CFCO - 1512 - ACCOUNTS OFFICER - Sydney

• 3–5 years’ experience in an accounts officer, accounts payable/receivable or general accounting role, preferably supporting an Australian, US or other international business from an offshore shared-services environment.
• Practical experience with high-volume transaction processing, debtor collections, supplier statement reconciliations, payment preparation, daily bank reconciliations, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, month-end close and inventory-related accounting.
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP system, online banking portals and Microsoft Excel is required.
• Working remotely with overseas finance, logistics and operational teams, following documented controls, meeting Australian business-hour deadlines and communicating clearly in English is essential.
• Exposure to Australian GST and BAS processes, trade finance facilities, foreign-currency transactions and logistics or food-import businesses would be advantageous.

• Managing outstanding debtors, including liaising with other staff members to ensure all debtors are actively reviewed and chased when required.
• Preparing and issuing customer statements on a regular basis.
• Ensuring customer invoices are raised and issued in a timely manner.

• Reconciling supplier statements to Netsuite.
• Ensuring all trade finance facilities (receipts and repayments) are updated in Netsuite on a timely basis, ensuring customer totals are accurate.
• Setting up supplier payments in Netsuite and the banking portal and organising approvals.

• Reconciling all bank accounts daily.

• Entering data, including bill entry, sales invoice entry, banking entry, supplier payments, bank receipts and payments.
• Becoming familiar with the Netsuite accounting system.
• Reviewing inventory regularly during the month to ensure all costs are invoiced, and any necessary adjustments made.
• Assisting with month end close tasks e.g. journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Helping to ensure that Netsuite is updated for any necessary changes made in the logistics system (i.e. products, customers, manufacturers etc.)
• Liaising with the Logistics staff on financial related issues, particularly around purchases, sales, debtors, inventory, and related matters.
• Assisting with data entry in the Agile system as may be required from time to time.
• Reviewing load margin reports and progressing towards ownership of the process.
• Supporting the accurate and timely lodgement of Business Activity Statements (BAS).
• Coordinating, processing and recording weekly bank finance drawdown requests as required.
• Other ad hoc tasks that may reasonably be required from time to time.

The Accounts Officer supports a Sydney-based finance team from Hyderabad, handling transaction processing across receivables, payables, banking, and accounting. The role also assists with inventory accounting, month-end close, finance administration, and Australian reporting processes.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Review overdue customer balances, coordinate follow-up, and issue statements and invoices.
• Reconcile supplier statements and maintain trade finance receipts and repayments in NetSuite.
• Prepare supplier payments through the ERP and banking portal and coordinate approvals.
• Reconcile bank accounts daily and record banking transactions and receipts.
• Enter bills, sales invoices, payments, and other accounting transactions; support month-end journals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review inventory costs and adjustments, and keep finance records aligned with logistics-system changes.
• Coordinate with logistics and overseas finance teams on purchasing, sales, debtor, and inventory matters.
• Support BAS lodgements, weekly bank finance drawdowns, and load-margin reporting.

Good fit signals

• Has 3–5 years in accounts officer, accounts payable/receivable, or general accounting work.
• Has handled high-volume finance transactions and regular reconciliations.
• Brings hands-on experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP, online banking portals, and Excel.
• Can coordinate with overseas finance, logistics, and operations teams and meet Australian business-hour deadlines.
• Exposure to Australian GST/BAS, trade finance, foreign currency, or logistics and food imports is advantageous.