(VIET) Accounting and FinOps Technician (004 - 00173)

Looking for candidates based in Vietnam

Job Role: Accounting and FinOps Technician (004 - 00173)

Compensation: up to 2,300 AUD / month

Contract Type: Independent Contractor

Work Schedule: This role is expected to align with the AU business hours (approx. 9 AM - 5 PM, Monday to Friday) for collaboration, but as a contractor, you’ll have flexibility in how you manage your time.

Who We Are:

At Hunt St we help Australian companies directly hire top 5% remote talent in the Philippines and Vietnam. You will be hired directly by the client, typically as an independent contractor. We are not an outsourcing agency. All of our roles are 100% remote so you'll be able to work from home.

Who The Client Is:

The client is a financial operations specialist focused on optimising cash flow and compliance for small businesses in Australia. They offer integrated solutions that streamline financial transactions and eliminate the need for internal accounts administration, allowing businesses to redirect resources toward income generation.

Role Overview:

The Accounting and FinOps Technician will play a pivotal role within the finance team, focusing on day-to-day financial operations. This position involves managing accounts communications and documentation, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, reconciliations, and reporting. The ideal candidate will have experience with Australian accounting practices, particularly in payroll and operational roles, and possess solid analytical skills to support their account manager and clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Read, Understand (in full) and ‘Respond’ to each email
• Escalate anything you are not 100% confident you have understood
• Escalate further actions to stakeholders and managers
• Respond to emails clearly and communicate effectively
• Understand and Process Documentation inline with client specific policies
• Create manage and maintain automations
• Understand how ledgers are managed and maintained for each client
• Identify anomalies or omissions, and request documentation effectively
• Assign Transactions to General Ledger Accounts
• Assign GL codes consistently and correctly
• Understand what transactions are for and what they mean, never “guessing”
• Apply GST correctly, consistently and critically
• Identify suppliers that may not have been treated correctly
• Manage and Clear AP and AR Ledgers
• Review AP and AR for ‘incorrect’ wrong or outstanding items
• Identify POS and FOREX transactions and resolve them
• Communicate and understand ongoing supplier / customer issues.

Process and Manage Australian Payroll in Employment Hero Payroll

• Process payrolls in Employment Hero Payroll including:

• Timesheet based payrolls
• Award Interpretation
• Termination and Redundancy payments
• Complex automations
• Bonus, Commissions and Allowances
• Superannuation
• Salary Sacrifice
• Expense Reimbursements
• On and Offboard employees

• Manage Employment Hero Payroll and Xero ledger integrations
• Manage and support client operations and processes
• Provide payroll support to clients and employees

Reconcile Transactions, Bank Statements and Balance Sheets

• Reconcile Ledger Transactions
• Reconcile Bank Statement Records
• Reconcile Payroll to Ledger
• Reconcile and Manage Payroll Control Accounts
• Reconcile GST
• Reconcile and Manage finance schedules
• Reconcile and Manage ATO control accounts
• Process and Manage Amortisation, Accruals and Depreciation
• Produce and maintain full, complete and correct balance sheets
• Investigate, troubleshoot and correct unreconciled accounts

Perform Client Specific Operational Tasks

• Check And Process purchase orders
• Operate and manage inventory platforms
• Complete forms and template based documents
• Create and Manage invoices
• Input data to different sources
• Meet and discuss Transactions with Clients
• Request and update documentation from Clients
• Understand and Manage each client environment
• Know And Understand what each client ‘does’ and how they ‘work’
• Lookfor and identify opportunities, or errors / omissions, and discuss them

promptly with your Client Manager

• Support your Client Manager with pro active information and timely outcomes
• Understand the requirement of each task and manage estimated times
• Reachout for support and input regularly and repeatedly, especially if going

‘overtime’

Requirements

• Work in a Deadline-oriented /fast paced environment with multiple, competing and changing priorities
• Be Proficient with Employment Hero Payroll and Xero
• Understand what and why you are doing a particular task, and how that task effects the experience of the client and impacts clients’ environment
• Understand instructions, systems, environments and outcomes quickly
• Operate in complex multi platform digital environments, and execute complex tasks with multiple decision trees
• Change gears, stop, start and switch tasks to respond to changing priorities while working quickly and methodically
• Feedback and ask questions when you don’t understand completely, or feel there are omissions or opportunities to improve
• Communicate clearly and effectively in both written and verbal formats
• Work Within a team, support your teammates and fight for our vision
• Understand and apply Australian GST, Accounting and Payroll principles critically and consistently
• See and understand patterns, trends and identify inconsistencies
• Recognise errors, missing information and things that ‘don’t look right’ given the information you have, and raise those issues with your team

Before applying, please note:This application includes a video assessment provided by the client. If you’re not comfortable with creating a video assessment, that’s completely okay-feel free to explore other opportunities with us. Additionally, as part of the independent contractor agreement, our clients are not obligated to provide you with equipment, so you will need to use your own. Thank you!

Work Arrangement & Expectations:

This is a remote role that will be set up as an independent contractor engagement.

To ensure alignment and transparency, successful candidates will be expected to:

• Disclose any existing ongoing roles or client work
• Reflect this engagement on their LinkedIn profile (clearly marked as “Independent Contractor”)