other activities

• Ad hoc responsibilities and projects as directed by Finance Manager – Generation, Wholesale and Support Functions

Challenges

• Provide quality and timely financial support services in an environment of significant business growth whilst simultaneously delivering significantly improved processes, systems and reporting as the finance team strives to become a best practice business support function.

Judgments

• Determine the applicability of accounting standards and tax laws to business transactions
• Effectively determine when to escalate issues
• Understand team goals and objectives and prioritise work to best meet those objectives
• Ability to determine adequacy of own work and the depth of research and analysis required
• Anticipate queries from financial information users and prepare logical and concise explanations

Knowledge, experience (including qualification) and skill

Knowledge and Experience

• Accounting degree qualified
• Good knowledge and understanding of accounting standards and Australian taxes
• Good understanding of the key components of the management and statutory reporting processes as well as tax compliance processes in Australia
• SAP experience will be highly regarded

Skills

• Ability to operate an integrated accounting system effectively and efficiently (SAP R/3 preferable)
• Ability to work autonomously and also be a collaborative team player with good team
• Mentoring skills
• Advanced Excel and basic MS Office skills
• Power BI skills highly regarded
• Ability to identify business process, systems and reporting improvements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Organise and prioritise work to ensure team goals and objectives are met
• Analyse data and transform it into meaningful information for user. List the learned and applied abilities to effectively complete tasks to the level of required performance. This can include technical and interpersonal skills, as well as the level of proficiency required on relevant tools and software.