Finance Administrator

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Who We Are

Connect with Telstra. We’re all about helping our customers connect faster, better and smarter. And that’s where you come in, to help us realize our purpose to build a connected future so everyone can thrive.

About the Role

• As a Finance Administrator, you thrive on building relationships with stakeholders and understanding their business to identify opportunities for improvement and create exceptional customer experiences. Your role is integral to safeguarding our business by delivering timely and accurate administrative tasks such as data input, reporting and reconciliations to support the Finance function and achieve team objectives.

What We Offer

• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
• Other exciting applicable country-specific benefits to be shared as you progress

What You’ll Do

You will have the opportunity to work on initiatives to improve our financial performance and finance processes to ensure efficient operations, whilst kick-starting your career in a supportive environment.

• Maintain accurate database and AR Aging Report for 500+ customers and bilateral vendors across Asia/Pacific, EMEA and US
• Flexible working hour is necessary to meet the operation requirements for EMEA and US
• Monitor customer collection process to ensure timely cash collection 
• Manage carrier settlement process and ensure timely offset of AR/AP
• Handle customer receipt including accurate recording
• Prepare proper accounting entry for customer receipt and settlement
• Provide monthly inter-company settlement confirmation with various overseas entities within the group
• Assess collection risk of each problematic customer accounts and propose necessary provision for bad debt with journalization accordingly
• Provide support to internal and external auditors
• Prepare monthly AR Management Report and monthly DSO and relevant KPI for measurement of corporate performance
• Safeguard the company from potential exposure by ensuring high standards, sound documentation, procedure and operational expertise
• Responsible for the accounting accuracy and completeness as well as control requirements esses to ensure efficient operations, whilst kick-starting your career in a supportive environment.

About You

You will need to bring these skills and experiences to be successful in the role:

• Solid background in finance, particularly in accounts receivable and payment processing
• Bachelor’s degree required (or equivalent work experience); CPA qualification is an advantage
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables and VLOOKUP
• Demonstrated experience in customer management
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Excellent communication skills in both English and Cantonese
• Willingness to work flexibly across different time zones

If you want to be surrounded by top talent at a company that gives back to the community, apply now!

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As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and disabilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive. 

As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application.

We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.

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