Reporting to Regional Finance Head.
Support to Home Office Controller, Central FP&A; Department, , Company Management, and external partners in financial reporting, tax compliance, sales reporting, audits & compliances, regulatory & business, treasury & cashflow support to ensure financial integrity of the statutory and management accounting records/group management accounts
Key Accountabilities:
Reviews IFRS compliant, consolidated monthly/quarterly/annual group accountsReview GTN provisions, Cross Charge workings, LRD model testing and IFC testing on monthly basisManages and ensures the monthly BPC uploads are done according to deadlinesDevelops and reviews financial and operational reports/models for company management and global reportingFacilitates the process in preparing statutory, consolidated annual financial statements, compliant with IFRS and the Companies ActShare journal entries for payroll, statutory transactions, accruals & Provision for posting with FSS & rigorous reviewTracking of Fixed Assets & intangiblesComplete remarks for P&L; & Balance sheet Variance Analysis and shared corporate team as per closing deadlineEnsures that there is consistency in the accounting reflected by corporate closing scoreEnsures foreign exchange is consistently accounted across AU and NZ region for management reportingProvide financial information to external business partners like banks, insurance broker, auditors (internal & external)Assists with monthly and annual closing of accounting recordsIntercompany reconciliationsClosely working with Statutory Auditors and Internal Auditors and ensuring timely closure of audits in tight deadlines.Coordinating with IT team for developments in SAP, testing of developments, template preparationReview Payroll tax, Super and leave liability working shared by HRReview quarterly Sales Incentive working shared by Business against sales Incentive scheme for the period.
2. Tax, Audit & Compliance:
Coordinating with Statutory Auditor to ensure timely Audit closureHelp in other audits – Revenue Audit, Internal Audit etcEnsure compliance with direct Tax, GST,



FBT etc.Closing Transfer Pricing on a quarterly basis, Coordinate with Tax consultant to ensure Transfer pricing returns are filed on timeTimely payments to Government for all TaxesContinued checks on Internal Compliance –HR, Payroll and other functionsCollaborate with Tax Consultant for quarterly income tax calculations and ensure the timely filing of tax return, FBT return, local file with ATO and Annual return ASIC.Calculate provisional tax payment amountsResolve all tax related queriesResponsible for obtaining Tax clearance certificatesUpdate the Compliance portal with assigned compliance task and timely submissionCollaborate for secretarial obligation with internal and external Company secretory.
3. Audit & Compliances:
Ensuring on going compliance to all external stakeholdersEnsuring smooth audit support & outcome (no material observation)Review daily sales report and support to business partners; includes support to SFE team for sales dashboard reviewReview GTN items in accordance with revenue recognition policies; lead discussion with finance head and controllerLead 6th Monthly retail price disclosure to PBS post internal discussion with business teamsEnsure rigorous pricing agenda & cadence for retail pricingEnforce adherence to SOP and timely update inline with regulationLead retail claim coordination with business and rigorous review to ensure timely booking and closure of discrepanciesEnforce adherence to SOP and timely update inline with regulationLead claims automation process along with finance head & regional controller; scoping & liaising with external parties
7. ARTG Review & submission:




Partner with regulatory team for accurate annual submission on timely basis and proactively partner with business for driving cost savings on regulatory filing fee and reimbursement from customers / B2B partnersEnsure rigorous payment cadence along with FSS for TGA filings inline with SOP / internal tracking mechanism
8. Treasury & cashflow:
Prepare and review quarterly cashflow for entity as well as annual budgetLead discussions with banking partners and with treasury / corporate secretarial teams for compliancesReview funding requirements (including financial products) and support finance head in Liaoning with internal (Treasury) and external stakeholders (Bank)Review and authorise payments on the banking portalAdminister employee credit card, share monthly statement with Card holder and ensure timely accounting of expensesReconcile bank transactions monthly
9. Accounts Payables:
Support to Head controller / Home office team in need-based Review of the followingCoordinate new vendor onboarding and manage vendor agreements recordsRaise Service POs as per request and record GRN for Services renderedFSS team in India for the accounting of payablesCross-charges transactions with subsidiary/holding company finance teams
10. Accounts Receivables:
Support to Head controller / Home office team in need-based Review of the followingCollate remittance advices, discount & rebate Claims and ensure timely accounting.Timely receipt of cashflow as per due date and support discussion with customer post outreach by home office including and minimise DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) and other KPIsVerify customer discounts and rebate claims, discussing discrepancies with Retail Business Head & Regional finance head.
Educational Qualifications:
Qualified / Completed - CA / CA / CPA / MBASelf starter and enterprising with positive communication skillsAdvanced Excel SkillsExperience with Accounting Software – SAPKnowledge of local & statutory compliancesMinimum 5-8 Years of experience in Accounting & Audit in AustraliaExperience working with global and geographically dispersed stakeholders is preferred
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📌 Finance Manager - Anz (New South Wales)
🏢 Cipla
📍 New South Wales