About Austco

Austco is a global manufacturer of hospital and clinical communications hardware and software. We make cutting-edge products that help nurses and caregivers as they care for their patients. Established in Perth, Australia in 1986, Austco builds the most advanced nurse call and clinical communications technology in the world.

Austco's corporate head office is located in Melbourne, Australia. Our international offices are located in the USA, Canada, the UK, Singapore and New Zealand. The R&D; and Order Fulfillment business units are based in Dallas, Texas.

Key Responsibilities

Banking and inbox management

- Monitor the bank accounts and the shared Orders and Accounts inboxes daily.
- Reply to customer and supplier emails, passing queries on where needed.
- Allocate and reconcile bank transactions, resolving any discrepancies.

Payables, receivables and payroll
- Process supplier bills and expense claims, ensuring approvals and internal controls are met.
- Prepare and process the weekly pay run.
- Invoice customers from sales orders and issue monthly recharges to subsidiaries.
- Keep exchange rates current in the accounting software.
- Follow up payments and receipts with customers and suppliers.

Project invoicing

- Prepare monthly project invoices with project managers.
- Allocate costs to projects, accruing where supplier bills are outstanding.
- Keep sales order balances accurate after each invoice.

Month-end reconciliations
- Maintain the fixed asset register and amortisation schedules.
- Revalue foreign-currency loans, payables and receivables.
- Advise the GFC on accruals and update month-end workpapers.




- Compile the monthly Group AR/AP report from regional input.

Intercompany reporting

- Produce the fortnightly Group Open Sales Orders report.
- Reconcile intercompany transactions ahead of the half-year audit.

Tax, stock and audit support
- Prepare BAS, IAS and UK VAT workpapers.
- Prepare the annual insurance renewal workpapers each March.
- Assist with the June and December stock counts.
- Respond to external auditor information requests.

Selection Criteria

Essential

- At least 3 years of full-time accounting experience.
- Diploma or degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Demonstrated experience with QuickBooks or Reckon.
- Sound working knowledge of AP/AR processing, bank reconciliations and month-end close.
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to meet recurring deadlines.
- Clear written and verbal communication, including with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Desirable

- Experience in AR collections.
- Currently studying towards CPA/CA.
- Experience with multi-currency accounting and multi entity reconciliations.
- Experience preparing BAS/IAS workpapers.

Working Relationships

- Group Financial Controller: direction on month-end workpapers, accruals and priorities.
- Project managers: monthly project invoicing and cost allocation.
- Warehouse/Inventory manager: stock counts, stock account discrepancies, converting sales orders into invoices, and clarifying purchases from the factory.
- Regional finance contacts: input to the Group AR/AP and OSO reports.
- External auditors: information requests at half-year and year-end.
- Customers and suppliers: payments, receipts and queries.

📌 Accountant (Contract) - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
🏢 Austco
📍 Melbourne