Are you ready to elevate your financial accounting skills? Licensing Essentials is looking for a Financial Accountant to join our dynamic finance team in Melbourne, Keysborough head office. Licensing Essentials Group (www.licensingessentials.com.au) is an Australian owned leader in the manufacturing, wholesale and retail of licensed merchandise, proudly serving customers across Australia and NZ, We also operate the AFL Stores retail group (www.theaflstore.com.au) and management and operation of merchandise retail services at Marvel and Optus Stadium. The role is diverse and demands a hands-on, diligent, and proactive individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities. As a Financial Accountant, you will take charge of the key accounting requirements of the group. Working alongside the Financial Controller, CFO, you will collaborate closely with our unit finance and shared service team to ensure timely and accurate monthly reporting and balance sheet reconciliations. This role provides the opportunity to drive change and foster continuous improvement within our finance team. This is an autonomous role that requires an individual with experience and a positive attitude, capable of being proactive and self-reliant in a high-volume transaction environment to help us achieve our financial goals!Key Responsibilities Ensure the timely completion of month-end close, balance sheet reconciliation and preparation of year-end & half-year financial statements.Ensure integrity of the chart of accounts and Trial balance through preparation and coordinate monthly GL and intercompany reconciliations (AP/AR/Balance Sheet loans) and preparation of monthly and ad-hoc general journals.Prepare and review key balance sheet reconciliations, coordinating timely resolution of variances.Maintain fixed asset register by ensuring all PPE transactions are recorded accurately and on a timely basis and calculate depreciation in accordance with ATO guidelines.Manage lease assets master register, prepare monthly lease journals and perform monthly reconciliation of lease liability balances on the balance sheet. Upload daily bank statements to the ERP system daily.Review and submit monthly and quarterly ANZ BAS returns for group companies including performing ATO Deferred GST reconciliation.Manage and execute trade finance loan drawdowns and settlement in accordance with facility terms.Prepare daily cash movement reports and provide weekly and month-end business reports pack to CFO and CEO.Manage staff expenses reimbursement via SAP Concur, including emailing monthly credit Card statements to the card holders and follow up expense submissions before due date.Overseas Freight Forwarders (FF) invoice processing.Perform weekly suppliers' payments - locals (EFT & BPAY) and upload the payment files into corporate banking portal for authorization and prepare overseas suppliers' payment (TT) in the banking portal for approval.Closely work with the offshore finance and procurement team for various accounts and finance related queries/reconciliations.Assist on ad hoc projects as nominated by the CFO.Experience Required: CA/CPA qualified with a minimum of 3 years' experience in Retail / wholesale / manufacturing industries or First mover from Big 4/2nd Tier firm.Strong understanding of best practice internal control regimesExperience using ERP Apparel21 is preferred but not essential Understanding of foreign exchange transactions and accounting.Team-oriented with a positive attitude.Attention to detail and ability to manage time effectively to meet reporting deadlines.Willingness to initiate continuous improvement Proactive and capable of investigating anomalies as they arise.Well-developed excel and modeling.An opportunity to make your mark with a licensed merchandise market leader offering great company culture, contemporary offices with onsite parking and staff discounts.