Full Time Senior Accountant - Assistant Controller Jobs, in Envista Holdings Corporation - Maukerja

About the role

Senior Accountant / Assistant Controller – Australia & New Zealand (Contract role, Remotely based in Singapore)

The role is responsible for supporting the financial controllership activities for Australia and New Zealand, with a primary focus on the review, accuracy and quality of financial information prepared by the Finance team.

The role provides an independent level of review over key month-end activities, particularly balance sheet reconciliations, profit and loss results, journal entries and financial reporting. The position is expected to identify unusual movements, unexplained balances, aged items and accounting issues, and work with the AU Finance team to ensure these are appropriately investigated and resolved.

The Senior Accountant / Assistant Controller will work closely with the AU Finance team to strengthen the quality of the month-end close, improve balance sheet integrity and ensure financial results are supported by appropriate analysis and documentation.

The role will also support statutory reporting, internal and external audits, internal controls and continuous improvement initiatives across the Australia and New Zealand finance operations.

This role reports into Regional Controller APAC.

What You’ll Do

1. Month-End Close & P&L Review

• Review monthly financial results for accuracy, completeness and reasonableness.
• Perform detailed review of the Profit & Loss statement, including actual versus prior period, budget/forecast and other relevant trend analysis.
• Identify unusual or unexpected movements and ensure significant variances are adequately investigated and explained.
• Challenge the underlying accounting treatment, assumptions and supporting documentation where appropriate.
• Review significant accruals, provisions, prepayments and other judgemental accounting entries.
• Monitor month-end closing activities and follow up on outstanding issues to support timely financial reporting.

2. Balance Sheet Review & Reconciliation Governance

• Perform detailed review of balance sheet reconciliations prepared by the Accountants and Finance Manager.
• Ensure reconciliations are complete, accurate and supported by appropriate documentation.
• Challenge aged, unusual or unsupported reconciling items and ensure appropriate actions and owners are identified.
• Monitor the timely clearing and resolution of outstanding balance sheet items.
• Review key accounts including cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accruals, prepayments, intercompany, fixed assets, inventory and other material balance sheet accounts.
• Support improvements in reconciliation quality and balance sheet substantiation processes.

3. Accounting Quality & Controls

• Review journal entries and supporting documentation, focusing particularly on material, unusual or non-routine entries.
• Ensure transactions and balances are accounted for consistently with applicable accounting policies and standards.
• Support the maintenance of a strong internal control environment.
• Identify control or process gaps and work with the Finance team to implement corrective actions.
• Monitor remediation of accounting, reconciliation and control issues identified through internal reviews or audits.

4. Statutory, Tax & Audit Support

• Support statutory financial reporting and local tax compliance activities for Australia and New Zealand.
• Review the schedules and supporting documentation prepared by local finance team.
• Follow up on audit findings and support timely remediation of identified issues.

5. Process Improvement

• Identify recurring accounting issues and recommend sustainable process improvements.
• Improve the effectiveness and consistency of month-end reviews and balance sheet reconciliation processes.
• Support standardisation, simplification and automation of finance activities where appropriate.
• Participate in finance transformation, system and process-improvement projects.

What You’ll Bring

Education & Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent
• Australian CPA qualification is mandatory.
• Previous external audit experience with a Big Four accounting firm is mandatory.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 5 years of relevant accounting and audit experience, with strong hands-on knowledge of financial accounting, month-end closing and financial reporting.
• Prior working experience in Australia is mandatory, with practical knowledge of the Australian accounting and business environment.
• Experience supporting or managing multiple business segments, business units or reporting structures, with the ability to understand different business drivers and analyse financial performance across segments.
• Healthcare or medical-device industry experience would be advantageous.

Accounting & Systems Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and applicable Australian statutory and tax requirements.
• Experience working with SAP or a comparable enterprise ERP system.
• Oracle E-Business Suite (Oracle EBS) experience would be an advantage.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and financial analysis skills.

Other Requirements

• Self-motivated, self-organized, and able to work with minimum supervision.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, local GAAP and local Tax regulations
• Communication skills - Possesses excellent oral and written communication.