Senior Finance Assistant (Accounts Receivable & Accounts …, Watson

The Academy of Interactive Entertainment is Australia's most awarded 3D Animation, Game Design and Visual FX educator based in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Online and Adelaide, with a commitment to its reputation for delivering high quality vocational and higher education. We are currently seeking a confident, experienced and self-motivated candidate to join our team as an Accounts Receivable/Collection Officer. This is a busy role within a team environment which requires exceptional attention to detail and strong written and oral communication skills as you will be liaising with other Departments and Campuses of the organisation and customers. The Senior Finance Assistant would, with the Financial Controller’s guidance and assistance, look after the accounts receivable and accounts payable functions of AIE in Australia. They would also assist with other accounting functions within the team
- and support the Financial Controller and CFO
- as required. Accounts Receivable
- Manage the account receivables functions within the Accounts Team including: o Processing payments received by cash, cheque, EFT and direct debit into general ledgers o Managing direct debit payments o Reconciling the debtors’ ledger and general ledgers
- Monitor and maintain accounts receivable processing activities to ensure all accounts are within their payment terms at any given time
- Enter student funding receipts received on various portals and allocate to invoices
- Generate invoice templates as per the fee schedule in Accounting System
- Process student withdrawals
- Process scholarships and bursary payments for the students
- Undertake debt recovery work- follow up, collections and reporting
- Preparation of monthly tenant invoices for CTP, Film Plus and Game Plus, including following up
- Reconcile the funding received with the outstanding.
- Process Direct Debit for rent/ membership invoices Accounts Payable
- Input invoices received as bills in AIE’s accounting system
- Obtain approval for payments from relevant Executives
- Process weekly payment run in bank
- Monitor accounts payable and other Accounts department inboxes
- Serve as the primary contact for vendor inquiries re payments and account status
- Assist in month-end and year-end closing by reconciling accounts payable record and printing invoices for audit.
- Prepare credit card reconciliation, follow up for the missing supporting invoices
- Prepare annual tenants outgoing reconciliation for the audit.
- ·Monitor credit card activity and top up with funds Other tasks
- Daily bank reconciliation, update accounting system to reflect the receipts and payments in the bank for all the group companies.
- Assist with monthly reporting and adhoc tasks assigned by Finance Controller and CFO.
- Assist with transition to new accounting system Please note:
- This is a full time position with a 5-month probation period.
- Salary is negotiable depending on experience
- Applicants need to be able to apply for or currently hold a current National Police Check and Working With Vulnerable People Check. IMPORTANT: To apply for the position, please provide a resume and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3r135c