Financial Accountant

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Melbourne, Victoria, AUS
In-Office
Mid level
Retail
The Role
Record and reconcile financial transactions, prepare month-end journals and reporting, manage IFRS 16 lease accounting, financial returns, fixed assets, tax schedules, and audit support. The role oversees accounts receivable, maintains finance-system master data, supports insurance renewals, and improves internal controls and processes.
Summary Generated by Built In

Amp Up Your Career with Real Purpose. Real Opportunity. Real Impact. 

At Amplifon, we’re more than a company. As the Global Leader in hearing care, we combine cutting-edge solutions with a personal touch to create unforgettable experiences for our customers.

With a shared vision to empower people and push boundaries, we thrive in a culture built on care, collaboration, and impact. Here, your work fuels innovationgrowth, and a purpose that resonates far beyond the ordinary.

Join us and shape a future where sound connects, inspires, and transforms lives.

Life at Amplifon

Working at Amplifon gives you the chance to make your voice heard, build strong working relationships, and create your own tailor-made career. 

Here, you’ll find all the support, tools, and opportunities you need to grow, whether it’s through our top-cla

About the Role

The role of the Financial Accountant is to ensure that financial transactions and data are completely and accurately recorded in the financial system so that financial reports and returns can be generated for both internal and external requirements.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Preparation of complete and accurate financial reporting

  • Accurate and timely input of all financial transactions into the accounting system
  • Complete month-end reconciliations, including preparation of workpapers and analysis for key balance sheet and income statement accounts
  • Prepare complete and accurate month-end journals, including recurring and non-recurring general journals
  • Manage the accruals and prepayment schedules, maintain the Chart of Accounts, prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, and complete other month-end journals and tasks as required by the Finance Manager

IFRS16 (Leases)

  • Run the IFRS16 process through the Oracle portal and validate the reports
  • Regularly update contracts in the IFRS16 portal
  • Prepare the necessary journal entries
  • Perform reconciliations between the Oracle portal and General Ledger
  • Prepare roll-forward audit schedules for IFRS16

Preparation of financial returns

  • Monthly Business Activity Statements
  • Annual FBT workpapers preparation
  • Monthly FBT accruals

Fixed assets

  • Manage additions and disposals of assets
  • Process monthly depreciation
  • Perform reconciliations between the General Ledger and Fixed Asset Register
  • Perform reconciliations of WIP accounts
  • Prepare and manage the tax asset register
  • Prepare roll-forward audit schedules

Miscellaneous responsibilities

  • Maintain master data within the financial system, including new clinic additions
  • Assist with the insurance renewal process
  • Oversee the Accounts Receivable team
  • Assist with non-financial reporting
  • Liaise and collaborate with internal and external auditors and tax consultants
  • Identify and implement process improvements and internal controls

About You:

Education

  • CA or CPA qualified
  • Strong understanding of current IFRS accounting standards and principles, particularly IFRS 16, IFRS 15 and IFRS 9

Work experience

Essential

  • Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in a similar financial accounting role

Desirable

  • Experience with Oracle Fusion or a similar accounting system
  • Experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)
  • Relevant experience within a similar industry

Skills

  • Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including VLOOKUPs, PivotTables and other advanced functions
  • Strong organisational and administrative capabilities
  • Strong analytical and financial modelling capabilities
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving ability
  • Highly numerate with strong attention to detail
  • Strong critical thinking and analytical ability
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities, both written and verbal

Putting People First

One of the ways we amplify careers is by helping our people achieve their full potential. We do so by providing constant constructive feedback and training opportunities that empower our people to excel. 

In addition, if you’re ready to put in the hard work, we’ll make sure your dedication and achievements are recognised.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Amplify your purpose with Amplifon!

As an employer that embraces Equal Opportunity and promotes inclusion and diversity, we encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to apply.

Skills Required

  • CA or CPA qualified
  • Strong understanding of current IFRS accounting standards and principles, particularly IFRS 16, IFRS 15, and IFRS 9
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a similar financial accounting role
  • Experience with Oracle Fusion or a similar accounting system
  • Experience with Hyperion Financial Management
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including VLOOKUPs, PivotTables, and other advanced functions
  • Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities
  • Strong organizational and administrative capabilities
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving ability
  • Strong critical thinking and analytical ability
  • Excellent written and verbal interpersonal and communication abilities

Amplifon Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Amplifon and has not been reviewed or approved by Amplifon.

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Performance-related bonuses and commission structures can meaningfully lift total earnings in some sales and clinic roles. Incentives appear more favorable for high performers where targets are attainable and variable pay is a consistent part of the package.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is described as comprehensive in many markets, often including core medical needs and hearing-related care. Added supports such as EAP/psychological counseling and wellness programs broaden the health-and-wellbeing value of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off offerings are frequently characterized as generous in parts of Europe, with substantial PTO allowances and additional leave provisions in some locations. Flexibility options such as hybrid arrangements further increase the perceived value of time-related benefits.

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The Company
HQ: Milan, Milan
10,034 Employees
Year Founded: 1950

What We Do

As the global leader in the hearing care retail industry, we have been changing the lives of millions of customers across the globe since 1950. With stores and offices spanning across 26 countries and a team of 20,300 dedicated professionals, we take pride in setting the industry standard as we empower people to rediscover all the emotions of sound. Although we are constantly growing, we have the drive of a start-up and are committed to striving for innovation every day. Whatever role our employees take on at Amplifon, they each make more possible - more brands for customers, more support for colleagues, more opportunities for their own careers and more innovative possibilities. We are guided by our values and are motivated by our purpose, ensuring each new day brings opportunities for innovation as we explore new horizons for our business, our customers and each other. At Amplifon, we make more possible. Amplifon operates in: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, UK, United States, and Uruguay. Read our Netiquette and help us create an inclusive environment to interact within: https://corporate.amplifon.com/en/netiquette?formSearchPage=true

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