At Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) we are leading the global energy transition by developing a portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects.

Our large scale, low-cost hydropower, geothermal, solar and wind assets will support establishment of green energy and green product industries around the world.

FFI is committed to building thriving communities by delivering social, environmental and economic benefits.

Accountant - Bookkeeping

Work Location: Perth

Roster: Monday to Friday

Joining the FFI team as the Bookkeeping / Accountant you will be encouraged to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders across International Operations, Country / Project Managers to Corporate Office, in providing integral support across Reporting, Accruals, Budgeting, and Transactions to benefit the business operations and plans of FFI.

This position would be best suited to an individual who has a high level of flexibility, good stakeholder engagement facing abilities, prior accounting experience, and a keen willingness to learn.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Assist in coordinating the day-to-day finance functions
• Prepare Bank reconciliations for all FFI International countries and maintain logbook in Excel
• Post journals in SAP of manual payments
• Post weekly Withholding Tax in the Vendor Line items in SAP ahead of payment run, to ensure payments are processed correctly by Accounts Payable
• Prepare monthly SAP reports for Withholding Tax and VAT lodgments for my review and approval, person needs to be across all the detail movements to be able to answer queries
• Assist with preparing SAP listing for Audit queries
• Prepare Balance Sheet G/L reconciliations in Blackline system every month

Qualifications and skills required:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline
• Ideally working towards or a qualified CPA / CA
• Demonstrated expeience working in a similar Accountant/ Bookeeping position within a large ASX listed company
• Experience working with International Operations and Projects highly desirable
• Proficiency with SAP or similar ERP system
  
• Intermediate to advanced Excel Skills
• A self-motivator with a demonstrated ability in resilience when managing diverse workloads and priorities and deliver quality and timely results
  
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to collaboratively and positively work with internal and external stakeholders
  

Candidates must be able to bring a flexible mindset, challenge traditional thinking, and be prepared to work outside of their comfort zone.

Our values drive our culture and performance through a strong focus on safety, family and determination. We celebrate and respect people's differences and commit to providing an inclusive work environment. This is an exciting time to join Fortescue.

We encourage Aboriginal Australians and female candidates to apply.

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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified

Applications close: 22 Oct 2021 W. Australia Standard Time