KOOKAI is an innovative global fashion retail icon. We are excited to announce that we have an Accountant role available for those seeking to work with a renowned Australian owned company which prides itself on an unbeatable culture.

Being a vertical business with factories based in Fiji and Sri Lanka and locations, this is a great opportunity to take the next step in your accounting career. This is a full-time role based in our Head Office located in Hawthorn East, Melbourne.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role is responsible for preparing month end accounts and reporting. It is responsible for ensuring all balance sheet accounts are reconciled, and expenses are reviewed on a timely basis to prepare management accounts.

What you’ll be doing:

Review the general ledger and perform necessary adjustments to ensure accurate financial reporting

Reconcile complex balance sheet accounts and ensure alignment with financial policies and reporting standards

Ensure timely completion of month-end reporting, including preparation of accruals and journal entries

Prepare financial statements for presentation to management, directors, shareholders, and statutory bodies

Maintain the Fixed Asset (FA) register and perform monthly depreciation schedules using NetSuite

Manage accounting operations across all group entities, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and compliance with policies and regulatory requirements

Review and update bills of materials, and coordinate year-end stock takes, including variance analysis

Support and contribute to finance-related projects, and manage the year-end audit process

What we’d love from you:

Experience as an accountant (retail industry preferred) with at least 1-3 years of relevant work

CA/CPA qualified (and or studying)

Experience in NetSuite and SYNC systems preferred

Regulatory awareness

Strong intermediate- advanced Microsoft excel skills

The ideal candidate will have:

Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy skills

Superior organisational skills

Excellent time management

Self-motivation

Adaptability

What you will love about KOOKAI :

The KOOKAI culture is one that is supportive, friendly, passionate, easy going and collaborative which makes this an enjoyable workplace to be, as reflected by our high engagement levels. We are all about our people and offer flexible working hours, social and team bonding events, daily fruit packs, in-house health and wellbeing programs, personal development plans and a generous employee discount.

Our head office is a spacious environment with a great café next door for coffee and lunch.

We are also really proud to be working for a greater purpose by having the opportunity to support our Katalyst Foundation and contribute to helping break the cycle of poverty in Fiji.

Embrace this career opportunity to be a part of our team.

Please note: only those selected for an interview will be contacted but we sincerely thank all applicants in their interest.