Senior Financial Accountant - FTC

Full job description
Want to deliver tech with purpose, with people who care?
Join us in our mission to create solutions that help keep children safe online.

Who are we?
Headquartered in Perth, Australia, Qoria is an ASX listed global leader in child digital safety technology and services. We are a purpose driven business, operating under the ‘Linewize’ brand in North America and Asia Pacific, under the ‘Smoothwall’ brand in the UK, and under the ‘Qoria’ brand in EMEA in Sri Lanka. Our solutions are utilised by schools, school districts and their parental communities to protect children from seeing harmful content online, to identify children at risk based on their digital behaviours and to ensure teachers maintain focus and safe learning in the digital classroom. 27k schools and 6 million parents depend on our solutions to keep 22 million children safe in 180 countries around the world.

What is the opportunity?

We are seeking a high-calibre Financial Accountant for a 12 month Fixed term contract, based in Perth. This role is pivotal in executing the Group’s financial reporting obligations, reports directly to the Group Financial Controller and interacts closely with our CFO.

This person will prepare all external financial reporting, consolidating our international group and accounting for share-based payments, business combinations and various other transactions using IFRS. You will leverage your strong technical accounting background, ideally gained from audit experience within a Big 4 or similar accounting firm to produce high quality reporting using an existing framework that has been refined over a number of years. Working with our finance team globally across the UK, Spain, Sri Lanka and the US you will be extremely well organised, enthusiastic, diligent and able to work to strict deadlines while paying attention to detail and flexing when necessary.

Here's how you'll do it:

Manage the monthly and annual consolidation of our international group, including various entities with multiple currencies.

Accurately perform consolidation processes in Oracle NetSuite and manage this process for the finance team globally.

Take responsibility for IFRS accounting, including these key areas:

Share-based payments

Business combinations

Financial instruments

Leases

Revenue

Intangible assets

Prepare timely and accurate financial statements and reports for internal and external stakeholders.

Liaise with external auditors in Perth, but also in the UK and Spain if required.

Provide technical accounting advice and support to the CFO, Group Financial Controller and wider finance team.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of financial processes and internal controls.

What you’ll bring:

Hands-on experience in consolidating international groups with multiple functional currencies, ready to hit the ground running and hand over from our incumbent Financial Accountant.

Experience as an auditor within a Big-4 or similar accounting firm.

In-depth knowledge and practical experience in accounting for share-based payments, business combinations as well as other key international financial reporting standards (IFRS) per above.

CA/CPA qualification (or equivalent).

Ability to work effectively with individuals at varying levels, both internally and externally.

You’ll have:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex accounting issues clearly.

Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to adapt to new systems, procedures and environments.

The ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines.

A proactive approach, with the ability to work independently and take initiative.

Why choose Qoria?

In this role, you can expect:

Employee Share Scheme

Additional leave days

Tech Allowance (to help fund a great WFH setup)

Technical study groups and veterans to learn from

Flexibility in your working arrangement
.... and much more

More importantly, you'll:

Support tech with purpose... As a Senior Financial Accountant, your work truly matters. You’ll be helping to keep children safe online. It feels good to do good.