Junior Fund Accountant

Company Description

Whether you’re working from home or on your way to the office, chances are you’re probably reading this because you’re seeking a new adventure, or you’re up for a new challenge. GROW Inc might just be that for you! 

So, who is GROW Inc? 
Founded in 2016, we’re the Australian FinTech success story you probably haven’t heard about. We’re solving big problems in the Superannuation and Managed Funds industry. The administration platforms (the software that tracks everything to do with your super) are built on things you or your parents would recognise from the glory days of 90’s computing.

How are we doing it?
We’re solving this by disrupting the wealth management industry with DLTA, our platform built on Distributed Ledger Technology which improves the financial wellbeing of Australians. We’re making Super more timely and information more accessible whilst enabling wealth management companies to offer more cost effective solutions.

We’re rebels with a cause. We’re authentic, diverse, and embrace our differences as we continue to put a dent in the universe. We know diversity of thought helps us to build better solutions for our customers which is why we encourage the entire GROW team to bring their whole selves to work each and every day. 

Job Description

The Junior Fund Accountant is responsible for providing financial services to GROW and our clients, to ensure we are remaining compliant with our financial obligations and meeting our financial performance targets. Responsibilities include:

Service Delivery to our Clients - Provide accounting services to our clients through efficient and accurate completion of all assigned accounting tasks including:

• Assist in preparing relevant financial statements.
• Review operational costs and issue clients income and expenditure trail balance.
• Preparation of journals and other monthly reconciliations.
• Liasing with the Australian Taxation Office, Auditors, banks and any relevant organisations regarding matters for clients.
• Occasionally assist with data integration to general ledger, cash flow reporting, bank file and unit price uploads.
• Perform daily bank reconciliations.
• Assist in preparing month end financial reporting.
• Assist in preparing Business Activity Statements.
• Assist in preparing APRA Returns. 
• Undertake research as required for the preparation of tax returns and financial statements for clients and for tax planning purposes.

People Power - Contribute to Grow’s Culture and Behaviours

• Team Work - Provide support to other team members where skill gaps exist, support cross skilling of yourself and team members.
• Meetings - Prepare and pro-actively participate in regular 1:1s, Team Meetings and performance reviews
• Behaviours - Pro-actively demonstrate, contribute to and iphold GROW behaviours, culture and policies
• Proactively own development as a specialist
• Role model a commitment to continually evolving our risk culture as a differentiator for our people and clients

Build on our Foundation - Contribute to Grow’s strategic objective to build on our Foundation to excel in client Service Delivery

• Actively contribute to forums to identify opportunities to improve existing solutions which demonstrate improved operational efficiency and reduced risk
• Support SME analysis of incidents to identify root cause and reduction of risk
• Identify opportunities to support better ways of working with clients, reduce hand-offs or increase member experience/satisfaction

This is a Sydney based position and the salary range for this role is $70,000-75,000 + Superannuation.

Qualifications

The following experience and qualifications are required for the role of Junior Fund Accountant:

• At least 2 years of experience in the position of Accountant or a similar role in finance administration;
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (required), and a master’s degree in a relevant field (not essential but desirable).

Additional Information

Why you’ll love working at GROW

• ME Days - Take an extra 1 day per month (on top of your annual leave) from February to December!
• Birthday - Take an extra day off per year on your birthday!
• Weekly Pay Cycle - No more waiting for PayDay!
• Hybrid Work Arrangement - We have a true hybrid arrangement!
• Exciting Discounts - Think movie tickets, gift cards & even electronics!

Looking for a job can be stressful and we don’t want you agonising over the wording of your cover letter, so don’t include one. Just make sure your CV is well-written and detailed enough so we can get a better idea of the type of person you are. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, but you feel inspired to join our mission, we encourage you to send in your application. You never know, you could be the perfect person to join our team!

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