Junior AccountantPet Circle

Junior Accountant
About Us
At Pet Circle, we want to create a world where pets and their families are healthy, happy and spend more time together. Over the past ten years, we've scaled to become one of Australia's Top 5 eCommerce companies and the No.1 player in the Online Pet industry. We will accelerate our growth as we continue on our mission to disrupt the way that pet parents discover and shop for the products they love.
The pet industry is booming (it's a $15billion dollar industry!) and pets are holding bigger spaces in our hearts and homes than ever before. Online penetration of the pet industry is going to grow exponentially in the next 5 years. This is a unique opportunity in your career to be part of our exceptional growth story!
Founded and headquartered in Sydney, our team is now 450 people strong and are based across Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.
The Opportunity
Working in a collaborative and diverse Finance team, you will report directly to our Financial Controller and will support our finance function predominantly with supplier invoicing & fraud management.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to build their experience in a supportive and high-performing team. You will get exposure to work on impactful projects, be mentored by others in the team and broaden your finance knowledge and skills in a fast paced growing environment.
Your Responsibilities
Ability to perform a Full Function Accounts process including:
Accounts Payable: process invoices, purchase orders, payments and liaising with suppliers
Accounts Receivable: collection (minimal)
Administer Accounts email (predominantly supplier invoices and requests)
Completion of daily operational reconciliations as required e.g. Credit card chargeback reconciliation
Payroll processing support as required
Conduct other value-add analysis, investigations and ad-hoc projects and tasks as required
Developing policies, procedures and manuals for the business
Assist senior management and other departments as required
What Success Looks Like
Sound technical financial accounting and reporting skills with exposure to ensuring compliance in a regulatory framework (incl GST/VAT style regime)
Strong Excel skills required - must be able to navigate and edit workbooks. Must be able to perform reconciliations in Excel using data sourced from different systems in different formats.
Strong problem solving ability - generating and recommending solutions will add enormous value
Task management skills and ability to create and follow processes must be exceptional
Must have very strong attention to detail completing all work in a timely manner and managing stakeholder expectations well at all times
Proactive with a 'can do' attitude and willingness to learn new things
Willingness to be involved in value-add activities across the business including board and general management reporting, financial analysis and stock control
Good written and spoken English
Location
This opportunity is permanently remote, based working from your home office. Our team are highly collaborative and use the best tools to keep us all connected. As part of your working from home arrangement, we will provide you with a laptop and other necessary hardware to ensure we are setting you up for success!
Your Ideal Experience
Accounting or Business Degree with major in Accounting
Understanding of GST/VAT laws and calculations
Familiarity with Australian GST & payroll laws
Hands on full function accounts experience (highly desirable)
Problem solving and analytical skills, including the ability to identify issues and suggest solutions
Strong Excel skills (intermediate to advanced)
Experience with Xero (highly desirable) or other online accounting software
Our Values
Accountability - Promises are made, and promises are kept
Teamwork - Value the diverse backgrounds and expertise we all bring
Communication - Honest, clear and respectful
Continuous Improvement - Failure is OK, as long as we own it and learn from it
Other Benefits of Working at Pet Circle
Make an impact: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action
Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning & development opportunities - think learning tools, stretch projects, focus groups, secondments and other internal mobility opportunities!
We value wellbeing: We're here to support you in times of need with our Employee Assistance Program. Team hybrid working arrangements also enable you to balance collaboration with home and family commitments.
Pet better: Take advantage of our PAWrental leave for your furry family
Help us to give back: Join us on our animal welfare mission: we donate 10,000kg of pet food and supplies per month to pet shelters and support through our communities through team charity volunteer days
Additional information
Superb Career Growth Opportunity
High Performing, Collaborative and Supportive Team Culture
Fully Remote Based Role