Senior Finance Officer: Payroll, Payables and Receivables (Xero, Australian business group, USD 11 to 13/hr)

We're part of a group of about 40 family-run Australian businesses, based on the far south coast of New South Wales: hardware and building supplies, window manufacturing, civil construction, quarries and logistics.

We're setting up a new entity to support these businesses through a remote team, and this is one of the first roles. We're looking for one experienced finance professional to run payroll and accounts, working directly for us and reporting to our Finance Manager. You start with our hardware business and take on more businesses as you go.

ROOM TO GROW
With 40 businesses in the group and a remote team being built around them, there are genuine opportunities for the right person to grow, including helping to manage other remote team members in future.

THE WORK

• Payroll in Xero Payroll for about 35 staff: pay runs, super, STP, leave and final pays
• Supplier bills in Xero, the weekly payment run and supplier reconciliations
• Customer invoicing, receipts and statements, and phoning customers about overdue accounts
• Bank reconciliations and month-end support
• Using AI tools every day, and helping us improve the flow between our Striven point-of-sale system and Xero

WHAT WE NEED

• At least 4 years of hands-on Australian bookkeeping and payroll, done by you personally
• Xero and Xero Payroll, across more than one business or file
• End-to-end Australian payroll, including STP, super, leave and award interpretation
• Clear, confident spoken English. You'll speak with our suppliers, customers and managers by phone and Teams
• Full time, Sydney business hours
• A reliable connection with backup, a quiet workspace and a headset

Well regarded: a CPA or accounting qualification, retail, hardware or manufacturing clients, and point-of-sale systems.

Please note: this role is for one person working directly with us. We're not engaging firms or teams.

PAY
USD 11 to 13 an hour, full time, depending on experience. Three-month initial period.

THE PROCESS IS QUICK
Applications close midnight Wednesday 11 November, Sydney time. Shortlisted applicants do a paid skills test and a short video on Thursday and Friday, with final interviews on Monday 16 November.

TO APPLY, ANSWER THESE THREE QUESTIONS IN YOUR APPLICATION
1. Tell us about a real time you found a payroll or accounts error before it was paid. What was it, and what did you do?
2. How many businesses or Xero files do you currently manage, and roughly how many employees and supplier bills each pay cycle?
3. Describe a difficult phone call with a supplier or customer, and how you handled it.

Applications that don't answer all three will not be considered.