Junior Financial Accountant

We are only accepting candidates who are based in Australia with full-working rights. You can work fully remote or come into the office in Sydney

Our Mission

Simply Wall St exists to enable individuals to succeed at stock investing and achieve their financial goals. The stock market offers an exceptional opportunity for wealth-building, but many fail. It's tempting to try and rush it, to get rich quick, however, it's much better (and easier) to think in decades, not months, and imagine becoming a shareholder in a business.

Our product embodies the principles of long-term investing, giving individual investors the capabilities to understand stocks and build a portfolio that was previously only available to professionals or institutions.

Why Join?

- Help us empower individuals by giving them a new way to invest in stocks;

- Work at a profitable, global, B2C SaaS startup;

- Operating at scale with 7 million users, across 180 countries;

- Small team and flexible working environment;

- Work with a product customers love: 4.5* Trustpilot Reviews;

- Strong employee retention with 70% of the team with us for >2 years.

Curious about life at SWS & how we operate?

https://simplywallst.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SWSP/overview

About the Role:

As a Junior Financial Accountant you will be responsible for providing accurate financial information for our investors, leadership, team, and regulators. You'll play a key part in developing financial reports used by directors and stakeholders, ensuring effective operations.

As a self-starter and creative thinker, you'll help build scalable financial controls that maintain compliance and support our next stage of growth. The role offers the opportunity to tackle a variety of projects and fuel professional growth.

As a Financial Accountant, you will be responsible for

• Financial Reporting and Operations
• Accounts payable process: Help the team guide approvals, capture appropriate data and make payments in a timely manner.
• Process fortnightly payroll and monthly global contractor payments.
• Assist in the end of month process: Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, post journals, review accounts.
• Assist cash & treasury process including: reconciliation of cash flows and management of cash balances across currencies to meet requirements.
• Assist in the development of financial controls and processes to ensure Simply Wall St is audit ready
• Key Projects
• Assist coordination, preparation and delivery of key recurring projects such as board reporting, grant audits, research and development calculations and all tax filings (BAS, PAYG, returns).
• Assist with special projects and ad-hoc requests: E.g. helping us to set up company structures in multiple countries as we scale
• Office Administration and Events
• Coordinate office administration, to ensure efficient workflow.
• Assist in planning and executing events, handling logistics and communication to ensure successful outcomes.

We'd love to hear from you if you tick some of these boxes

• CPA/CA qualifications, or working towards it
• Understanding of SaaS and growth accounting would be ideal
• Being able to build controls and processes for all aspects of finance; AP, payroll, treasury, revenue, accruals etc.
• Experience with tools like Xero, Stripe Billing, Cake Equity, and Google Workspace.
• Strong communication skills are essential for collaborating with team members and presenting information clearly.
• Effective problem-solving skills will enable you to tackle tasks proactively and contribute to innovative solutions.
• A systems and process thinker, eager to streamline workflows.
• Attention to detail is essential, as accuracy is key in all financial tasks.
• An evidence-based mindset will help you investigate information and support decision-making.
• Strong time-management skills will enable you to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines effectively.
• Self-direction and Initiative: Self-starter, someone who initiates new assignments or tackles areas of improvement
• Drive and Goal Orientated: Desire to succeed, goes above and beyond what is asked of them
• Adaptable and Resilient: The ability to be flexible in a changing environment, take on new tasks
• Growth Mindset: Ability to learn from mistakes and grow
• Strong Emotional Intelligence and Self-awareness: Understanding situations and the ability to give and take feedback

Perks

We pride ourselves on being one of the most flexible places to work in Australia. Of creating a culture that measures outcomes rather than outputs.

- Work from Anywhere: We offer all employees the opportunity to work overseas for up to 3 months;

- Simply Stop: Time is one of the most valuable commodities, so we stop working at 2.30 pm on Fridays

- Flexible working: Work on where you are most productive in Australia or from our office in Sydney;

- Competitive Salaries & ESOP: We are a startup but we don't underpay. Everyone owns our success;

- Parental Leave Policy: With a supportive part-time return to work option;

- Learning & Development Fund: We invest in your growth;

- Share Club: We provide subscription to SWS, cash for you to invest & regular sessions to discuss stocks and investment ideas;

- Team Events & Hackathons: An opportunity for everyone to come together and push what is possible