Senior Financial Accountant

About the client

Our client is a private equity-backed services business that has grown significantly through acquisition, creating a complex, multi-entity environment with ambitious plans for continued growth.

As the business continues to scale, they are looking to appoint a Senior Financial Accountant to join their Melbourne-based finance team.

About the role

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this is a hands-on financial accounting role within a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.

You’ll take broad ownership across month‑end, financial reporting, balance sheet management and financial controls, helping ensure the accuracy and integrity of the group’s financial information.

With a business that has grown quickly through acquisition, there is also a significant focus on improving how finance operates. You’ll work across existing processes and systems, identifying gaps, improving controls and helping build a more efficient and scalable finance function.

Key responsibilities include:

• Take ownership of key areas of the month-end close, including journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations
• Prepare accurate and timely monthly financial and management reporting across a multi‑entity group
• Maintain balance sheet integrity, ensuring key accounts are appropriately reconciled and supported
• Review financial transactions and investigate discrepancies, accounting issues and control gaps
• Support statutory reporting, tax compliance and external audit requirements
• Work across billing, revenue and working capital processes to ensure transactional activity is accurately reflected in the general ledger
• Maintain and strengthen financial controls, policies and procedures across the group
• Identify inefficiencies and improve finance processes as the organisation continues to scale
• Support systems improvements, automation and optimisation across month‑end and financial reporting
• Work with the broader finance team to standardise processes across a growing multi‑entity environment

About you

This opportunity is suited to an ambitious accountant looking to take the next step in their career within a complex, high‑growth environment.

This opportunity could suit a Big 4 or mid‑tier second mover with commercial experience, an industry‑trained accountant with 4–6+ years' progressive experience, or a Business Services / CFO Advisory first mover with hands‑on month‑end experience across multi‑entity groups.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• CA or CPA qualified, or nearing completion
• Strong hands‑on month‑end experience across journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
• Experience working within a multi‑entity or similarly complex accounting environment
• Strong financial reporting and balance sheet fundamentals
• Good understanding of financial controls and accounting processes
• An ability to investigate accounting issues and work through problems independently
• Solid systems skills and an interest in improving and automating finance processes
• NetSuite experience would be advantageous
• Proactive, hands‑on approach with the ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced environment

What's on offer

• Join a private equity‑backed organisation experiencing significant growth
• Broad ownership across financial reporting and month‑end within a complex multi‑entity group
• Opportunity to improve and optimise finance processes as the business continues to scale
• Work closely with an experienced senior finance team
• Genuine career development and progression opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements and Melbourne location

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