Accounts / Payroll Manager

Wescott Industrial Services Australia

Laverton North, Melbourne VIC

The Company:

Wescott Industrial Services is part of a group of companies located in west Melbourne.

We specialise in all types of asset integrity services - industrial coatings and remediation, passive fire protection, insulation, remediation of structures, alternative access, demolition and hazardous materials removal and offer end to end solutions for major clients in the Oil & Gas industry Australia wide.

We have made our impact through the development of specialist teams, with skill sets across the industrial services spectrum. We constantly strive for improvements in quality and efficiency when delivering our work.

The Role:

Wescott Industrial Services are seeking a highly competent Accounts Manager to manage all aspects of finance and payroll for our Group of Companies.

The candidate will display a high level of management skills, professionalism and the ability to work well as part of a team.

Applicants must have excellent communication skills both oral and written for communications with staff, suppliers, sub-contractors, clients and statutory bodies.

The successful individual will have completed a Bachelor's degree in Accounting Finance with a minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar role.

You will have at least 3+ years' experience in a management role, supervising and mentoring others with a collaborative team approach.

Essential Skills Required:

• A tertiary qualification in Accounting or Finance essential
• Experience in a similar role within the resource industry and/or previous management experience in finance and administration
• Past experience and full knowledge of XERO, MYOB and other accounts systems
• Employment Hero or other time-sheeting payroll systems an advantage
• High level of computer knowledge and proficiency in Excel, Word and Outlook is an advantage for this role
• Highly organised and attention to detail is essential
• The ability to work effectively and autonomously with minimal supervision
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships
• Ability to multi-task and appropriately manage conflicting priorities with high attention to accounts detail is essential.
• Ability to use, initiate and maintain a high degree of confidentiality, discretion and judgement
• HR experience an advantage
• Previous experience working across multiple business entities
• Understanding of payroll legislation, including the Fair Work Act and employment laws in Australia

The key responsibilities of this position include:

• Oversee and assist processing of Timesheets and weekly Payroll for a group of companies with 100+ employees and growing
• Export and review of labour hours accuracy
• Managing Accounts Receivable and Payable including cashflow projections and weekly reporting for all entities
• Managing and implementation of Purchase Order system
• Assist with timely and accurate invoice claims together with the Operations and Projects teams
• Ownership of month-end tasks to ensure all accounting across balance sheet, P&L and cash flow statement is complete and accurate
• Reconciliation and monthly accrual of accounts for End of Month Procedures and ensuring timely and accurate ATO submissions
• Regular reporting and lodgements of BAS statements, PAYG, Super, Workcover, Portable Long Service Leave and all other statutory requirements
• Communicating and maintaining strong relationships with clients and suppliers
• Actively involved with Senior Management in further process improvement and implementing costs efficiencies controls
• Provide assistance in the analysis of project performance
• Preparation of daily and weekly reports and proactive analysis to provide feedback to the Senior Management team
• Responsible for the preparation of annual operating budgets and quarterly reviews
• Supervise and mentor accounts and administration employees
• Direct liaison with the external accountants for all accounting, taxation and audit purposes
• Assist with other finance, accounting, corporate development and commercial ad-hoc tasks as identified

Salary commensurate with skills and experience will be offered to the successful candidate.

Wescott are a professional company and will only employ those who share our values. We have a strong culture of professionalism and attention to detail and our ethos is simple, “Safety and Quality first, Productivity and Results will follow”

If this is you, then we would like to hear from you.

To be considered for this role, please forward your CV and a brief covering letter by following the APPLY NOW prompts.

* Please note only successful candidates will be contacted.

You must have full Australian work rights to be considered for this role.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we support diversity in our workplace.