Accountant / CFO |Ecommerce Marketplaces Xero

A Position is available for a part time bookkeeper for an Australian business in the Restaurant Equipment Industry.

About Us

The company is an online dropshipping business which sells Commercial fridges, cooking equipment, coffee machines, etc to many industries in Australia and New Zealand including Restaurants & Cafes, Education, Aged Care, Medical and Building. The business has multiple websites and many sales channels including offline sales team, website and up to 10 marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon etc. We receive around 1200 orders each month plus another 100+ credit notes and other adjustments which need to be reconciled regularly. We use Xero for accounting and have two separate accounts, Australia and New Zealand.

About the Role

We have an upcoming opportunity for a part-time bookkeeper, to help keeping all records up to date and reconciled. The role is also one of part-time financial controller, helping to make sure invoices get paid on time. If you are not comfortable asking for overdue invoices to be paid or reminding sales tea ---------- mbers to get payments for their invoices, this role is not for you.

On a weekly basis, you will be responsible for:

· Reconciling all bank, credit card, PayPal and other accounts
· Reconciling all marketplace sales & refunds, keeping all Xero records up to date
· Reporting supplier cost discrepancies weekly
· Reporting delivery charge discrepancies weekly
· Ensuring supplier bills and cn's are kept up to date
· Ensuring tea ---------- mbers invoices and cn's are paid or cancelled in a timely fashion
· Reconciling marketplace payments, refunds and statements
· Preparing supplier statements for payments
· Following up overdue payments internally with account managers/tea ---------- mbers
· Updating order statuses on the order processing portal
· Preparing rebate invoices each month for staff and suppliers

About You

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate strong attention to detail and and experience in similar fast-paced businesses. This role is not for a beginner, the company is 10 years old with 40,000+ existing customers across all channels. We need someone to join the team who will be able to help the rest of the team sell more, by keeping all the accounts up to date.

To be considered, please answer the following questions:
- What experience do you have with businesses who turn over similar volumes of orders each month?
- Aside from accounting, do you have any other skills which will be beneficial for an eCommerce company?
- What is your favorite Excel or Google Sheets function and why?
- if you get the job, how will you help the company grow its revenue?
- For a startup eCommerce company, who's founders have no prior experience, what is the number one piece of advice you can give them, based on your experience?