External Reporting Manager - Xero - Job details

External Reporting Manager at Xero

Finance, Permanent, Sydney, AU sydney finance full-time

Description

Posted a month ago

The External Reporting Manager is responsible for ensuring that Xero’s financial information is of the highest standard and prepared in a timely manner. The incumbent will lead a team of accountants Xero’s technical accounting, group financial statements and audit process. You will enjoy implementing new processes or ways of working that create efficiencies, and will have a great eye for detail. Reporting into the GM - External Reporting, you will build strong relationships throughout the business and become a trusted advisor to the business.

What you'll do...

Develop Xero’s financial reporting to respond to changes to the Group and the environment in which it operates.

Manage a team of accountants who are responsible for Xero’s technical accounting, including but not limited to hedge accounting, software capitalisation, revenue recognition, leases, goodwill impairment testing.

Have a strong understanding of IFRS, with ownership of technical accounting areas,including providing management with conclusions, suggestion solutions and identifying risks.

Manage the half year and year end financial statement process, project managing across the wider accounting team to ensure accurate disclosures.

Manage the audit process, and be the key liaison with external auditors for both half year review and year end audit process.

Support the drafting of audit and risk committee papers as it relates to key accounting judgements.

Review junior accountants’ work.

Lead the program of work to ensure Xero maintains a robust control environment, including regular reporting to internal assurance and the audit committee. Take initiative, driving change & improvements across the team and wider function to ensure.

Participate in significant corporate or company-wide finance projects and initiatives as directed by the EGM - Accounting and GM - External Reporting