Financial Accountant Sydney (AU)

LGT is the largest Private Banking and Asset Management group in the world to be owned by an entrepreneurial family. As the family office of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, we have years of experience in the management of sizeable sums of assets.

About the Opportunity

As part of a diverse and highly engaged Finance team, priding itself in finding innovative ways to solve complex business problems and a proven track record of successful delivery against agreed KPIs, the Financial Accountant is responsible for accuracy of general transactional accounting, reconciliations, timely reporting to LGT Group and regulators as well as tax compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Month-end processing

• Process month-end journals with focus on revenue, FX revaluations, leases, fixed assets, accruals, provisions, prepayments and recharges.
• Prepare consolidated tax provision and book the monthly tax effect journals.
• Record and reconcile intercompany transactions and run consolidation.

Group reporting

• Prepare monthly reporting to the Group including additional reporting at quarter and year and submit required reports via HFM.
• Assist with ad-hoc Group requests and queries.

Reconciliations

• Reconcile all bank accounts on weekly basis, comprises AUD and foreign currency balances.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including reconciliation to trading platform, ensuring queries and reconciling items are followed up and resolved.

Tax compliance

• Process weekly withholding tax payments (client and corporate withholding).
• Prepare and lodge monthly IAS and consolidated BAS (GST, WHT, Income tax installments and FBT).
• Process journals to correctly record withholding taxes, BAS, GST and FBT.
• Assist with preparation of information for FBT return and consolidated Income tax return.

Statutory Reporting

• Assist with preparation of consolidated Financial Statements and supporting schedules, audit queries and group queries in relation to June and December year-end audits for LGT Crestone and LGT Group.

Regulatory Reporting

• Assist with preparation and lodgement of monthly and quarterly APRA reports.
• Assist with other compliance obligations involving preparation of Payment Times Reporting Scheme (PTRS) report and ABS surveys.

Accounts Receivable

• Prepare and send customer invoices, record customer receipts, follow up outstanding invoices.
• Liaise with business in relation to invoicing, monitor Finance inbox.

Projects and continuous improvements

• Assist with successful implementation of Blackline reconciliations, task and FRA modules
• Contribute to process and control improvements across financial control functions 

Other

• Review employee expense and supplier invoice coding.
• Asist with payments and Account Payable related tasks.
• Collate information to assist RLC team for ESG reporting.

About You

You are degree and CA/CPA qualified with at least 3 – 5 years’ accounting and finance experience, preferably within financial services. Prior experience in public accounting and tax will be highly regarded. In addition, you are a self-starter and team player who has a strong attention to detail coupled with excellent written and verbal communication skills.  You support and foster a culture of curiosity, flexibility and accountability, and thrive in a fast-paced environment that offers opportunity, variety and a chance to be a part of a growing organisation.