Clayton Utz

Assistant Treasury Accountant

Confident, Incisive and Engaging

  • Finance and accounting

  • Full-time

  • Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.

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Why Clayton Utz

For over 180 years, our confident approach to complex transactions and litigation has seen us grow into Australia’s leading independent law firm With a genuine commitment to client service, we are trusted advisers to a range of government departments and agencies, as well as leading Australian and international corporations.

About the role

The Role We are seeking a junior Accountant to join our Financial Control Treasury team based in Sydney on a full-time basis. As a key member of the Financial Control team, you will play a crucial role in assisting with the management of day-to-day cash operations, bank reporting and ensuring the Firm's cash requirements are sufficiently maintained.

Key Responsibilities Reporting to the Treasury Accountant, this role will support with:

  • Cash management: Assisting with daily cash positioning, forecasting and bank account management
  • Reconciliations: Ensuring accurate monthly reconciliations of bank accounts and internal transactions
  • Financial Reporting: Supporting the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports related to cash flow, debt and treasury activities
  • Compliance and controls: Assisting in maintaining treasury controls and ensuring compliance with relevant financial regulations.
  • Provide assistance with general financial accounting and tax compliance work

Offering a clear and structured path for career progression, this role would suit an experienced, motivated and driven professional seeking the next step in their career.

Required Skills & Experience To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate strong principles of integrity and commerciality.

You will also need:

  • Relevant accounting degree and working towards a CPA/CA qualification
  • 2+ years' relevant work experience gained in a professional services environment
  • Awareness and understanding of applicable Treasury regulations
  • Intermediate Excel skills (including ability to use functions such as pivot tables, vlookup's, graphs/charts, etc.) as well as proficiency in other Microsoft applications
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise whilst maintaining exceptional attention to detail
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to manage stakeholder expectations

What you'll be responsible for

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    Operational and Financial Reporting

    Analyze financial data to prepare timely reports to support business decisions

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    Financial Statement Creation and Reporting

    Produce financial statements and reports in a timely manner to support business needs and decisions

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    Accounts Payable and Receivable Management

    Maintain and update accounts payable and receivable, issue invoices and undertake reconciliations

Skills you'll need

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    Collaboration

    Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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    Numerical problem solving

    Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

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    Critical thinking

    Identifies and synthesizes patterns and trends amongst various sources of information to reach a meaningful conclusion, perspective or insight

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