Management Accountant
Loam Bio, Australia
Job Description
At Loam, we have the earth in our hands. As a team of scientists, farmers and entrepreneurs, we are on a mission to improve the world’s farmland and address climate change. We are developing microbial technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and build carbon in agricultural soils. We help farming businesses prosper by boosting yield and soil health and enabling access to carbon markets.
As a start-up with ambitious founders and investors, our work is fast-paced and multi-dimensional. We foster a supportive and diverse workplace, where every team member is encouraged to learn and grow beyond their area of expertise.
While everyone at Loam is working in different roles, we all have one job: to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it stably in farmer’s soils.
About The Role
As a financial accountant at Loam, you will be pivotal in ensuring the maintenance, improvement, and stability of the financial procedures. You will be part of an organisation striving to help solve the climate change issue and have an opportunity to develop more than your career in accounting.
The role is full-time and based out of Loam's HQ in serene Orange, New South Wales and reports directly to the Head of Finance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Process payroll and other payroll compliance obligations
- Manage debtors, creditors, employee expenses, and cash flow
- Maintain work papers and reconciliations
- Maintenance of Xero and GL
- Attend to any ad hoc queries from the broader Loam team or external stakeholders
- Fixed asset register maintenance
- Improving existing systems and processes
Periodic Reporting
- Close off monthly accounts including month-end journals, balance sheet reconciliations, cash flow and budget updates
- Detailed quarterly reporting including budget analysis and re-forecasting, qualitative analysis, and organisational and project metrics analysis
- Assist in the preparation of the consolidated general purpose financial statements and liaise with auditors
- Consolidation of global Pamp;L, balance sheet, and cash flow statements for each reporting period
- Design and maintenance of dashboard reports
Tax amp; Legal Compliance
Prepare work papers for
- IAS amp; BAS, FBT, and ITR
- Annual indirect tax lodgements
- Liaise with tax agents and ATO on annual lodgements
Prepare corporate secretarial duties including:
- Liaise with ASIC and maintain relevant corporate records
- Ensure the collation and existence of resolutions and other legal documentation
Requirements
- Freshly CA/CPA qualified or well progressed through
- Strong technical accounting skills and ability to interpret accounting and reporting requirements.
- Ability to communicate with the broader Loam team
- Ability to problem solve and enthusiastic attitude to growth and development
- Strong attention to detail and processes
- Highly skilled with Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets, Power BI, and Xero
Should you be interested in this role, and you do not feel you meet all the skillsets or attributes; we’re still open to hearing from you and why you feel you are suitable for the role.
As part of the Loam team, everyone is expected to:
- Be a self-starter, but to ask when uncertain
- Be open to feedback and committed to learning
- Be a proactive communicator we want you to be able to articulate a problem or an idea in a manner that is clear, timely and constructive
- Treat your colleagues with unconditional respect and regard, while identifying areas where you can help others, or share your knowledge
- Take accountability and pride in your work, whilst being an advocate for Loam.
- Take accountability for growing and developing the organisation
Benefits
- A competitive package based on experience
- An opportunity to create a real and tangible impact on global Agriculture and climate change
- Collaborative and highly engaging work environment with engagement across the Loam international Ramp;D, product and commercial team
- Ability to have significant impact and grow with the organisation